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Mock Trial Team Competes at Scarlet and Gray Invitational

Mock Trial Team Competes at Scarlet and Gray Invitational

The Ohio University Mock Trial Team sent one team to the Franklin County Court of Common pleas to compete in the Ohio State University Scarlet and Gray Invitational. The competition took place on October 27-28. The members were divided into two sides: plaintiff and defense. Over the weekend, each side participated […]

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November 5, 2018 at 8:36 pmAnnouncements In the News Students in the News

Popescu & Students in News for Conservation Efforts with Hellbenders

Dr. Viorel Popescu holds a hellbender.

Conservation work by Dr. Viorel Popescu and students in his lab was featured in an Athens News story headlined “‘Snot otter’ or ‘hellbender,’ OU scientists want to save them.” Popescu is Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at Ohio University. Students Matthew Kaunert and Ryan Wagner also were quoted. A group of […]

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Minor Publishes Innovative Essay on Disposability, Mississippi River

Sarah Minor, doctoral candidate in creative writing

by Kristin Distel Sarah Minor, Ph.D. candidate in English (nonfiction), recently published an essay, “Foul Chutes,” in Ninth Letter literary magazine. Minor refers to the essay as a “blown up” version of a previously published piece—an essay that examined the history of the laundry chute—which she felt needed revision and […]

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October 25, 2018 at 9:52 amStudents in the News

Adams Wins ‘Prairie Schooner’ Nonfiction Contest

Christine Adams

Graduate student Christine Adams’s essay “Terms of Venery” was selected by judge Carmen Maria Machado as the winner of the Prairie Schooner Creative Nonfiction Contest. Adams is a doctoral student studying nonfiction in Ohio University’s English Department. She will receive a prize of $500, and her essay will appear in […]

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October 14, 2018 at 11:01 amIn the News Students in the News

Williams Publishes Several Poems and Book Review

Williams Publishes Several Poems and Book Review

Derek J. G. Williams, a doctoral student in Creative Writing (poetry), recently published several poems and a book review. Williams’s poem, “Keeping Time,” was published in a recent issue of Pleiades magazine and is available on his website. His poems, “Reinventing Hunger” and “Desert Garden,” appear in the latest issue […]

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September 4, 2018 at 6:34 pmStudents in the News

Martin’s Poetry Featured on The Kenyon Review

Martin’s Poetry Featured on The Kenyon Review

The work of Hugh Martin, doctoral student in Creative Writing, has been featured on The Kenyon Review‘s website. His poem, “This Morning, We Carry Body Bags,” was selected as a Kenyon Review Weekend Read. Hugh Martin is a veteran of the Iraq War and the author of The Stick Soldiers (BOA Editions 2013) and […]

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August 26, 2018 at 4:46 pmIn the News Students in the News

Class of 2022 | Student Receives Foundation for Appalachian Ohio Scholarship

The New Philadelphia (Ohio) Times Reporter reports that Lana Moore received an award in a story headlined “Local 2018 FAO scholarship recipient announced.” Lane Moore, a 2018 graduate of Dover High School, was the Tuscarawas County recipient of this year’s 2018 Foundation for Appalachian Ohio scholarship recently announced. …Moore plans […]

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July 11, 2018 at 5:19 pmIn the News Students in the News