Archive for March, 2016

The 2016 Spring Literary Festival welcomes poet and fiction author Stuart Dybek. Dybek is Distinguished Writer in Residence at Northwestern University. The festival is April 6-8. All readings and lectures are free and open to the public. The five visiting writers will be present throughout the festival, lecturing and reading from their […]

The Contemporary History Institute lecture series presents Professor David R. Stone on “Russia and the Eastern Front, 1914-1917” on Thursday, April 7, at 4:30 p.m. in Baker 242. This event was postponed from February. Stone teaches Strategy and Policy at the United States Naval War College. He received his B.A. […]

The Geography Department Colloquium Series presents Dr. Dawn Bowen on “Heritage Tourism in Raleigh, Newfoundland: Where the Road Less Traveled Ends” on Friday, April 8, from 2:00 to 2:55 p.m. in Porter 104. Bowen is Professor of Geography at the University of Mary Washington, where she has taught since 1997. She was trained […]

Naomi Oreskes, a world-renowned historian of science and authority on the denial of climate change, visits Ohio University to discuss climate change skepticism and its impacts on policymaking and public discourse on Friday, April 8, from 3-4:45 p.m in Schoonover Auditorium. Oreskes is Professor of the History of Science and […]

Learn about forest ecology, invasive species, and see a diverse selection of forest plants in their spring glory at the first official Plant Biology Graduate Student Association garlic mustard pull on Sunday, April 10, from 1-4 p.m. Where and when: Blue Ash Valley, behind the Hampton Inn on East State […]

Pierce J. Reed, senior judicial attorney to Supreme Court of Ohio Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor, speaks on campus on Monday, April 11, from 5-6 p.m. in Bentley 110, on “Behind the Bench: Confessions of an Accidental Lawyer.” The lecture is hosted by the Center for Law, Justice & Culture. Reed is […]

Ohio University alum Patrick Leary has worked in cultural resource management since completing Field School in Ohio Archaeology in the summer of 2014. Rising to field chief in less than a year after two quick promotions on his first project, he now works on projects from West Virginia to Connecticut. […]