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Get in the car during a tornado? Ride out Hurricane Katrina? Move an entire squadron of KC135 Stratotankers because of a weather forecast? For meteorologists, weather isn’t just a natural phenomenon. It’s a passion for protecting people—and sometimes it’s even a personal experience at ground zero. Speakers told their up-close […]

Juli Accurso ’14 was one of just 10 scholar-athletes in a five-state region named to the Capital One Academic All-District First Team, adding yet another accolade to her academic and athletic accomplishments. Accurso maintains a 3.88 cumulative GPA while pursuing a double major in French and Linguistics. “It’s always great […]

“In Jules Verne’s classic novel Journey to the Center of the Earth, explorers find a hidden tunnel that takes them to a forgotten land filled with wild beasts and other wonders,” writes Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, on Sunday, June 2, in the Columbus Dispatch. Hicks writes […]

Ohio University research merges manganese, gallium nitride in uniform layer Ten years ago, scientists were convinced that a combination of manganese and gallium nitride could be a key material to create spintronics, the next generation of electronic devices that operate on properties found at the nanoscale. But researchers grew discouraged […]

September 2, 2011 Tim Smith Ben holds a Ph.D. in Classics from Rutgers University where he completed his dissertation in May 2011 (The Process of Imperial Decision-Making from Augustus to Trajan). He comes to Ohio University after teaching at Rutgers-New Brunswick and Rutgers-Newark. Ben’s areas of academic interest include ancient […]

January 27, 2012 Tim Smith Library of Celsus at EphesusThe department would like to announce that the requirements for the Classical Civilization major have changed. Students are no longer required to take two years in Greek or Latin to fulfill the language requirement; instead, any foreign language approved by the […]

April 19, 2012 Tim Smith Aquila Theatre Presents Ancient Greeks/Modern Lives: Poetry-Drama-Dialogue: A National Conversation on April 21, 2012, at 2 p.m. in the Big Meeting Room at Athens Public Library, 30 Home Street, Athens, OH 45701. Aeschylus, Agamemnon. “The Sacrifice of Iphigenia.” Lines 104-159; 184-255. (Oresteia by Aeschylus, translated […]