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By Jill Wallenhorst from Compass Students in the fifth-grade class at Nelsonville-York Elementary School stood within feet of a tornado in the heart of Athens, but they weren’t scared. In fact, they loved it. The students weren’t storm chasing. They were on field trip to Ohio University’s Scalia Laboratory for […]

By Dr. Daniel Phillips College of Arts & Sciences faculty are tackling the challenges of the 21st century by building interdisciplinary and team-taught courses around a new set of curricular themes. The Knowing the Future theme seeks to acquaint students with different ways in which we think about the future. […]

By Austin Stahl Climate change typically isn’t mentioned in the same sentence as security, but experts and policy makers are beginning to make the connection more frequently. Three Geography faculty members—Associate Professor Dr. Edna Wangui and Assistant Professors Dr. Thomas Smucker and Dr. Gaurav Sinha—are contributing to this growing body of […]

Seven College of Arts & Sciences faculty were inducted into the Ohio University Emeriti Association at a May 16 luncheon: Waltraud Bald—Modern Languages Ronald H. Isaac—Geography Mary K. Jordan—Linguistics/OPIE Ellengene H. Peterson—Biological Sciences Patricia Anne Porter—Modern Languages Michael H. Rowe—Biological Sciences Karin Wright—Modern Languages According to the Compass article: Emeriti status is awarded to those […]