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Meyers’ Plant Biology Experiment Goes to Space This Week

Meyers’ Plant Biology Experiment Goes to Space This Week

 Watch the liftoff that took place on Dec. 15.Wednesday Editor’s Note: Myers is a graduate student in Environmental & Plant Biology and Molecular and Cellular Biology. By Alexander Meyers, from his Facebook page Graduate Student in Environmental & Plant Biology HEY EVERYBODY— I’M GOING TO SPACE!! Well, not me […]

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December 2, 2017 at 1:33 pmNews

Spriggs Has ‘a Toe in Literature, Creative Writing, and Rhetoric’

Dr. Bianca Spriggs (Photo Credit: Brian Campbell)

  by Kristin Distel The English Department welcomes newly hired assistant professor Dr. Bianca Spriggs, who comes to Ohio University from the University of Kentucky. Spriggs earned a B.A. in history and studio art from Transylvania University, an M.A. in English literature and creative writing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, […]

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December 1, 2017 at 12:17 pmNews

Transfer Tip | If a Course Is Full, Try the Waitlist

Kristi Conrad

By Kristi Conrad Academic Advisor & Transfer Specialist Didn’t get into a course that you wanted? See if the course has a waitlist option. By adding yourself to the waitlist for a course that is full, you are letting the department know that you are interested in the course and […]

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December 1, 2017 at 11:26 amNews

German Honor Society Delta Phi Alpha Inducts New Members

German Honor Society Delta Phi Alpha Inducts New Members

The Ohio University chapter of the German Honor Society Delta Phi Alpha held its annual induction event on Nov. 28. Delta Phi Alpha members, guests, and  German faculty from the Modern Languages Department gathered over food and conversation to celebrate the new pledges’ academic success and witness their initiation. This […]

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December 1, 2017 at 9:29 amNews

Food Matters Hosts Visiting Speakers, Alum from Alaska

Laura and Jimmie Hendricks

Food Matters, the student organization affiliated with the Food Studies theme, hosted guest speakers Laura and Jimmie Hendricks from Denali, Ala, on Nov. 27. Laura Hendricks, an Ohio University alumni, and her husband, Jimmie, own an off-the grid sustainable farm where they spend half the year growing produce for their […]

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November 28, 2017 at 4:37 pmAlumni News

New Faculty Amanda Cox Specializes in Criminal Justice

Dr. Amanda Cox

  Dr. Amanda Cox is a new Sociology lecturer at Ohio University this fall—and a Center for Law Justice & Culture affiliate. She is teaching Introduction to Sociology and a Sociology Capstone titled “The Death Penalty in the United States.” Cox’s interest in the death penalty began in high school […]

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November 28, 2017 at 12:45 pmNews

Undecided, She Found Passion for Language and Culture

Laura Gilbert

Laura Gilbert, originally from Centerville, OH, is about to finish a double major in Spanish and Linguistics, with an additional certificate in Latin American Studies. Though she has thoroughly enjoyed her educational journey at Ohio University, Gilbert is excited to see what the future holds. “I applied to Ohio University […]

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November 28, 2017 at 11:19 amNews