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Wealth & Poverty | Fall Events Start with Global Challenges Week, Sept. 26-30

Wealth & Poverty | Fall Events Start with Global Challenges Week, Sept. 26-30

The Wealth & Poverty theme announces its Fall 2016 schedule of events, beginning with a Wealth & Poverty week on Global Challenges from Sept. 26-30. Most of the events can be viewed live or following the event on A&S TV. Wealth & Poverty Open Forum Friday, Sept. 2 – Wealth […]

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August 2, 2016 at 10:00 amEvents News

Sugar Bush Funds Appalachian Food and Culture Consortium

Sugar Bush Funds Appalachian Food and Culture Consortium

The Ohio University Foundation announced in June funding for five projects through The Sugar Bush Foundation, including $17,800 for the Appalachian Food and Culture Consortium: Restoration and Resilience. The Sugar Bush Foundation is a supporting organization within the Ohio University Foundation that works with OHIO and local communities to improve […]

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July 28, 2016 at 4:11 pmNews

Fredette in Washington Post: Nice Has Reputation as Terrorist Breeding Ground

Dr. Jennifer Fredette

Dr. Jennifer Fredette, Assistant Professor of Political Science, wrote a column in the Washington Post headlined “Nice now has a reputation as a breeding ground for terrorists.” We still don’t know much about why Tunisian-born French resident Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel drove a truck through Bastille Day crowds in Nice on […]

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July 24, 2016 at 8:58 amFaculty in the News In the News News

Sociology-Criminology Junior Interns for Common Pleas Judge

Sociology-Criminology Junior Interns for Common Pleas Judge

By Carrie Ramage ’17 My name is Carrie Ramage. My major is Sociology-Criminology. I am now a senior at Ohio University. Over the summer I interned for Common Pleas Judge Pat Lang’s office at the Athens County Court House. Pictured with me in this photo are case files I pulled […]

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July 19, 2016 at 2:56 pmNews

Students Tour Athens County Historical Society and Museum, Learn about Internships

New home of Athens County Historical Society and Museum

By Harlee Rozell ’17 The Ohio Student Anthropology Society worked with the Athens County Historical Society and Museum, which recently relocated to 24 W. State St., Athens, to host a tour of the museum for all interested Anthropology and History majors and minors at Ohio University. The purpose of this […]

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July 18, 2016 at 2:01 pmNews

Young Alumni on Jobs: ‘Get Your Face Out There’

2016 alumni panel

By Austin Rivers ’17 A recent graduate had specific advice for Ohio University students: Even when you don’t know what you want to do for a career, you should work to “get your face out there; get your name out there.” Natasha Lorenz ’14, was one of half a dozen […]

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July 18, 2016 at 1:32 pmAlumni News

Graduate Student Finds ‘Enchanting Experience’ Teaching in France

Micah McCrary (right) and fellow ESL counselors at American Village Officiel

By Kristin M. Distel Graduate student Micah McCrary is spending his summer teaching at American Village Officiel, a summer camp for elementary-age students in the south of France. “While I’ve always been interested in going back and forth between teaching college students/adults and teaching children, my work abroad has been […]

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July 18, 2016 at 12:29 pmNews