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The Ohio University community mourns the May 12 passing of Dr. Vattel “Ted” Rose, Associate Professor Emeritus of African American Studies. He arrived at OHIO in 1978, having earned a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. He chaired the African American Studies Department for nearly two decades. “After graduating from […]

Ohio University junior Justin Riley was awarded the Alan Aichinger Memorial Scholarship by the Political Science Department. Riley is majoring in Political Science in the Honors Tutorial College. This scholarship is awarded to a Political Science Honors Tutorial student who has compiled an outstanding academic record. It was created in […]

COMCorps, an AmeriCorps program housed in OHIO’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, has opportunities for seniors who want to stay close to Athens and give back to the community after graduation. COMCorps participants will make a 10.5- or 11.5-month commitment to deliver health services in Athens County. The program starts […]

Ohio University graduate student Zoë Bossiere authors a startling new memoir essay on the Guernica website, titled “Fear in the Time of the Javelina: A younger boy swore he’d seen one of the pigs standing on its hind legs, peering through his trailer window.” Bossiere is a Ph.D. in English […]

Ernst Breitenberger, 95, born in Graz, Austria, passed away on April 30, 2020, according to the Athens Messenger. He was Professor Emeritus in Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University. Breitenberger earned Ph.D. degrees from the University of Vienna in 1950 and Cambridge University in 1956. He was a faculty member […]

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. These are exciting times for Lynsey Beros and Austin Warehime. The two accomplished Ohio University alumni are slated to earn their terminal degrees in May in […]

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. Ohio University alumni Morgan Stalder and Laken Schodzinski have a lot in common. They both are currently 23 years old and hail from the Ohio Valley. […]