Archive for March, 2015

Kennedy Lecture: ‘A Trip Through Strawberry Fields,’ March 9

Kennedy Lecture: ‘A Trip Through Strawberry Fields,’ March 9

Ohio University’s 2014-15 Kennedy Lecture Series presents “A Trip Through Strawberry Fields” with Scott Freiman on March 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Templeton Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium. Freiman is the CEO of Qwire which creates collaborative, cloud-based tools for people who create, supply, and manage music for film and television. […]

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March 9, 2015 at 10:00 pmEvents

Rosser Reads ‘As If’ on PBS NewsHour

J. Allyn Rosser

PBS NewsHour weekly poem series featured a reading of “As If” by Dr. J. Allyn Rosser, Associate Professor of English at Ohio University, from her new book Mimi’s Trapeze. The Artsdesk story carried the headline: Poet posits, ‘We humans, we’re kind of a disappointment.’ In Mimi’s Trapeze, her fourth book, […]

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March 9, 2015 at 6:56 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Advising Tip: Fall Registration is Approaching

Sara Berens, Academic Advisor and Retention Specialist for the College of Arts & Sciences

By Sara Berens College of Arts & Sciences Academic Adviser Welcome back! I know you’re all coming from your Spring Break destinations (Wwe had 10 inches of snow while you were gone!), but it’s time to get back to it. Registration advising for Fall of 2015 is slated to begin […]

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March 9, 2015 at 10:26 amNews

Summer Courses | Anthropology Fieldwork in Familiar Places

Anthropology fieldwork

By Ellie Koewler ’15 This summer, three courses provide Anthropology fieldwork, hands-on experiences in research methods, and a pathway to undergraduate research projects and internships. The “Fieldwork in Familiar Places” package is designed to provide students with 14 credit hours through three project-based methods courses in all Anthropology subfields: cultural, biological, and […]

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March 9, 2015 at 10:00 amAnnouncements News

OHIO Mourns Sociology Major Jasmine Cosby

Jasmine Cosby

By George E. Mauzy Jr. From Compass Jasmine M. Cosby, a 20-year-old Ohio University junior sociology and pre-law major, died unexpectedly on Monday, March 2. A resident of Canal Winchester, OH, and 2012 graduate of Pickerington Central High School, Cosby was a devoted member of Anointed Ministries and Divine Covering, […]

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March 6, 2015 at 1:33 pmNews

Unlocking Left-Right Asymmetry in Nuclear Systems

Unlocking Left-Right Asymmetry in Nuclear Systems

 By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy Dr. Daniel Phillips, Professor of Physics at Ohio University, co-authored a ground-breaking paper describing how patterns of protons scattered in lab experiments can be explained by examining interactions between the quarks that make up the protons. Phillips and physicists Daris Samart and Carlos Schat […]

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March 4, 2015 at 7:30 amResearch

Joslin-Knapp Wants to Show Race, Not Stereotypes

Joslin-Knapp Wants to Show Race, Not Stereotypes

By Chris Caldwell Sydney Joslin-Knapp ’16 attempts to blend her photography degree with her African American Studies minor to show issues of race rather than merely tell them. “Since coming to OU, I realize just how little people talk about race in a productive way,” says Joslin-Knapp. African American Studies […]

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March 3, 2015 at 4:47 pmIn Class News