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by Aissatou Boye ’20 David Stebbins, Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Ohio, joined Amanda Cox’s Sociology Capstone class last fall to talk about his experience working with capital defendants in Ohio. He went to Denison University for his undergraduate studies and then went on to receive […]

Sixteen Environmental & Plant Biology students braved cold, rainy weather and icy ground to search for the Hemlock Wooly Adelgid, an invasive insect species that is threatening the hemlock forest ecosystems across Appalachia on Feb. 11. Student members of the Plant Club and the Plant Biology Graduate Student Association joined […]

Ohio University alum Kavous Seyed-Emami ’75, ’76M died in an Iranian prison in January, shortly after he was arrested on espionage charges. Earlier this year, Iran’s largest public protests since the Green Movement in 2009 were met with swift response and hundreds of arrests by the Iranian government. An Iranian-Canadian […]

“Sharing food together is one of the core initiatives of the group, as it helps to keep us grounded and reminded of the reasons we are doing so much work to educate the student body on the food system,” says Joy Kostansek, president of the student organization called Food Matters at […]

The Food Studies theme recently held a focus group to engage the student perspective. Participants shared vibrant stories of how they found their way to the program, often being lead through their personal interests in food and health. After saying the best part of the program is director Dr. Theresa […]

From Research Communications Two College of Arts & Sciences graduate students, both in Biological Sciences, took first and second place in Ohio University’s third annual 3 Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition on Feb. 21. The 3MT® competition was developed by The University of Queensland in 2008 to help graduate students hone […]

By Dawn Bikowski Director of the English Language Improvement Program How do the seed-saving practices in Southeast Ohio compare with the struggles and triumphs of food sovereignty in the Andes of Ecuador? Dr. Rommel Montúfar (Biological Sciences, Pontíficia Universidad Católica del Ecuador), and Michael Ayala (Agricultural Sciences, Universidad Central del […]