Archive for May, 2013

Earth Day Quiz: Eastern Deciduous Forest (True/False) Forest cover is at the lowest level since European settlement. Native Americans and Smokey the Bear both tried to keep forest fires from starting. Forests are changing because of drought conditions caused by climate change. Passenger pigeons may have been helpful to oak […]

His goal is Wall Street or the Chicago Board of Trade, and he’s on a frenetic pace this semester that mirrors the trading floor. Nick Jones ’13M  is helping to manage $2.1 million in equities. He’s rubbing shoulders with two Federal Reserve presidents as well as some of the top […]

Half of the faculty projects selected by the Ohio University Research Committee  for funding during its spring 2013 cycle are from the College of Arts & Sciences. In total, the committee awarded $62,832 to eight projects on topics such as identifying the genetic traits of individuals with social anxiety disorder […]

The Atlantic quoted Dr. Stephen J. Scanlan, Associate Professor of Sociology, in an April 2 article on “Why the Guantanamo Bay Hunger Strikes Probably Won’t Work; Starving is surprisingly effective form of prison protest. But only if your cause is sympathetic to begin with.” Scanlan teaches in the College of […]

A handbook on flash nonfiction edited by Ohio University Creative Writing Director Dinty W. Moore is a finalist for the ForeWord Reviews‘ 2012 Book of the Year Awards. The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Nonfiction is named in two separate categories – Writing and Anthologies. Featuring 26 […]

Just as the dialogue on border security and immigration heats up—and as police departments bring drones from the battlefield to the neighborhood, Ohio University’s John Gilliom and co-author Torin Monahan of the University of North Carolina take a close look at the surveillance society in their new book SuperVision. Among […]

The Athens Messenger reported May 3: “Athens native Christopher Denhart has been inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society at Ohio University. A junior at Ohio University majoring in economics and mathematical statistics, he is the son of Nancy and Daniel Denhart.”