Archive for March, 2016

History Student Gets Best Paper Prize from Society for Military History

Seth Givens

The Society for Military History and the First Division Museum at Cantigny has awarded Seth Givens, Ph.D. student in the History Department, the Kevin J. Carroll Award for Best Graduate Student Paper in Military History. Givens received the award for “‘The Defense of Berlin Starts at the Mekong’: Lyndon Johnson and […]

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March 20, 2016 at 1:52 pmResearch

PBIO Alum Using Fulbright To Study Plants in the Galapagos

Dr. Ross McCauley

By Sydney Dawes Environmental & Plant Biology Ohio University alum Dr. Ross McCauley received a Fulbright and will be spending next winter in the Galapagos and mainland South America researching Amaranth species. McCauley started his work with the Amaranthaceae family for his Ph.D. dissertation with Dr. Harvey Ballard in the […]

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March 20, 2016 at 12:45 pmAlumni News

Atlantic Quotes Burgess on Trump ‘Exploiting Race and Nativism’

Dr. Susan Burgess

Dr. Susan Burgess, Professor of Political Sciences at Ohio University, was quoted in the Atlantic story “The Voters Only Trump Can Reach” by Andrew McGill. The Ohio counties that John Kasich lost are rugged land, different from the flat farmland that stretches across the rest of the state. In many […]

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March 20, 2016 at 10:20 amFaculty in the News In the News

History Grad Meets with President Carter & Rosalynn Carter

History graduate student Eryn Kane (in red) talks with Rosalynn Carter, as President Carter looks on. Photo credit: National Parks Services and Jimmy Carter National History Site.

Eryn Kane, Ph.D. student in the History Department, was recently invited to the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site, where she participated in a roundtable and helped advise on updating the site, including giving more attention to Rosalynn Carter. The visit was sponsored by the U.S. National Parks Service and the Jimmy […]

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March 18, 2016 at 12:39 pmResearch

Career Corner | FoodWorks Alliance Job in Zanesville

Career Corner | FoodWorks Alliance Job in Zanesville

Bobcat CareerLink offers many job and internship opportunities for students from the College of Arts & Sciences. A new position just added is Americorps*VISTA Community Development Liaison with FoodWorks Alliance in Zanesville, OH. Look for more opportunities and get your resume in Bobcat CareerLink: Join Bobcat Careerlink Watch Bobcat Videos […]

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March 18, 2016 at 12:16 pmAnnouncements

History Faculty Score Major Awards and Publications

Bentley Annex, home to the History Department

The History Department at Ohio University prides itself on the scholarly productivity of its faculty. Only three months into 2016, a number of its historians have received significant recognition for for their scholarship, both past and future: Dr. Miriam Shadis won both an Institute for International Education Fulbright Fellowship and an Ohio […]

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March 18, 2016 at 11:09 amResearch

Fall 2016 & Summer 2016 | Food Studies Courses

Fall 2016 & Summer 2016 | Food Studies Courses

The Food Studies theme includes a variety of courses that can help students fill Ohio University general education requirements, as well as College of Arts & Sciences distribution requirements. Summer 2016 ANTH 4911 Field School in Ohio Archeology MTuWTh 8-3 Patton CAS 4410 Seminar: How Food Works in the Community […]

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March 16, 2016 at 5:54 pmAnnouncements