Archive for February, 2015

“A lot of my questions are both economic and legal questions,” explained Dr. Smoki Musaraj, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and one of the newest faculty members of the Center for Law, Justice & Culture. Musaraj researches informal practices and economies in post-socialist contexts, specifically in her home country of Albania. […]

Dr. Brian Schoen, Associate Professor of History at Ohio University, gave an invited seminar at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at the Free University of Berlin. The John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies is one of the most important centers in Europe for research […]

The MLK Committee would like to thank the Ohio University community for its generous donations for the MLK Jr. first annual school supply drive, which ended on Jan. 30, 2015. With the help of faculty, staff and students and the $200 contribution from Athens Walmart and Larry Conrath Realty, the community […]

Dr. Brandon Kendhammer, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ohio University, is on a Feb. 11 panel at Northwestern University about Nigerians preparing to vote in presidential and state elections. The panelists will discuss the rise and development of Boko Haram, a violent Islamist movement creating havoc in northern parts […]

The Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics (INPP) presents Jerry P. Draayer, of  the Louisiana State University, presenting “Quark-gluon Plasma*” on Tuesday, Feb. 10, at at 4:00 p.m. in Edwards Accelerator Lab, Roger W. Finlay Conference Room. Abstract: As the quark-gluon plasma –  governed by strong interaction physics – cools, […]

Starting Feb. 10, the Ohio Student Anthropology Society is planning Taco Tuesdays in Bentley Hall. Stop by for beverages and “walking tacos” complete with choice of cheese, salsa, and veggies from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Tuesday. Donations will fund a trip to the Central States Anthropological Society conference […]

Two Ohio University meteorology students who were WOWK interns were interviewed in a WBOY report as they were helping on StormFest, a partnership between California University of Pennsylvania and the Carniege Science Center, which provides students a hands-on earth science learning experiment. Jensen Hufnagel, StormFest 2015 chair said, “It’s basically […]