Post Tagged with: "Edna Wangui"

Vanessa Obenewaa Antwi Doe studies effect of second-hand clothing market on Ghanaian seamstresses

Vanessa Obenewaa Antwi Doe studies effect of second-hand clothing market on Ghanaian seamstresses

From Ohio University News Getting Ready for Expo Vanessa Obenewaa Antwi Doe spent seven years living in Ghana, enjoying the custom-made clothing created by local seamstresses, but she and her friends also wore fast fashion second-hand clothing that arrived from afar into the nation’s ports. Now a master’s student at […]

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April 6, 2022 at 3:35 pmNews Research

A&S 1804 Projects Include Arches & BRICKS Initiatives, Genomic Cluster

Dr. Bill Broach

From Ohio University News College of Arts & Sciences faculty are involved in three out of nine Ohio University Foundation grants totaling $295,077 awarded from the 1804 Fund. The three A&S proposals focus on graduate and undergraduate learning initiatives. Read about all nine proposals at 1804 Fund provides $295K in […]

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August 10, 2020 at 1:25 pmNews

Wangui on Fulbright Studying Gender Participation in Nairobi Water Project

Dr. Edna Wangui

Dr. E. Edna Wangui, Associate Professor of Geography, is in Nairobi, Kenya, conducting research on how gender influences participation in a Kenyan ecosystem project. She received a 10-month Fulbright Scholar award as well as an Ohio University Faculty Fellowship Award for the 2018-19 fall and spring semesters. “I am already […]

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August 28, 2018 at 4:38 pmResearch

Terman and Students Use Local Mining Towns as Classroom

Wes Gilkey

Dr. Rachel Terman, John Winnenberg, and Ohio University students Toshia Edge and Wes Gilkey ’18 spoke about service learning, local organizations partnering with the university, and the Little Cities of Black Diamonds micro-region—a series of remnant local mining towns in Southeastern Ohio—as a classroom. Their presentation was As part of […]

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April 20, 2017 at 3:25 pmIn Class News

Sandal, Wangui Named 2017-18 University Professors

This year's University Professor recipients are (from left) Nukhet Sandal, Chao-Yang Lee, Beth Novak and Elizabeth Wangui. Photographer: Brady Menegay

From Compass Dr. Nuket Sandal and Dr. Edna Wangui were among the four Ohio University professors on honored on April 6 with the University Professor award. The University Professor award recognizes outstanding teaching at the University. Since its founding in 1970, the program has recognized over 200 professors for their […]

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April 16, 2017 at 5:05 pmNews

Wealth and Poverty | Spring Field Trip to African Immigrant Communities in Columbus

Wealth and Poverty | Spring Field Trip to African Immigrant Communities in Columbus

The Wealth and Poverty theme is sponsoring two field trips in March to help OHIO students and faculty members “get to know their community better.”  The first one is to visit African immigrant communities in Columbus on Saturday, March 18, while the second one is to see mining towns in […]

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March 9, 2017 at 4:16 pmNews

Wealth & Poverty | Field Trip to African Immigrant Communities in Columbus, March 19

Wealth & Poverty | Field Trip to African Immigrant Communities in Columbus, March 19

In line with the Wealth and Poverty theme’s commitment to explore inequality at home and abroad, faculty have organized a field trip focused on African immigrant communities in Columbus, OH, on Saturday, March 19, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The field trip is free and open to all Ohio […]

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March 1, 2016 at 7:30 pmEvents