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Senior Uses GoFundMe for Northern Ireland Human Rights Program

Senior Uses GoFundMe for Northern Ireland Human Rights Program

During her freshman year, Abigail Guerra ’18 learned about the Human Rights, Law & Justice spring break program in Northern Ireland during a meeting with Dr. Haley Duschinski. Taking the course, which focuses on the post-conflict transition of Northern Ireland after its long legacy of violence and human rights abuses, […]

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April 4, 2018 at 2:49 pmIn Class

Fall 2018 | Middle East and North Africa Studies Certificate Courses

Fall 2018 | Middle East and North Africa Studies Certificate Courses

Six Fall 2018 courses fulfill requirements for the Middle East and North Africa Studies Certificate. The following list includes course name, time, instructor, and prerequisites. The certificate is offered by the History Department at Ohio University in conjunction with a number of courses from other departments. Students and advisers interested in learning […]

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March 22, 2018 at 11:24 amIn Class

Dean Talks to Pre-Med Students about Cultural Competence in Medicine

Dr. John Brose, Dean Emeritus of OU-HCOM, discusses Culture and Medicine with pre-med students.

This Valentine’s Day was a sweet one for a group of pre-meds as they welcomed Dr. John Brose, Dean Emeritus of Ohio University’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, to discuss “Culture and Medicine” with their class. Brose’s presentation was part of the Pre-Med Transitions Seminar, a course designed to prepare […]

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March 9, 2018 at 2:44 pmIn Class News

Geology Students Observe an Impact Crater in Tennessee

Students get their serious caver faces on before crawling through the center of the Flynn Creek impact crater

Students from Dr. Keith Milam’s Planetary Geology class visited the Flynn Creek impact structure to examine the mostly buried, but partially exhumed, 3.8 km diameter crater in north central Tennessee. The students spent much of their time above ground, where they stopped at several locations along the crater rim and were […]

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March 8, 2018 at 2:36 pmIn Class News

College Invests in Upgrading Anatomy Teaching Labs

Students enrolled in Human Anatomy take advantage of the excellent learning environment in the newly renovated Biological Sciences anatomy teaching lab.

Thanks to funding from the College of Arts & Sciences, the Biological Sciences Department is now able to offer human and vertebrate anatomy laboratories for both undergraduate and graduate students in a state-of-the-art facility in the Central Classroom Building. The room is equipped with a separate air handling system that […]

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March 6, 2018 at 10:05 amIn Class News

Ohio Public Defender Talks to Sociology Capstone Class

David Stebbins

by Aissatou Boye ’20 David Stebbins, Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Ohio, joined Amanda Cox’s Sociology Capstone class last fall to talk about his experience working with capital defendants in Ohio. He went to Denison University for his undergraduate studies and then went on to receive […]

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February 26, 2018 at 9:35 amIn Class News

Geology Majors Gain Career Insights at Ohio Geologic Survey

Geology Majors Gain Career Insights at Ohio Geologic Survey

by Emily Simpson ’18 Junior Geological Sciences major When Sigma Gamma Epsilon and Geological Sciences students visited the Ohio Division of Geological Survey’s Horace R. Collins Laboratory and Core Library on Jan. 26, they were able to observe geologists analyzing new data on an earthquake that occurred just that morning […]

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February 13, 2018 at 1:59 pmIn Class News