Archive for September, 2016

Dr. David Rosenthal, Assistant Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, co-authored an article on “Intensifying drought eliminates the expected benefits of elevated carbon dioxide for soybean.” The article appeared Sept. 5 in Nature Plants. Abstract: Stimulation of C3 crop yield by rising concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide ([CO2]) is widely […]

Kaplan has put their best admissions advice, tools, and data in one place called “What’s Next?” Take the quiz at: ktp.events/OhioU. What’s Next? is a new resource hub rolled out this week. It’s a 2-minute quiz that ends by unlocking a suite of free resources for students preparing for graduate or […]

This past August, Dr. Joshua Hill, Assistant Professor of History, recently gave a talk on “The ‘Right to Bear Arms’ in the Early Chinese Republic” at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ Institute of Modern History in Beijing. He discussed the curious (and little known) appearance of “Second Amendment”-style protections for […]

by Kristin M. Distel Dr. Lisa Stein Haven, associate professor of English at Ohio University Zanesville, will publish in November 2016 Charlie Chaplin’s Little Tramp in America, 1947-77, her third book on a Charlie Chaplin-focused topic. Haven, a widely recognized expert on Chaplin and the genre of silent film, has […]

By Robert Frank Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences We are off to a great start this academic year—the 80th anniversary of the founding College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. A lot has changed since 1936. Enrollment on the Athens campus has increased from 2,500 to […]

Words of Welcome Welcome to Engage, the alumni newsletter of the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. I am very excited to launch Engage as part of a new college outreach initiative designed to promote stronger ties to our alumni. The alumni outreach initiative has two goals. First, […]

by Matt McCullough ’17 Submitting Applications Fall semester is the time of applications. Students and future students are submitting applications to admissions offices, fraternities and sororities, and study abroad programs. All of these programs, as part of applying, require a personal statement. While the reason for a personal statement varies, […]