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“While there is nothing wrong with criticizing a president’s approach to the world, a little historical context is never a bad thing,” writes Matt Jacobs, a doctoral candidate in History at Ohio University specializing in U.S. foreign relations and modern international history. “Ultimately, President Obama’s commencement address should not be […]

Why does the Capuchin monkey need an extended childhood before it’s ready to become an adult? Ohio University alum Morgan Chancey ’10 is going to Costa Rica to study the monkeys and look for the answer by studying the skills they need as adults. But first he’s kick-starting his fund […]

A May 28 post on the American Association of University Women (AAUW) blog captured the energy of Tech Savvy, a new program for middle school girls and their parents. Ohio University was one of the pilot programs this spring, and Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, gave the […]

“Are you looking for a fun and interesting one-week multicultural program this summer for your high school student? Would you like for your student to have a taste of university life in an international setting? If so, please consider the following program,” reports the Jackson County Times-Journal. The Ohio Program […]

WOUB’s Ann Jacob interviewed Dr. Steven Miner, Director of Ohio University’s Contemporary History Institute and an expert on Russian Soviet and Eastern European history, on May 16. The issues in Ukraine were headline news for weeks as rallies overthrew a government, and even more as Russia began to move into […]

Last week’s mine deaths in Turkey were “no accident,” writes Dr. Nukhet Sandal for the Huffington Post in an article headlined “No Death Is Ordinary: Soma Work Massacre in Turkey.” Sandal, Director of War and Peace Studies and Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ohio University, is  conducting research this […]

Michael Boldt, MD, second-year OB-GYN resident at the University of Cincinnati, is proud to be a buckeye who didn’t fall far from the tree. An Ohio University alum, Boldt earned a B.S. in the Biological Sciences pre-professional program in 2008 from the College of Arts & Sciences. He attended medical […]