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Between Love and Hate: Race, Gender, and Sexuality

Between Love and Hate: Race, Gender, and Sexuality

 By Dr. Vincent Jungkunz and Dr. Ayesha Hardison College of Arts & Sciences faculty are tackling the challenges of the 21st century by building interdisciplinary and team-taught courses around a new set of curricular themes. In the Love and Hate theme, we explore at least two major understandings of the […]

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October 28, 2013 at 8:29 amNews

Faculty Calls for Colleagues to be ‘Significant Presence’ on Court Street

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Dear Colleagues, I know that many of us have had a strong reaction to the tragic events on Court Street during Homecoming. As a result of those events and the university’s constant cry for “safety” this Halloween, I have decided to put my feet where my mouth is so to […]

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October 25, 2013 at 1:10 pmNews

Promotion Dossier Workshops for Group II Faculty

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Promotion Dossier Workshops for Faculty in December will be geared especially for Group II faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences who plan to be considered for promotion in spring 2014 and who will be working to develop a promotion dossier within the next several months. These workshops are […]

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October 24, 2013 at 7:24 amAnnouncements News

Kidder, Worsley Present on Early Triassic Hypertropical Climate

Ohio University faculty will make an impact with 23 presentations at the Geological Society of America’s 125th Anniversary Annual Meeting & Exposition Oct. 27–30 in Denver. Dr. David Kidder, Associate Professor of Geological Sciences, and retired faculty member Dr. Tom Worsley present on EARLY TRIASSIC HYPERTROPICAL CLIMATE:  LATITUDE, ELEVATION, AND […]

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October 22, 2013 at 9:20 amResearch

Separating Fact from Fiction in Nanotechnology

Separating Fact from Fiction in Nanotechnology

From the Nanoscale & Quantum Phenomena Institute Don’t expect nanotechnology to produce tiny robots with artificial intelligence that devour cancer cells or ropes with Carbon nanotube strands that are strong enough to build a space elevator from Earth to the orbiting stations. These ideas are nothing but hype in the […]

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October 19, 2013 at 7:39 pmNews

How the World’s Poor Live on Less Than $2 a Day

How the World’s Poor Live on Less Than $2 a Day

About 40 percent of the planet lives on $2 a day or less. How is it even possible? How do families get through a typical week or a year? Dr. Jonathan Morduch, Professor of Public Policy and Economics at New York University Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, shared lessons […]

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October 18, 2013 at 3:25 pmNews

Speed-Mentoring Offers Faculty Timely Tips

Speed-Mentoring Offers Faculty Timely Tips

By Kelsey Miller Compass As Alden Library buzzed with students preparing for midterms this past Friday, the Friends of the Library Room on the third floor was filling with eager professors. The smell of apple cider, coffee and pumpkin bread filled the room as some of Ohio University’s veteran Arts […]

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October 18, 2013 at 9:38 amNews