Archive for October, 2014

By Professor Dina Larios López October 2014 Geological Sciences Newsletter More than one year has passed since I became Chair of the Department of Geological Sciences at Ohio University. During this year, I have realized that one cannot understand how the university works until one becomes Chair and goes through […]

Online Course Design Brown Bag Discussions will be held the First Friday of each month, September through November, at noon in Wilson Hall 303. Gaming in Online Learning—Friday, Oct. 10, noon – 1 p.m.  in Wilson Hall 303 (Note the change of date.) Using games in the classroom is certainly […]

The Geography Colloquium series presents Dr. Jon Barnett of the University of Melbourne on “Climate Change and Human Security: Key Findings from the 5th Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change” on Friday, Oct. 10, from 3:05-4:30 p.m. in Walter Hall 235. The colloquium is co-sponsored by Ohio University’s […]

The Ohio University and Ohio States University ring theory seminar presents Nguyen Khanh Tung on “Automorphism-invariant modules” on Friday, Oct. 10, at 4:45 p.m. at the Department of Mathematics at Ohio State University in Columbus. Nguyen is from the University of Padova (Italy) and is a member of the Ohio […]

Applications are now being accepted for the Ohio University Study Abroad Program on Human Rights, Law & Justice in Northern Ireland, Spring Break 2015. Application information is online, and the deadline is Oct. 10, 2014. An information session will be held Oct. 2, from 6 to 7 p.m. in Bentley […]

Dr. Jennifer Fredette, Assistant Professor of Political Science, wrote a column on “Are Muslims permanent foreigners in France?” on Oct. 2 as part of the Washington Post’s series on immigrant integration in Europe. In response to dissent from within and disapproval from without, French President François Hollande recently reshuffled his […]

Ohio University poetry alum Becca J.R. Lachman ’07MA reviewed Brian Turner’s My Life as a Foreign Country for Brevity. “Of all the issues that can tear a family down the middle over time, deciding how to define and live out service has shaped–and divided–the people I love most. Both sides […]