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The Winding Road and Ohio’s Hill Country Heritage Area has an AmeriCorps position for a recent college graduate: Civic Tourism Liaison with Ohio’s Hill Country Heritage Area, starting in mid-August. This position will focus on education and economic development through tourism in Appalachian Ohio, specifically in Monday and Sunday Creek […]

Ohio University’s B.S. in Forensic Chemistry program received its most recent full accreditation through January 2022 from the American Academy of Forensic Sciences through the Forensic Science Programs Accreditation Commission. FEPAC maintains and promotes the quality of college-level forensic science programs through rigorous standards and formal evaluations to ensure that […]

Ohio University’s Scalia Laboratory—the only place to get current weather conditions and an Athens-specific forecast—just launched a new mobile-friendly website. “When we moved here, our house didn’t have internet service or even TV service. So every morning we called Scalia Lab at 593-1717 to get the forecast,” says Dr. John […]

Ohio University peer leaders will take STEM workshops throughout Athens County in cooperation with the Ohio Valley Museum of Discovery, thanks to a gift from AEP Ohio. The $6,500 gift supports Ohio University’s Peer-Led Community Engagement with Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) Program. The funding will help provide stipends […]

New research by Dr. Kimberly Rios, Associate Professor of Psychology at Ohio University, shows that sexual harassment is related to feeling threatened and wanting to maintain one’s social status. The numerous high-profile men who have recently been accused of sexual harassment may not have been simply exercising their power. Instead […]

From Compass Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Elizabeth Sayrs and Executive Dean of Regional Higher Education Bill Willan have appointed Dr. Robert Klein as Interim Dean of Ohio University’s Eastern Campus effective July 1. Klein currently serves as associate professor and interim associate dean of Ohio University’s Lancaster Campus […]

Twenty-two College of Arts & Sciences faculty were granted promotion, with seven also granted tenure, by the Ohio University Board of Trustees in June. “Faculty who are awarded tenure or granted promotion have distinguished themselves among their peers locally and in the larger academic community for their very substantial accomplishments […]