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“Tucked away in the unlikely hills of West Virginia stands a remarkable community brought together by a common belief,” says Sharon Fritz ’15. “The beauty of rural West Virginia is surpassed by the splendor of the temples and grounds of New Vrindaban, and by the hospitality of the devotees,” she […]

From Compass Dr. Christine Mattley, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology & Anthropology, is one of three Ohio University women selected to attend the prestigious Higher Education Resource Services leadership institute. Mattley will attend the leadership institute in Denver. Just 24.53 percent of women hold leadership positions […]

Physics & Astronomy graduate student Mongi Dlamini was helping April 1 when “the crown jewel of the Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility sparkled its way into a new era,” as Science Daily described it. That day will “forever remain engraved in my mind,” Dlamini says. The accelerator’s […]

By Dr. Brandon Kendhammer Excerpted from Washington Post blog Monday morning, a bomb exploded at a busy transit station in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, killing a reported 71 and wounding 124. While no one has yet taken official credit for the attack, all signs point to Boko Haram, a militant Islamist […]

Dr. Cory Crawford, Assistant Professor of Classics and World Religions, and Dr. Deborah Thorne, Associate Professor of Sociology, were honored March 10 as two of the four new the University Professor Awardees. Thorne is a two-time recipient of the award, as reported in The Post. “I’m in a department of fantastic […]

Faculty and students from the Linguistics Department, Ohio Program of Intensive English, and English Language Improvement Program are presenting at the Ohio University CALL Conference on April 11. CALL is computer-assisted language learning. Dr. Greg Kessler, Director of the Language Resource Center in the College of Arts & Sciences and […]

Dr. Patricia Weitsman, Professor of Political Science and Director of War and Peace Studies at Ohio University, passed away this week. She was a highly respected scholar, enthusiastic gym instructor and loving parent, wife, daughter and sister. “It was a great gift to able to spend nearly two decades as […]