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Cleveland Foundation Offers Summer Internship Program | Apply by Jan. 21

Cleveland Foundation Offers Summer Internship Program | Apply by Jan. 21

Now in its 20th year, the Cleveland Foundation Summer Internship Program connects undergraduate students with meaningful, career-related experiences in the nonprofit and public sectors. Interns are placed at nonprofit and governmental agencies across Greater Cleveland for an 11-week paid summer internship. The foundation is currently accepting applications from students who wish […]

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November 28, 2018 at 8:46 amAnnouncements News

New Faculty Holly Ningard Focuses in Criminology and Law and Society

Dr. Holly Ningard

Dr. Holly Ningard joined Ohio University as a lecturer in Sociology. She is also a new Faculty Affiliate of the Center for Law, Justice & Culture. Ningard focuses on several types of criminology, including green criminology, cultural and narrative criminology. Her interests also lie in law and society studies, corporate crime, […]

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November 26, 2018 at 8:59 pmAlumni News

2019 Baker Peace Conference To Focus on International Cooperation and World Order Since 1945

Adm. (ret.) James Stavridis

By Dr. Ingo Trauschweizer Associate Professor of History & Director of the Contemporary History Institute The Contemporary History Institute hosts the 2019 Baker Peace Conference on March 28-29, 2019. Our theme this year is “Temple of Peace? International Cooperation and World Order since 1945.” With this conference, we hope to […]

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November 26, 2018 at 3:03 pmNews

Fitzpatrick Attends German Language Program in Preparation for Dissertation Research

Fitzpatrick Attends German Language Program in Preparation for Dissertation Research

Contemporary History Institute and History doctoral student Michael Fitzpatrick recently took part in an immersive German-language program abroad. In the university town of Leipzig, Germany, Sprachschule Paroli offers small-group intensive training in grammar and conversation for students from beginner to advanced levels. Distinct from other language programs, Paroli stresses an immersive learning environment that […]

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November 25, 2018 at 10:01 pmNews

Ecohouse Thanksgiving Dinner Features OHIO Student Farm Produce

Each table at the Ecohouse Thanksgiving had a basket of bread, decorative pine cones, and a conversation topic card with a question pertaining to food and sustainability. This card reads, "What are the main inhibitors to the expansion of sustainable food systems in our region? What does a sustainable food system look like to you?"

One week before Thanksgiving Day, the Ohio University Ecohouse hosted the fourth annual sustainable Thanksgiving Dinner as the final event of the Sustainable Food Series. This year, all the dishes were prepared by Restaurant, Hotel and Tourism students from Human & Consumer Sciences. With the focus being on sustainability, ingredients for […]

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November 20, 2018 at 9:24 pmNews

Chemistry Conference Brings Nearly 200 Chemists to OHIO

OHIO Chemistry & Biochemistry students (attendees and volunteers) with conference co-organizers Drs. Travis White and Jessica White.

Drs. Jessica White and Travis White, assistant professors of Chemistry & Biochemistry, welcomed nearly 200 chemists from 20 universities and colleges in Ohio and surrounding states (Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia) to the 2018 Ohio Inorganic Weekend in Athens on Nov. 9 and 10. This conference has been held […]

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November 20, 2018 at 1:47 pmNews

Modern Languages Hosts Ohio Valley Foreign Language Alliance 35th Anniversary

Attendees at the Ohio Valley Foreign Language Alliance

The Modern Languages Department hosted the annual meeting of the Ohio Valley Foreign Language Alliance on Nov. 3. This organization provides a forum for collaboration between foreign language instructors from the university level and high school and middle school levels from the southeast Ohio region and from bordering areas in […]

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November 16, 2018 at 8:48 amNews