Archive for September, 2019

The Geological Sciences Department welcomes three new faculty members this fall. Dr. Katherine Fornash joins the department as a tenure-track Assistant Professor. She received her B.S. in Geosciences from the University of Arizona, and her Ph.D. from the structure, tectonics, and metamorphic petrology group at the University of Minnesota. Her […]

Dr. Dawn Bikowski was awarded a $40,000 grant by the U.S. State Department to develop and teach an online course for an international audience of higher education educators. Bikowski is Director of the English Language Improvement Program at Ohio University. The eight-week online course is part of the American English […]

Dr. Brandon Kendhammer was on a panel on “Rethinking Nigeria’s Response to the Boko Haram Crisis” on Sept. 18 at the Washington Humanitarian Forum. Kendhammer is Associate Professor of Political Science at Ohio University. The forum, hosted by the Center for Strategic & International Studies, focuses “on humanitarian challenges that […]

The Bios Advising and Resource Room (or the BARR) exists to help science students thrive. The BARR consists of 18 peer advisers this year—affectionately known as the BIGS. The BARR, originally created to assist students in introductory biology and to help first-year students adjust to and learn about Ohio University, […]

Dr. Eric LeMay, Associate Professor of English, wins the 2019 CutBank Chapbook contest for “Remember Me: An Essay.” LeMay’s long essay will be published as a chapbook by CutBank, the literary journal of the University of Montana, in 2020. The CutBank Chapbook Contest honors three works of “startling, evocative, and […]

Olivia Gedeon, Joe Landusky, Brea Muzykoski, and Lydia Wendel all began their academic careers at Ohio University in late August of 2017 in the Law, Justice & Culture Learning Community, taught by the Director of the Center for Law, Justice & Culture, Dr. Haley Duschinski. The four became fast friends. […]

The Ohio University Mock Trial Team selected 20 students to compete during the 2019-20 academic year. Tryouts occurred on Sept. 11 and 12. In order to tryout, students were required to prepare and deliver a three-minute speech on a selected topic. At the conclusion of their prepared remarks, students were […]