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Institute Using Humanities to Start Conversations with Veterans about Coming Home

Institute Using Humanities to Start Conversations with Veterans about Coming Home

By George Shea Veterans are not just ex-warriors when they come home from war. Veterans are neighbors, friends, family members and community members. We share a common bond as civilians in the United States, but for many of us, we cannot relate to the events that our brothers in arms […]

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November 15, 2018 at 10:35 amNews

Political Science Major Travels to West Point Conference

Political Science Major Travels to West Point Conference

Undergraduate Political Science major and Cutler Scholar Max Annable recently attended the 70th Annual Student Conference on U.S. Affairs, held Oct. 24-27 at the prestigious U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York. The conference gives college students from across the country a rare opportunity to participate in discussions on foreign affairs. The […]

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November 15, 2018 at 9:10 amNews

Drogula Brings Passion for Humanities as New Ping Institute Director

Dr. Fred Drogula

By Sierra Heilman Dr. Fred Drogula, the new director of the Charles J. Ping Institute for the Teaching of the Humanities, wants to champion the humanities and challenge his students to “put ourselves in (ancient people’s) shoes…or sandals” to understand their ideas and culture. Drogula is also a professor in […]

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November 15, 2018 at 9:01 amNews

Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity Visits OH, PA Law Schools

Members of Phi Alpha Delta in the Moot Courtroom at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

The Ohio University Pre-Law Fraternity Phi Alpha Delta spent the Veteran’s Day weekend traveling to Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Akron visiting five law schools. Approximately 20 students went on the trip. The trip included visits to University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Duquesne University School of Law, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, […]

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November 14, 2018 at 4:11 pmNews

Alumni Share Experiences in Law School, Legal Profession at Pre-Law Days

Students attend a Women in the Law panel with alumni.

Seventeen Ohio University alumni and friends returned to campus Nov. 8-9 to share their law-related experiences and advice with current students during the 2018 Pre-Law Days. The event kicked off in Baker Theater on Nov. 8 with a keynote address by Ohio University alum David Crane. Crane earned a bachelor’s […]

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November 14, 2018 at 12:49 pmAlumni News

Eight Biology, Chemistry Undergraduates Get Kopchick Awards

Faculty and student recipients of the 2018 John J. Kopchick Awards were honored at a ceremony Nov. 10 in Nelson Commons. Photo Credit: Hannah Ruhoff/Ohio University

Eight undergraduate students studying biology and chemistry received awards from the John J. Kopchick Molecular and Cellular Biology/Translational Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Student Support Fund. The awards are up to $1,500 for undergraduate students working with Molecular and Cellular Biology and Translational Biomedical Sciences faculty and conducting translational medical research and […]

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November 14, 2018 at 8:38 amNews

Four Biological Sciences Graduate Students Awarded Kopchick Research Fellowships

Faculty and student recipients of the 2018 John J. Kopchick Awards were honored at a ceremony Nov. 10 in Nelson Commons. Photo Credit: Hannah Ruhoff/Ohio University

Four Biological Sciences graduate students were among those awarded John J. Kopchick Molecular and Cellular Biology/Translational Biomedical Sciences Research Fellowship Awards. The award provides up to $10,000 for Ph.D. and D.O./Ph.D. students in the Molecular and Cellular Biology and Translational Biomedical Sciences programs to support translational biomedical research, with an […]

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November 14, 2018 at 8:14 amNews