Archive for April, 2016

Ohio University’s Center for International Studies hosts an intensive language institute in Swahili this summer that is free to eligible undergraduate and secondary school students in grades 9 through 12. More information and application for Swahili STARTALK Students will participate in on-campus activities between July 5, and August 5, 2016. […]

By Juliana Scheiderer ’16 Biological Sciences pre-medicine major Chase Hudak ’17 is taking advantage of all the resources in the College of Arts & Sciences to help him on his path to medical school. The junior was recently awarded $900 from the Provost’s Undergraduate Research Fund for his project researching […]

     The Charles J. Ping Institute for the Teaching of the Humanities presents A Global Perspective on Islam June 15-17, 2016 A Summer Institute for Teachers Ohio University  •  Athens, Ohio Islam continues to dominate global headlines from the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq to Boko Haram in […]

Ohio University Classics & World Religions faculty, students, and staff gathered at the department’s annual Awards Ceremony on April 21st to look back on the year’s highlights, honor graduating seniors, and recognize scholarship recipients.  The event was hosted by Emeritus Professor George Weckman in his beautiful home at 19 Park Place. Students […]

Ohio University’s Kelee Riesbeck interviewed Dr. Miriam Shadis, Associate Professor of History, for  an episode of “Conversations from Studio B” titled Iberian Queens Played Integral Part in Formation of Portugal. Kelee Riesbeck talks about Iberian queens, kings and royal daughters with Associate Professor of history Miriam Shadis, whose research project, “Mothers, Daughters, […]

Matt Johnson and Adam Givens, both Ph.D. students in the History Department at Ohio University, have been selected as 2016 Graduate Summer Research Associates at the RAND Corporation. RAND is a non-profit non-partisan research organization that provides research and analysis to the United States Armed Forces. The Summer Research Associate Program […]

Guy Aldridge ’15M, an alumnus of the M.A. program in the History Department at Ohio University, will be starting his Ph.D. studies in the History Department at the University of Maryland in fall 2016. Aldridge graduated from Ohio University in spring 2015, after completing his master’s degree under the supervision of Assistant […]