Archive for September, 2016

Global Opportunities To Study Abroad Span the Planet

Global Opportunities Fair 2016

By Matt McCullough ’17 On September 12th, the Office of Global Opportunities held its annual global opportunities fair in the Baker Center Ballroom. The purpose of the fair is to enlighten interested students in the many different study abroad programs. Study abroad programs cover a wide variety of subjects and destinations. There […]

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September 14, 2016 at 8:18 amNews

Anthropology Student Takes a Surreal Journey to China

Henry Bauer at the Stone Forest

By Tetyana Dovbnya Ohio Program of Intensive English and A&S International Academic Advisor As we notice the tint of yellow in the leaves of old trees that abound on Ohio University’s campus, we start to realize the autumn is knocking at the doorstep. With a bit of nostalgia, we look […]

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September 12, 2016 at 5:23 pmNews

OHIO Continues Post-Tsunami Relationship With Iwate Prefectural University

OHIO Continues Post-Tsunami Relationship With Iwate Prefectural University

Dr. Tomomasa Sasa of Iwate Prefectural University, Japan made his fifth visit to Ohio University on Sept. 8 and 9 to confirm the details of plans to bring nine of his students from IPU to OHIO next March for a short-term intensive English Study Abroad Program designed by the Ohio […]

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September 12, 2016 at 5:17 pmNews

International News | Russian Language Study Abroad Programs

International News | Russian Language Study Abroad Programs

By Tanya Dovbnya Ohio Program of Intensive English and A&S International Academic Advisor The Ohio Program of Intensive English welcomes OHIO faculty, staff, and students to join their events this week. International Conversation Hour What? Engage in the international dialogue, Facilitator: Andrea Johannes When and Where? Tuesday, Sept. 13, from 6-7 p.m., on the […]

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September 12, 2016 at 2:36 pmAnnouncements News

Rios Is Associate Editor for Two Psychology Journals

Dr. Kimberly Rios

Dr. Kimberly Rios, Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of Experimental Training, is an associate editor for two journals: Group Processes and Intergroup Relations—”Group Processes & Intergroup Relations (GPIR), peer-reviewed and published bi-monthly, is a scientific social psychology journal dedicated to research on social psychological processes within and between groups. […]

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September 12, 2016 at 11:25 amResearch

Buckley Co-Authors ‘The Greening of Baltimore’s Asphalt Schoolyards’

Buckley Co-Authors ‘The Greening of Baltimore’s Asphalt Schoolyards’

Dr. Geoffrey Buckley, Professor of Geography, co-authored an article on “The Greening of Baltimore’s Asphalt Schoolyards” in Geographical Review. This research was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation Long-Term Ecological Research Program (DEB-1027188). The researchers also received a Baker Award from Ohio University. The American Geological Society […]

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September 12, 2016 at 10:14 amResearch

Sociology Alum Named 2015 National Slow Smoke Champion in Pipe Smoking

The U.S. champion on the 13th national slow smoke competition was Mike "Doc" Garr on May 3, 2015, at the Chicagoland International Pipe and Tobacciana Show.

Mike “Doc” Garr, ’74, ’78M is the 2015 national slow smoke champion in pipe smoking. As winner of the national contest, he won a trip to Italy to compete at the international slow smoke competition last October. He also is currently president of the United Pipe Clubs of America and […]

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September 12, 2016 at 10:05 amAlumni