Archive for November, 2017

Editor’s Note: The College of Arts & Sciences launches the Notable Alumni Awards, honoring 37 Notable Alumni in 2017 for broad accomplishments in their careers, a commitment to community service, and valuable contributions to Ohio University, the College of Arts & Sciences, and its students. John T. Moore ’88 Sociology […]

Twenty-five graduate students and faculty members from the Modern Languages Department and the Latin American Studies graduate program participated in the 16th Annual Ohio Latin Americanist Conference on Oct. 21 and 22. Organized by the Center for Latin American Studies at Ohio State University in collaboration with Ohio University, this […]

Dr. Damian Nance, Distinguished Professor of Geological Sciences, gave an hour-long presentation in Salisbury, NC, in early November that made the Salisbury Post in a story headlined ‘Cornish Cousins’ follow their rich mining heritage to Rowan, Cabarrus counties. Nance, a native of Cornwall in the United Kingdom, had been invited […]

The College of Arts & Sciences recognizes outstanding faculty and staff contributions with awards made annually. The deadline for awards nominations to the college is Friday, March 30. “We have many faculty and staff in the college who make outstanding contributions and are deserving of award recognition, so please consider nominating […]

Ohio University’s 1804 Fund has provided seven faculty researchers from the Russ College, the College of Arts & Sciences and the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine with a $64,000 grant to purchase two instruments that will facilitate molecular research. The equipment includes the Covaris S220 Focused-ultrasonicator – used to prepare […]

From Compass Dr. Beth Quitslund is one of three faculty and administrators from Ohio University selected as 2017-18 Mid-American Conference Academic Leadership Development Program fellows. Quitslund, Associate Professor of English; Christopher Hayes, director of the School of Music, and Sara Helfrich, a Teacher Education associate professor and Literacy Program coordinator, […]

The Political Science Department announces a new course called Critical Studies in Global Humanitarianism for Spring 2018. POLS 4640/5640: Critical Studies in Global Humanitarianism Description: This course draws upon a variety of interdisciplinary materials that examine humanitarianism as an expression of global civil society, a mechanism of global governance, and […]