Archive for January, 2018

Natasha (Bush) Kennedy ’09 was appointed and sworn in by the Judge as the Logan County Common Pleas Court General Division Magistrate in November 2017. In this role, she presides over civil and criminal matters. After graduating with her B.A. in Sociology-Criminology from the College of Arts & Sciences at […]

By Dawn Bikowski Director of the English Language Improvement Program Ohio University faculty traveled to Ecuador in December as part of a research and community capacity-building project involving local agro-biodiversity and food sovereignty in two regions—Southeastern Ohio and the Andes outside of Quito. The project, “Facilitating & Sharing International Community-Based […]

A new research article appearing in Materials Today includes a contribution from Dr. Anthony Stender titled “High stiffness polymer composite with tunable transparency.” The paper characterizes the properties of a composite polymer under changing temperature conditions, and the work was for a project led by Pulickel Ajayan and Chandra Sekhar […]

By Kristi Conrad Academic Advisor and Transfer Specialist Transfer students should consider taking their foreign language courses as soon as possible. The College of Arts & Sciences has a foreign language requirement for graduation. Students in Bachelor of Arts programs are required to meet the 2120 level in a foreign […]

By Tetyana Dovbnya Academic Advisor / International Student Advising Specialist Change can be difficult, especially when you’re faced with major milestones like graduation. So, this week I want to encourage all of our seniors who will be leaving Athens this May to make the transition easier and plan ahead! Apply […]

Sociology students were among the presenters when the Ohio village of Shawnee celebrated Little Cities of Black Diamonds Day in October with a focus on the evolution of transportation—from Native American footpaths, to railroads, to the modern highways and recreational trails that cross the region. The day is hosted by […]

Dr. Mark Alicke, Professor of Psychology, authored a column in Psychology Today headlined “What If a Mass-Murderer Has No Motive?” …What the search for motive is about, I think, is the psychological well-being of the rest of us who have to live with the possibility that such events could occur […]