Archive for August, 2013

“In about seven months’ time, Ryan McGrath ’14 went from being unable to walk to being the same determined, nasty, block-finishing offensive lineman he used to be,” writes Athens Messenger reporter Jason Arkley Aug. 22. “It was a turnaround that even surprised those who work with him inside the Ohio […]

Wall Street Journal writer Allysia Finley interviewed Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University’s College of Arts & Sciences, on “how subsidies fuel rising prices and why there’s a ‘bubble’ in student loans and college enrollment.” College […]

For the 20th time since 1990, the Ohio Program of Intensive English (OPIE) was selected to host Fulbright scholars from other countries for a three-week U.S. Department of State Training as they prepared to study in the United States. OPIE, in the Ohio University Department of Linguistics, hosted 28 Fulbright […]

The departments of African American Studies, History and Political Science and the Women’s Center welcome Dr. George Wright to Ohio University on Monday, Sept. 9, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Walter Rotunda. Wright, a noted African American scholar who has written extensively on topics such as racial violence […]

Learn more about study abroad programs sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages and Ohio University at information sessions this fall, starting with the Department of Modern Languages information meeting on Sept. 10. The deadline for most spring education abroad programs is Oct.1, but Russian and French programs have earlier […]

Dr. Robert A. Frank, Dean of the Ohio University College of Arts & Sciences, announces Dr. Brian C. McCarthy ’84MS as Associate Dean for Faculty, Graduate Studies and Research, effective Sept. 1. McCarthy, Professor of Forest Ecology, has served as Chair of the Department of Environmental and Plant Biology since […]

Dean Robert Frank invites faculty and staff and to attend the College of Arts & Sciences Faculty and Staff Welcome Celebration (and BBQ bash!) on Monday, Sept. 9, at 4 p.m., in Baker Center Ballroom A. Celebrate faculty and staff! Eat some wings. Make a lot of noise. Join your […]