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Alumni | Sociology-Criminology Alum Thompson Enjoys Work with Ohioans with Disabilities

Ian Thompson '16

It has been three years since Ian Thompson ’16 graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio University with a B.A. in Sociology-Criminology and minor in Anthropology. Since then he has been working at Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities, which is a division of disability services for the […]

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October 3, 2019 at 9:23 amAlumni

Historical Society Curator Writes about Anthropologist’s Work at Patton Bog

Bradley T. Lepper, curator of archaeology at the Ohio Historical Society, wrote about research by two Ohio University anthropologists on June 15 in an op-ed in the Columbus Dispatch titled “Ancient cultures affected by climate change, too.” Climate change must have presented challenges as well as opportunities for ancient cultures […]

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June 17, 2014 at 8:16 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Climate Change in Athens County—Been There

Climate Change in Athens County—Been There

Picture Athens County today. Dense forests and rolling hills. But it hasn’t always looked like this. Climate change and human activity have combined, research suggests, to alter the hills of Southeastern Ohio many times over the past 3,000 years. Prairie grassland? Ragweed gardens? Park-like woods without dense undergrowth? Clear-cut forests? […]

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June 17, 2014 at 2:45 pmResearch

Life at Patton Bog—3,000 Years and Counting

Life at Patton Bog—3,000 Years and Counting

  Patton Bog, as it is known locally, is a small natural wetland in Athens County. Today it is surrounded by dense forest in a relatively unpopulated area, but it hasn’t always been so. It was once home to villages of Native Americans who used its clay to make their […]

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June 17, 2014 at 1:42 pmResearch