Archive for July, 2013

English Alum Viehweger Appointed National Trustee on Ohio Board

The Ohio University Board of Trustees has selected College of Arts & Sciences alumna Peggy Viehweger ’71, who majored in English, to serve on the Board as a national trustee. A resolution announcing Viehweger’s appointment was approved at the Board’s June meeting and reported in Compass. Viehweger is the former […]

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July 11, 2013 at 12:29 pmAlumni

Accelerator Lab Lets Visiting NY Students Shine in Neutron Measurements

Accelerator Lab Lets Visiting NY Students Shine in Neutron Measurements

This summer Prof. Stephen Padalino from the State University of New York at Geneseo and Prof. Mark Yuly from Houghton College and 10 of their undergraduate research students will be using the tandem accelerator at the John E. Edwards Accelerator Laboratory at Ohio University to make high energy neutrons related […]

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July 11, 2013 at 8:58 amNews Research

Thomas: Vacationing Under Vesuvius

Thomas: Vacationing Under Vesuvius

By Rachel Thomas Honors Tutorial College student studying Classics in Rome The crucial halfway point in my program arrived, and with it came a long weekend—four days free of any coursework or group site visits. While people around me planned visits to far-off corners of Italy, I initially shrank away […]

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July 11, 2013 at 8:26 amIn Class

Vedder in NYTimes: Oregon Proposal for College Costs Could Work With Adjustments

Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor of Economics at Ohio University’s College of Arts & Sciences, published an opinion column July 9 in the New York Times’ Room for Debate  on Oregon’s proposal to delay when students pay for a college education […]

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July 10, 2013 at 9:23 amFaculty in the News In the News

Boaler IDs South Florida Plants on Everglades Trip

Boaler IDs South Florida Plants on Everglades Trip

By Julian Boaler ’14 Environmental and Plant Biology Major, Ohio University Summer internship at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Miami, FL Hey everyone, I was lucky enough to take part in a day-long trip to the Everglades to do a little plant identification while learning about the natural history […]

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July 9, 2013 at 6:33 pmIn Class News

Moore’s Flash Nonfiction Book Earns Two ForeWord Awards

Moore’s Flash Nonfiction Book Earns Two ForeWord Awards

The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Nonfiction, a book edited last year by Professor Dinty W. Moore, was honored in two categories in the ForeWord Review’s 15th annual Book of the Year Awards announced June 28. Moore’s Flash Nonfiction book took Honorable Mention in the Anthologies and […]

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July 9, 2013 at 5:03 pmNews

Daily Press: Psychology Alum Helps Case Western Swimming and Diving Programs

The Daily Press featured Ohio University alum Emily Wylam ’08, who majored in Psychology in the College of Arts & Sciences, in its Star Track series on July 5: Emily Wylam, a Grafton High graduate, has spent three seasons as an assistant coach for the swimming and diving program at […]

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July 9, 2013 at 2:30 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News