Archive for October, 2015

Dr. Cynthia Anderson, Associate Professor of Sociology, served as presider and discussant for the American Sociological Association conference session “Rural Contexts as Spaces of Inequality, Power & Identity” in August. The American Sociological Association annual meeting provides the opportunity for professionals involved in the scientific study of society to share […]

By Cecilia Ellis ’16 “This is a success story,” says Dr. Ryan Fogt, Associate Professor of Geography, as he introduces alum Ryan Phillips ’00 to a packed classroom in Clippinger on Sept. 11. Phillips—who earned a B.S. in Geography-Meteorology in 2000—has taken his profession by storm, working as the morning […]

The Ohio: Sense of Place Fall 2015 Field Trip Series continues with a guided look at the forest communities of Athens County at Stroud’s Run State Park on Sunday, Oct. 11, from 1 to 5 p.m. The guided walk includes an investigation of the impact of human land use on […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents James Kneller of the North Carolina State University on “Neutrinos in Supernovae” on Friday, Oct. 9, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: Studying the neutrino with experiments here on Earth is a slow business. This fundamental particle is just so ephemeral under […]

Watch the whole talk on A&S TV. By Rachel Komich On Sept. 14, Dr. Gary Paul Nabhan kicked off the year for Food Studies with his talk, New Crops from Wild Fruits: Re-Diversifying Cropping Systems. Dr. Nabhan, a MacArthur Fellow and W.K. Kellogg Chair in the Southwest Borderlands and Water […]

The Center for Law, Justice & Culture is offering a panel discussion on prison re-entry the challenges of life after incarceration on Thursday, Oct. 8, from 1:30 to 2:50 p.m. in Bentley Hall 240. “The growth of incarceration in the United States has led to a crisis in the criminal justice […]

The Ohio University Creative Writing program announces its three Writers in Residence for 2015-16, leading off with William Olsen on Thursday, Oct. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Walter Hall Rotunda. Olsen has published five books of poetry, including Sand Theory (Northwestern, 2011). His awards include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National […]