Archive for August, 2013

Japanese Governor of Hard-Hit Iwate Area Says Thank You for Tsunami Aid

Japanese Governor of Hard-Hit Iwate Area Says Thank You for Tsunami Aid

The Governor of Japan’s Iwate Prefecture, which was inundated by the 2011 tsunami and earthquake, said thank you to donors from the United States at a Thank You Tomodachi event in New York Aug. 26 with an evening of celebration and remembrance. The event featured words of gratitude from the Iwate […]

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August 30, 2013 at 2:48 pmNews

Scotland’s Ties to Appalachia? Students Find Out

Scotland’s Ties to Appalachia? Students Find Out

This summer, eight students from Ohio University completed the first ever Linguists Study Abroad program in Edinburgh, Scotland. Dr. Michelle O’Malley, Assistant Professor in the Linguistics Department, developed the program, which focuses on the linguistic and cultural history of Scotland and its ties to Appalachia. “This program was developed as […]

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August 29, 2013 at 4:10 pmNews

Writing Workshop: Stairs and Chairs: The Ups and Downs of Life, Aug. 31

Writing Workshop: Stairs and Chairs: The Ups and Downs of Life, Aug. 31

A Writing Workshop offered Saturday, Aug. 31, will be interactive with the current photographic exhibit at Donkey Coffee—”Stairs and Chairs: the ups and downs of life”—by Trisha Lachman. The writing workshop is being offered Saturday, Aug. 31, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Donkey Coffee stage room for those who […]

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August 29, 2013 at 3:55 pmEvents

Eportfolios for Learning: Faculty Discussion and Workshops, Sept. 19 and 20

Faculty and instructors are invited to a discussion and workshop series on electronic portfolios, Sept. 19-20 “Eportfolios offer a number of potential benefits for teaching, learning, and professional development. They can be used, for example, to promote students’ reflections on their learning, to document students’ accomplishment of learning outcomes in […]

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August 29, 2013 at 12:35 pmAnnouncements Events

Houston Named Among Top African American Professors in Ohio

Houston Named Among Top African American Professors in Ohio

Ohio University professor and alum Dr. Akil Houston has been named to a list of the Top 25 African American Professors in Ohio at Online Schools Ohio, run by StateStats.org. Houston is Assistant Professor of Cultural and Media Studies in the Department of African American Studies in the College of […]

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August 29, 2013 at 9:53 amFaculty in the News In the News News

Closest Ever Look at Picasso, and New Utlimate Resolution in X-ray Microscopy, Aug. 29

Closest Ever Look at Picasso, and New Utlimate Resolution in X-ray Microscopy, Aug. 29

Can new synchrotron X-ray scanning tunneling microscopy allow researchers to look even closer—down to atomic resolution with X-ray microsopy? And what happens when imaging of nanoscale materials with chemical, electronic, and magnetic contrast is applied to Picasso’s paint and other nanoscale materials? The Condensed Matter & Surface Sciences 2013-14 colloquium […]

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August 29, 2013 at 9:00 amEvents

Brian Collins and Aaron Glaim to Teach World Religions

By Tim Smith This Fall the Department of Classics & World Religions is delighted to welcome two new faculty members who will be teaching courses in World Religions. Dr. Brian Collins comes to us most recently from North Carolina State University in Raleigh, where he had served as a Adjunct […]

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August 28, 2013 at 4:24 pmNews