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A&S TV | Snowville Owner Warns about ‘Safe and Affordable’ Food Labeling Act

Warren Taylor

On Jan. 29, Warren Taylor, owner of Snowville Creamery in Pomeroy, OH, spoke on Food Sovereignty: Language-Labels-Liberty. Taylor spoke as a part of the Food Studies Food for Thought Speaker Series to a crowd of Ohio University students, faculty, and Athens community members in the Friends of the Library Room, Alden […]

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February 10, 2016 at 5:14 pmNews

CLJC Student Spotlight | Lydia Weiant Conducts Research in Northern Ireland

Lydia Weiant. Senior, Anthropology major, Political Science minor. with a Certificate in Law, Justice & Culture, taking in the memorial dedicated to those who lost their lives in the 1998 Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland.

  Ohio University Senior Lydia Weiant is an active member of the Center for Law, Justice & Culture community. An Anthropology major and a Political Science minor in the Honors Tutorial College, she sat down to answer some questions about her experiences with the center, her research that was inspired by a study […]

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February 9, 2016 at 9:35 amNews

Sociology Alumnus at the National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center

Sociology Alumnus at the National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center

“These patients often pass away with more questions than answers and we are able to provide definitive diagnoses and a sense of closure to the surviving families.” Jeff Negrey earned a B.A. in Sociology-Criminology in 2005 and an M.A. in Sociology in 2009 from the College of Arts & Sciences […]

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February 8, 2016 at 4:40 pmAlumni News

Sociology Alumna Research Associate at Butler Institute for Families

Sociology Alumna Research Associate at Butler Institute for Families

Ann enjoys using social sciences methodology to gather information about programs to help them provide the best possible services to children and families. Ann (Deaton) Wacker graduated from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University with her Masters in Sociology in 2008. She has worked at the Butler […]

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February 8, 2016 at 3:07 pmAlumni News

Career Corner | Check Bobcat CareerLink for Job, Internship Opportunities

Career Corner | Check Bobcat CareerLink for Job, Internship Opportunities

By Imants Jaunarajs Assistant Dean of Students for the Career and Leadership Development Center The Career and Leadership Development Center features job and internship postings for Ohio University students—available through Bobcat CareerLink. Bobcat CareerLink has more than 6,600 businesses and organizations looking to hire Ohio University students. Find out how […]

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February 8, 2016 at 2:38 pmNews

A&S TV | What’s Math Got To Do with the Spread of Disease?

Winfried Just. Photo credit: Emily Mueting/Ohio University.

 Dr. Winfried Just, Professor of Mathematics at Ohio University,  says the aim of epidemiology is not to cure diseases, but to identify the control measures such as vaccination and behavior modification that are most effective in limiting the spread of a disease. “Mathematical models help us understand how the […]

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February 6, 2016 at 5:24 pmNews

Modlin Wins Cowles Prize for ‘Everyone at This Party Has Two Names’

Brad Modlin

Brad Modlin’s book of poems Everyone at This Party Has Two Names has won the 2015 Cowles Prize and will be published by Southeast Missouri State University Press in the fall of 2016. Poems from the collection have appeared in print literary magazines including Indiana Review (Indiana University), Sycamore Review […]

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February 6, 2016 at 1:48 pmNews