Archive for September, 2018

Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, authored a column in the Columbus Dispatch headlined “Space Force would encourage weaponizing, not exploring, space.” In 1967, several countries, including the United States, signed the Outer Space Treaty, which provided the basic cooperation principles for the human race […]

One hundred faculty members of the College of Arts & Sciences were honored Sept. 20 at the fourth-annual OHIO Newsmakers Gala, and Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History, was again the year’s most-quoted faculty member. University Communications and Marketing, in partnership with the Office of the Executive Vice President […]

Dr. Sarah Poggione, Associate Professor & Chair of Political Science at Ohio University, was quoted in a Post article headlined “Election 2018: Is the ‘Blue Wave’ coming to Ohio?” “While I think there is a lot of evidence, even here in Ohio, that there will be a Blue Wave, or at least […]

Dr. Brad Simpson recently visited Ohio University, kicking off the Contemporary History Institute’s fall semester speaker series. Simpson teaches and researches 20th century U.S. foreign relations and international history in the History Department of the University of Connecticut and has a joint appointment with the Asian and Asian American Studies […]

The Food Matters Club, a student organization associated with the Food Studies theme at Ohio University, made a group trip to the Athens Farmers Market on Sept. 22. While many club members attend the market regularly, for some club members, the visit was their first time experiencing the Athens Farmers […]

Ohio University undergraduate student Amanda Szinte was awarded the Ohio EPA’s Environmental Education Scholarship. Szinte is a Biological Sciences–Wildlife Conservation major and an Environmental & Plant Biology minor. The scholarship is awarded to those demonstrating knowledge and career commitment to the environmental sciences or environmental engineering. Szinte was one of […]

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. by Kristin Distel Ohio University alum Joselyn Hines (’18 Psychology), who is studying to be a physician, has big dreams—and the drive to achieve them. Hines […]