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The Wealth & Poverty theme presents a Poverty and Inequality Research Talk by Dr. Rachel Terman on “Hillbilly Women, Affrilachians, and Queer Mountaineers: Belonging and Mobility among Young Adults in Appalachia,” on Tuesday, April 12, from 1:30-2:50 p.m. in Alden 319. Abstract: Many rural communities in Appalachia are struggling to survive and thrive as […]

The Sociology & Anthropology Department is holding a Sociology/Sociology-Criminology Alumni Panel on Friday, April 15, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in the Friends of the Library Room (Alden 319). The panel is an opportunity for students to hear from alumni about their careers. The panelists are: Cam Bailey ’15, Caseworker, […]

Several Ohio University departments have partnered to bring David Cobb to campus for a lecture on “Creating Democracy and Challenging Corporate Rule” on Thursday, March 31, at 5 p.m. in Scripps 111. Cobb, who will discuss the fundamental relation between people and government, is a lawyer and activist who has […]

Sustainability Studies theme brings Frances and Anna Lappé, a mother-daughter team internationally renowned for their work on sustainable food systems, food justice and grassroots democracy, to Ohio University in March to discuss “The Sustainable Food Movement Rising.” The founders of the Small Planet Institute will discuss sustainable food systems in […]

The Wealth & Poverty theme hosts a two-week event—“Society and Inequality”—in February. America’s income inequality is growing again, and it is one of the nation’s most urgent problems—the “defining challenge of our time” in President Obama’s words.  Academic and policy debates on inequality have recently moved beyond income inequality and poverty […]

The Ohio Innocence Project at the University of Cincinnati College of Law and the newly formed OIP-u unite with dozens of other organizations around the world to commemorate the second annual International Wrongful Conviction Day on Oct. 2, 2015. The Wrongful Conviction Day event at Ohio University features exoneree Raymond […]

Ohio University’s Constitution Day 2015 lecture features Dr. Carol Greenhouse discussing “Citizens United/Citizens Divided” on Thursday, Sept. 10, at 5 p.m. in Baker Theater. A reception follows the lecture., which is free and open to the public. This Constitution Day lecture offers a cultural analysis of the 2010 U.S. Supreme […]