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Daily Times: ‘A Leap of Faith from the Blind Side’ for Prior

Daily Times: ‘A Leap of Faith from the Blind Side’ for Prior

“Scioto County residents will want to pay attention to the 2013 edition (of Phil Steele’s preseason report) as former Portsmouth gridiron great John Prior ’14, currently a redshirt senior offensive lineman at Ohio University, is among the numerous football players to grab Steele’s attention enough for recognition in his magazine,” […]

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July 16, 2013 at 9:34 amIn the News Students in the News

Thomas: Crossing the Roman Bifrost

Thomas: Crossing the Roman Bifrost

By Rachel Thomas Honors Tutorial College student studying Classics in Rome Rome, perhaps more so than other cities, has a rich mythic history, the presence of which is felt even today. A stroll down one of the many winding pathways may easily lead you to bars with names like caffe […]

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July 16, 2013 at 2:19 amIn Class

Plant Biology, Women’s and Gender Studies Alum Guest Blogs for Hocking Hills

Courtney Denning ’10, who double majored in Plant Biology-Applied Ecology and Women’s and Gender Studies at Ohio University, now works as the Experience Designer at Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Columbus, OH. She guest blogs for Hocking Hills Tourism Association on July 10, evoking memories of family, friends, […]

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July 15, 2013 at 4:33 pmAlumni Alumni in the News

Algebra: The Fellowship of the Rings

Algebra: The Fellowship of the Rings

“The order of the factors does not alter the product,” everyone learns in elementary school. This property, the commutativity of multiplication, which is indeed true for integers and real numbers, is not true in other settings.  In fact, the emphasis at the Ohio University Center of Ring Theory and its […]

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July 15, 2013 at 12:43 pmNews Research

Hicks: Fossils Suggest Evidence of Supernova Explosion

Dr. Kenneth Hicks

“Imagine the following: A supernova explodes in the neighborhood of our solar system more than 2 million years ago, sending out a cloud of dust that eventually reaches Earth,” writes Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, in the July 14 Columbus Dispatch. Would there be evidence of this […]

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July 15, 2013 at 11:23 amFaculty in the News In the News News

Wisconsin State Journal Quotes Ballard on Tiny Violet Discovery

The July 14 Wisconsin State Journal story on “Tiny violet a big find for UW-Madison botany legend” featured Ohio University’s Dr. Harvey Ballard talking about his friend and mentor, Dr. Hugh Iltis, who collected the tiny violet specimen named to the top 10 new species list for last year (Top […]

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July 15, 2013 at 10:48 amFaculty in the News In the News

If You’d Rather Be Frodo Baggins or Sam Gamgee…Start Your Dream Here

If You’d Rather Be Frodo Baggins or Sam Gamgee…Start Your Dream Here

By Steve Hays Associate Professor Department of Classics and World Religions Dear Joe, C.S. Lewis (the Narnia guy and Milton scholar at Oxford and Cambridge), summing up his life at age 18, when he was admitted to Oxford, said: Nearly all that I loved I believed to be imaginary; nearly […]

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July 12, 2013 at 8:02 amIn Class News