Archive for March, 2016

International News|Conversation Hour, Baking Club, OPIE Lecture Series

International News|Conversation Hour, Baking Club, OPIE Lecture Series

By Tanya Dovbnya Ohio Program of Intensive English and A&S International Academic Advisor OPIE welcomes OHIO faculty, staff, and students to join OPIE events this week: OPIE Conversation Hour: Childhood and Memories What? Join the Conversation Hour to discuss childhood and memories, and how they may differ depending on the speaker’s […]

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March 22, 2016 at 3:29 pmAnnouncements

Transfer Tip|Take Summer Classes to Boost GPA

Transfer Tip|Take Summer Classes to Boost GPA

By Kristi Conrad Academic Advisor and Transfer Specialist for the College of Arts & Sciences Taking summer classes is a great way to get ahead and potentially boost your GPA. Ohio University has many options for summer classes that run for the entire semester, or for one half of the […]

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March 22, 2016 at 3:03 pmAnnouncements

Shedding New Light on Nano Hot Spots

Doctoral student Larousse Khosravi Korashad and Dr. Alexander Govorov

By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy OHIO physicists show that temperature and heat created by light can be concentrated in small volumes, creating a more efficient nanostructure for energy, photo-chemistry and solar applications in a recent article in Nature Communications.  Nature Communications is an open access journal that publishes high-quality research from […]

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March 21, 2016 at 5:50 pmResearch

Advising Tip|Map Out Your Path to Graduation

Advising Tip|Map Out Your Path to Graduation

By Sara Berens Academic Advisor and Retention Specialist for the College of Arts & Sciences While you are selecting the awesome courses you hope to take for Fall Semester, take a few moments to map out your path to graduation. Mapping out which classes you need for each semester will help keep […]

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March 21, 2016 at 4:05 pmAnnouncements

Lit Fest | Introducing the Fantastic Fiction of Kelly Link

Kelly Link

The 2016 Spring Literary Festival welcomes author Kelly Link for a lecture on Wednesday, April 6, at 7:30 p.m., in Baker Theater, and for a reading at on Thursday, April 7, at 8:30 p.m., in Baker Ballroom. By Jennifer Pullen Graduate student pursuing a Ph.D. in Creative Writing: Fiction Kelly Link is […]

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March 21, 2016 at 2:31 pmNews

OHIO Mock Trial Team Competes at Opening Round Championship Series

OHIO Mock Trial Team after its final trial in the Opening Regional Championships in Lancaster, PA.

The Ohio University Mock Trial Team was the only first-year team to compete in the Opening Round Championship Series of the American Mock Trial Association competition at the Courthouse in Lancaster, PA, on March 18-20. “I’m very proud of these students, ” said team co-coach Grant Garber, Associate General Counsel at OHIO. “Last September, […]

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March 21, 2016 at 2:24 pmNews

History Grad Student Wins Kanter Fellowship & Student Enhancement Award

History Ph.D. student Mitchell Smith

Ohio University has awarded Mitchell Smith, Ph.D. student in the History Department, two prestigious grants: the Claude Kantner Graduate Fellowship and a Student Enhancement Award. Both grants were based on Smith’s dissertation project, titled “The Politics of Assent: Popular Support for America’s Vietnam War, 1965-1973.” Smith received $6,000 from the Student Enhancement Awards Program. He […]

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March 21, 2016 at 10:40 amResearch