Archive for September, 2015

Energy, Economics & Environment Brown Bag Lunch Series Kicks Off Sept. 25

The Sustainability Studies theme joins the Consortium for Energy, Economics & the Environment at Ohio University for the 2015-16 brown bag lunch series. The first brown bag is Friday, Sept. 25, at noon in The Ridges Building 22, Room 221. Pizza is provided. OHIO students will discuss their experiences studying […]

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September 25, 2015 at 12:37 pmEvents

Abu-Rish Says Questions about State Institutions and Electricity Sector in Lebanon Go Back a Long Ways

“Victims of the 'Darkening and Freezing Company’ [A pun on the electricity company’s formal name of Lighting and Tramway Company] - Suite filed demanding restoration of trampled rights - Where is the state to prove its existence?” asks a newspaper story in the Jan. 24, 1950, edition of the al-Amal newspaper.

The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS) interviewed Dr. Ziad Abu-Rish, Assistant Professor of History at Ohio University, about “Electricity in Early Independence Lebanon.“ Drawing on his current book project and using source material such as newspaper articles and development reports from the 1940s and ’50s, Abu-Rish draws a picture of political, […]

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September 25, 2015 at 7:32 amResearch

Career Corner | Network Your Way to Success

Jessie Carter

By Jessie Carter Assistant Director, Career & Leadership Development Center for the College of Arts & Sciences Congratulations! You powered through the Career and Internship Fair, made some great connections, and collected a handful of business cards. Now that the “hard part” is over with, how do you continue on your […]

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September 24, 2015 at 4:46 pmNews

Three Undergrads Travel to Japan to Help Study Immigration

Three Undergrads Travel to Japan to Help Study Immigration

By Nicole Rodriguez In 1998, Dr. Charlie Morgan, Assistant Professor of Sociology, made his first sojourn to Joetsu Niigata, Japan, to study and interview international couples. This summer, three Ohio University undergrads went along—in part to help interview the couple’s teenage children. In addition to getting undergraduate research and field […]

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September 24, 2015 at 11:50 amIn Class Research

Law, Justice & Culture Certificate Program Application Deadline: Oct. 23

Law, Justice & Culture Certificate Program Application Deadline: Oct. 23

Click here to apply by October 23! The Center for Law, Justice & Culture invites Ohio University undergraduate students from all majors to apply for the Certificate in Law, Justice & Culture. The certificate program brings together interdisciplinary coursework from African American Studies, Anthropology, Criminology, English, History, Interdisciplinary Arts, Political […]

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September 23, 2015 at 2:46 pmAnnouncements News

Psychology Welcomes Social Psychologist Jennifer Howell

Dr. Jennifer Howell

This semester, the Ohio University Psychology Department welcomes social psychologist Dr. Jennifer Howell as an Assistant Professor. Before completing a Ph.D. at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Howell served as a visiting pre-Doctoral Fellow at the University of California-Riverside and as a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. Howell […]

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September 22, 2015 at 6:07 pmNews

A&S Spotlight | English Advising Coordinator Is a ‘People Person’

Dr. Elizabeth Koontz

By Alicia Hopkins ’18 This week’s A&S Spotlight focuses on Dr. Elizabeth Koonce, Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Advising Coordinator of English. Your current job titles with Ohio University are Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Advising Coordinator. What appeals to you about these jobs? First and foremost, I should say my primary […]

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September 22, 2015 at 3:56 pmNews