Archive for June, 2014

By Angela Woodward From Compass Student success is at the heart of Ohio University’s mission, but one center on the Athens Campus is committed to ensuring that students are on a path to academic success long before they ever step foot on a college campus. Within the Department of Psychology […]

Dr. Paul E. Patton ’04, ’07M, Anthropology faculty member at Ohio University, presents “How the ‘Hopewell’ Built Their World: Ancient Land Managers in the Ohio Valley” on Saturday, July 12, at 1 p.m. at Serpent Mound. His lecture is part of the 2014 Indigenous Legacies Summer Lecture Series through the […]

Mother Jones was one of several media outlets quoting a study co-authored by Dr. Rahi Abouk, Assistant Professor of Economics at Ohio University, on “Texting Bans and Fatal Accidents on Roadways: Do They Work? Or Do Drivers Just React to Announcements of Bans?” in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics: […]

Dr. Rahi Abouk, Assistant Professor of Economics at Ohio University, published an article on “Texting Bans and Fatal Accidents on Roadways: Do They Work? Or Do Drivers Just React to Announcements of Bans?” in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics: Vol. 5 No. 2 (April 2013). “Since 2007, many states […]

  Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, testified June 4 at a U.S. Senate Budget Committee hearing on the impact of Student Loan Debt on Borrowers and the Economy. Vedder is also director of  the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, a Washington-based research organization […]

The Ohio University Center for Law, Justice & Culture invites applications for a Pre-Law Specialist to provide pre-law advising and help build our law & society program. Apply by July 21. The successful candidate will act as pre-law adviser, providing professional advising services to Ohio University students who are considering […]

Five Ohio University undergraduate students are in Cambodia this summer in a student-faculty collaborative “externship” project call “Imagining International Justice in Post-Genocide Cambodia.” The students are working with various organizations through partnerships with the Ohio University Center for Law, Justice & Culture. Ohio University has a strong history of Southeast Asian […]