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Math Alumni’s Keystone Computer Solutions: Preparing Youth of Color for IT Professions

The Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, the oldest minority-owned business in Minnesota, profiled two Ohio University alumni in an article “Keystone Computer Solution: preparing youth of color for IT professions. Couple says creating future leaders is ‘the right thing to do.” Joseph Richburg ’72 and Dorothy Richburg ’73 both graduated from the College […]

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February 28, 2014 at 8:10 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Gazette: Houston Discusses ‘Unsung’ Civil Rights Activist

Gazette: Houston Discusses ‘Unsung’ Civil Rights Activist

The Chillicothe Gazette covered a lecture by Dr. Akil Houston, Assistant Professor of African American Studies, on Feb. 26 at the Ohio University-Chillicothe campus. Speaking to college students and community members on Thursday, Akil Houston bypassed the better-known icons of the civil rights movement in favor of an unsung figure […]

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Plant Bio’s Martha Bishop Named Outstanding Administrator

Plant Bio’s Martha Bishop Named Outstanding Administrator

Martha Bishop, Lab Coordinator in Environmental and Plant Biology, has been been chosen to receive the University Outstanding Administrator Award. She will be honored at a ceremony on March 10. Read more about the ceremony in Compass. Only three outstanding administrators are honored each year across the Athens and Regional […]

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February 28, 2014 at 5:25 pmNews

Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses, March 19

Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses, March 19

Dr. Josipa Roksa speaks on “Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses” at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 19, in Ellis 111. Admission is free and open to the public. This lecture is sponsored by the College of Arts & Sciences. Roksa is Associate Professor of Sociology and Education at the […]

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February 27, 2014 at 2:00 pmEvents

Ecolunch: Primates and Snakes, an 80 Million Year Dialogue? March 19

Ecolunch: Primates and Snakes, an 80 Million Year Dialogue? March 19

The Ecolunch Seminar Series presents Dr. Harry W. Greene on “Primates and Snakes, an 80 Million Year Dialogue?” on March 19 in Bentley 227. Abstract: In this lecture I will describe evidence and uncertainties in an emerging theory that 1) As first constricting predators and, much later, venomous adversaries, snakes […]

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February 27, 2014 at 2:00 pmEvents

Who Was a Jew in Middle Ages? Conversos, Jews and Question of Religious Identity, March 27

Who Was a Jew in Middle Ages? Conversos, Jews and Question of Religious Identity, March 27

The 17th Annual Lazaroff Lecture, “Who was a Jew in the Middle Ages? Conversos, Jews and the Question of Religious Identity,” features Dr. Jonathan Ray of Georgetown University on Thursday, March 27, at 7:30 p.m. in Baker Center Ballroom A. A reception will follow. The event is free and open to […]

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February 27, 2014 at 10:00 amEvents

Severe Weather Explained at Meteorological Symposium, March 29

Ohio University’s Fifth Annual Meteorological Symposium is Saturday, March 29, from  noon to 5 p.m. at Walter 235. The symposium is free and open to the general public and the Ohio University community. If attending, please RSVP to ohiouniversityams@gmail.com. The symposium provides a learning opportunity for students, professionals, and the general public to […]

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February 27, 2014 at 9:00 amEvents