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The Wealth & Poverty theme at Ohio University presents Dr. Elizabeth Beverly discussing Comprehensive Patient Navigator Program for Rural Appalachia on Wednesday, Feb. 8, from 2-3 p.m. at Alden 319. This event is part of Wealth & Poverty Week: Rural America. Abstract Diabetes rates in rural Appalachian Southeastern Ohio are 30-40 percent higher than […]

The Wealth & Poverty theme at Ohio University presents Dr. Katherine Jellison discussing “A Home on the Range and a Range in the Home: Farm Women’s Acquisition of Modern Household Technology” on Tuesday, Feb. 7, from 9-10 a.m. at Alden 319. This event is part of Wealth & Poverty Week: Rural America. Abstract In the […]

The Wealth & Poverty theme at Ohio University presents Dr. Graham Rowles discussing “Growing Old in Rural Appalachia: Looking Back and Thinking Forward”  on Thursday, Feb. 9 from 3-4 p.m. at Alden 319. This event is part of Wealth & Poverty Week: Rural America. Abstract Against the backdrop of demographic change and a baseline of empirical […]

The Wealth & Poverty theme at Ohio University presents Dr. Rachel Terman and John Winnenberg discussing The Little Cities as a Classroom on Friday, Feb. 10, from 1-2 p.m. at Alden 319. This event is part of Wealth & Poverty Week: Rural America. Abstract There is a long history of collaboration between Ohio University and the […]

The Wealth and Poverty theme collected more than 20 boxes of canned and dry food items in a campus-wide food drive in October. Building on its success last year, the theme launched its second annual fall food drive in celebration of World Food Day. World Food Day is a day […]

Ohio University students, especially those involved with the Wealth & Poverty Theme, are encouraged to apply for summer internships through the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty. Two information sessions are planned: Monday, Oct. 24,  from 5-6 p.m. Baker Center 231 Thursday, Nov. 3, from 6-7 p.m. Baker Center 239 Ohio […]

The Wealth & Poverty theme announces October events including a food drive and a major public lecture. Public Lecture and Research Talks Thursday, Oct. 13 – Larry Bartels (Political Science at Vanderbilt University), “Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age,” 1:30-3 p.m. at Walter Hall Rotunda. Watch […]