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The Wealth & Poverty theme at Ohio University announces its Fall 2017 events, including a week on “urban challenges” in October. For more information, contact theme coordinator Dr. Yeong Kim, Associate Professor of Geography. Fall 2017 Wealth  & Poverty Events Friday, Sept. 8 – Wealth and Poverty faculty forum, 12:30-1:30 […]

by Kristin Distel “The second you start to detangle the knot of the urban world, it hooks you,” says Ohio University alum Kyle May, a self-described “geography nerd.” May earned a B.S. in Geography—Urban Planning from the College of Arts & Sciences in 2009. Since 2011, May has worked as […]

The Wealth and Poverty Theme ran its spring School Supplies Drive from March 20 to April 22, 2017.  Students of CAS 2300x Themes in Action: Wealth and Poverty and T3 4400 Seminar in Wealth and Poverty, along with several Wealth and Poverty faculty members, placed donation boxes across campus.  This […]

by Kristin M. Distel Geography alum Tim Lo ’07 and his company are applying “the Science of Where” to help people and the environment around the world. “My studies at OHIO helped me to understand the scientific way to fight deadly disease transmission, trace chemical spills, preserve habitats for endangered […]

The Wealth and Poverty Certificate addresses the growing challenges of inequality and poverty in society, both locally and globally, asking questions like Why are some so rich and some so poor? Why is there inequality in the world? What would be the cost of growing inequality? How could we fight […]

On Monday, March 20, the Wealth and Poverty theme launched an Ohio University school supply drive to benefit students at The Plains Elementary, one of the four K-6th schools in the Athens City School District. Currently, 402 students attend the school, 275 of whom are considered economically disadvantaged and eligible […]

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 […]