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WOUB: Has Ukraine Fallen Out Of The National Spotlight?

WOUB’s Ann Jacob interviewed Dr. Steven Miner, Director of Ohio University’s Contemporary History Institute and an expert on Russian Soviet and Eastern European history, on May 16. The issues in Ukraine were headline news for weeks as rallies overthrew a government, and even more as Russia began to move into […]

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May 21, 2014 at 1:45 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Sandal in Huffington Post: Turkey Mine Deaths Were No Accident

Sandal in Huffington Post: Turkey Mine Deaths Were No Accident

Last week’s mine deaths in Turkey were “no accident,” writes Dr. Nukhet Sandal for the Huffington Post in an article headlined “No Death Is Ordinary: Soma Work Massacre in Turkey.” Sandal, Director of War and Peace Studies and Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ohio University, is  conducting research this […]

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May 21, 2014 at 12:24 pmFaculty in the News In the News News

Biology Alum Chose UC Medical School, Now in OB-GYN Residency

Biology Alum Chose UC Medical School, Now in OB-GYN Residency

Michael Boldt, MD, second-year OB-GYN resident at the University of Cincinnati, is proud to be a buckeye who didn’t fall far from the tree. An Ohio University alum, Boldt earned a B.S. in the Biological Sciences pre-professional program in 2008 from the College of Arts & Sciences. He attended medical […]

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May 21, 2014 at 12:05 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News News

Vinton Daily: OPIE Offers Go International; Deadline June 18

Ohio University and the Ohio Program of Intensive English (OPIE) will again to offer the “Go International” program for students in grades 9-11 this summer, reports the Vinton Daily. Students attending will have the option to live in an OU dorm with Japanese students, learn basic Japanese and cross-cultural communication […]

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May 19, 2014 at 9:23 pmIn the News

Linguistics Alum Earns International Reading Association Award

Linguistics Alum Earns International Reading Association Award

Ohio University alum Dr. Kouider Mokhtari ’84M, ’87PhD received the 2014 John C. Manning Public School Service Award from the International Reading Association, announced Dr. Ross Sherman, University of Texas at Tyler College of Education and Psychology Dean, in a news release. Mokhtari holds a Ph.D. in applied linguistics, cognitive […]

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May 19, 2014 at 9:11 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Miner on For Your Ears Only: Both Russia and China Think America is Past its Prime

To consider the long and contentious connections of Crimea, Ukraine and Russia and the dangers for them and the wider world going forward, For Your Ears Only was joined by Dr. Steven Miner, Director of Ohio University’s Contemporary History Institute and an expert on Russian Soviet and Eastern European history. […]

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May 19, 2014 at 5:30 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Lorain Early College High School Grad To Study Pre-Physical Therapy at Ohio

The Morning Journal quotes a Lorain County Community College graduate—who earned his high school diploma and an associate’s degree at the same time—about his plans to study Pre-Physical Therapy at Ohio University. A news release stated LCCC offers Early College High School as an opportunity for students who are entering […]

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May 19, 2014 at 4:32 pmIn the News Students in the News