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Biology Junior Says Don’t Be Scared To Change

Aerial Boggs, Arts & Sciences student ambassador

By Alicia Hopkins ’18 eNEWS Editor A&S Spotlight features Aerial Boggs, a Marine and Wildlife Biology and Anthropology, major, and a College of Arts & Sciences Student Ambassador. If you could tell your pre-OHIO self one thing, what would it be? Don’t be scared to change; it’s going to happen. […]

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November 9, 2015 at 11:53 pmNews

Northern Ireland Info Session | Spring Break Trip on Law and Conflict, Sept. 23

Northern Ireland Info Session | Spring Break Trip on Law and Conflict, Sept. 23

Applications are now being accepted for the Ohio University study abroad program on Human Rights, Law & Justice in Northern Ireland, Spring Break 2016. Application information is online, and the deadline is Oct. 4. An information session will be held on Sept. 23 from 5 to 6 pm in Bentley Annex 007 […]

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September 2, 2015 at 6:30 pmNews

A Summer in the Dirt, and Career Plans Taking Shape

A Summer in the Dirt, and Career Plans Taking Shape

By Cecilia Ellis ’17 “Are you getting eaten alive? Welcome to Field School,” jokes Zack Matthews, one of Dr. Paul Patton’s interns on site at the Ohio Field School in Archaeology. Music drifted through the forest as a dozen students and a swarm of mosquitoes welcomed me to the lively dig […]

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August 31, 2015 at 10:47 amIn Class News

Summer II | Want to Know if You Have Neanderthal DNA?

Summer II | Want to Know if You Have Neanderthal DNA?

The Sociology & Anthropology Department at Ohio University is offering a Summer Session II course that fills general education Tier II Natural Sciences (2NS). ANTH 2010 Introduction to Biological Anthropology (2NS) Have you ever wondered where we come from? About what makes us different from all other animals? In Anthropology 2010 (Introduction […]

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May 28, 2015 at 10:22 amNews

Student Gets Library Award for Thesis Research on Ancient Greek Gynecology

Haley Shaw

Haley Shaw ’15 received a Friends of the Libraries scholarship for her thesis research on Ancient Greek gynecology. Shaw is double majoring in Anthropology and Classical Civilization with a minor in Music. To be considered for the scholarships, student employees were encouraged to submit an essay on their experience using […]

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May 26, 2015 at 12:49 pmNews

Sarr, Chen, Miles, Musaraj Receive Research Grants

Sarr, Chen, Miles, Musaraj Receive Research Grants

College of Arts & Sciences faculty received four of the six proposals funded by the Ohio University Research Committee during its spring 2015 cycle. In total, the committee awarded $47,380. The program, which is funded by the Vice President for Research and Creative Activity, provides seed money for new faculty […]

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May 21, 2015 at 10:19 amNews

Anthropology Thanks Two Retiring Professors for Their Contributions

Dr. AnnCorinne Freter-Abrams

By Ellie Koewler ’15 Dr. Elliot Abrams and Dr. AnnCorinne Freter-Abrams, two professors of Anthropology, are retiring at the end of this semester and entering semi-retirement. Abrams earned a B.A. Anthropology from SUNY-Buffalo, and a master’s and Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University. His areas of specialization include Mesoamerican Archaeology, Ohio […]

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April 29, 2015 at 11:21 amAnnouncements News