Archive for June, 2013

Distance Runner Among 10 on Academic First Team in 5-State Region

Distance Runner Among 10 on Academic First Team in 5-State Region

Juli Accurso ’14 was one of just 10 scholar-athletes in a five-state region named to the Capital One Academic All-District First Team, adding yet another accolade to her academic and athletic accomplishments. Accurso maintains a 3.88 cumulative GPA while pursuing a double major in French and Linguistics. “It’s always great […]

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June 4, 2013 at 7:33 pmNews

Hicks: Why is the Earth’s Core So Hot?

Hicks: Why is the Earth’s Core So Hot?

“In Jules Verne’s classic novel Journey to the Center of the Earth, explorers find a hidden tunnel that takes them to a forgotten land filled with wild beasts and other wonders,” writes Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, on Sunday, June 2, in the Columbus Dispatch. Hicks writes […]

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June 4, 2013 at 5:58 pmNews

Class of 2017: Christopher Breeze Earns Beckett Scholarship

The Athens Messenger reports that Athens County resident Christopher Breeze is among the recipients of scholarships from the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio for the 2013-14 academic year. Breeze plans to study in the Ohio University College of Arts & Sciences with the Class of 2017. Breeze and Carter each received […]

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June 4, 2013 at 5:24 pmIn the News Students in the News

Arts & Sciences Alum Passes at Age of 100

The Athens News reported June 3 that Robert Colyer Wickham, an alum of Ohio University’s College of Arts &Sciences, passed away May 30, at the age of 100. After graduating high school in Salt Lake City, Utah, he came to Athens to attend Ohio University where he graduated in 1937 […]

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June 4, 2013 at 5:02 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Study Suggests Second Life for Possible Spintronic Materials

Study Suggests Second Life for Possible Spintronic Materials

Ohio University research merges manganese, gallium nitride in uniform layer Ten years ago, scientists were convinced that a combination of manganese and gallium nitride could be a key material to create spintronics, the next generation of electronic devices that operate on properties found at the nanoscale. But researchers grew discouraged […]

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New Faculty Member: Ben Hicks

New Faculty Member: Ben Hicks

September 2, 2011 Tim Smith Ben holds a Ph.D. in Classics from Rutgers University where he completed his dissertation in May 2011 (The Process of Imperial Decision-Making from Augustus to Trajan). He comes to Ohio University after teaching at Rutgers-New Brunswick and Rutgers-Newark. Ben’s areas of academic interest include ancient […]

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June 1, 2013 at 5:12 pmNews

Changes to Classical Civilization Major

January 27, 2012 Tim Smith Library of Celsus at EphesusThe department would like to announce that the requirements for the Classical Civilization major have changed. Students are no longer required to take two years in Greek or Latin to fulfill the language requirement; instead, any foreign language approved by the […]

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June 1, 2013 at 5:10 pmNews