Archive for September, 2014

The Ohio University Majors Fair is Wednesday, Sept. 17, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Baker Center Ballroom. With hundreds of major, minor and certificate options at Ohio University, determining an academic path can be both stressful and challenging for students (regardless of class year!). Current and prospective OHIO students can […]

From The Desk of the Pre-Law Specialist, Larry Hayman Ohio’s election laws have fared poorly with federal courts this month. On Sept. 4, 2014, U.S. District Court Judge Peter Economus, found that there was a strong likelihood that Ohio SB 238 and Ohio Secretary of State Directive 2014-17 violated both […]

The Food for Thought Speakers Series presents Dr. Kristen Gremillion on “Multiethnic Communities and the Evolution of Southern Cuisine” on Tuesday, Sept 16, at 5 p.m. in Alden Friends of the Library Room 319. Refreshments will be served following Gremillion’s talk. Gremillion is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Ohio State […]

The first talk in the Ohio: Sense of Place Speaker Series is Tuesday, Sept. 16, from 5 to 6 p.m. in Morton Hall 235. Dr. Elliot Abrams, Professor of Anthropology at Ohio University, will discuss “A Sense of Place and Neolithic Societies of the Ohio River Valley.” All societies have […]

Don’t be afraid to take the initiative, says Kyle Serrott, who interned last summer with Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)’s Columbus office. To students hoping to gain experience in a similar setting in the future, Serrott says they should not be afraid to take initiative – what the staff in Sen. […]

The Quantitative Biology Institute Seminar Series presents Dr. Joan Saldaña on “Analysis of a class of epidemic models with awareness” on Monday, Sept. 15, at 4:10 p.m. in Morton 318. Saldaña is Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics in in the Department of Computer Science, Applied Mathematics and Statistics at the […]

By Elizabeth Gierlowski-­Kordesch Argentina Blog, Sept. 15, 2014 As a geology professor from Ohio University working in the field of limnogeology, I have been invited to Argentina through the Fulbright Specialist Program to teach students about the field of limnogeology—the study of sediments of modern lakes and the sedimentary record […]