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Kanawha Project on Climate Change Literacy Seeks 15 Faculty Participants

Kanawha Project on Climate Change Literacy Seeks 15 Faculty Participants

University College and the Environmental Studies Program are recruiting 15 faculty and five undergraduate scholars to participate in the Kanawha Project during the 2014-15 academic year. The goal of the project—Advancing Carbon Neutrality: Using the Kanawha Model to Facilitate Climate Change Literacy—is to build climate change literacy to enhance the […]

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November 12, 2014 at 3:31 pmAnnouncements News

Storm Chasing Experience Open to Meteorology Students

Storm Chasing Experience Open to Meteorology Students

Open to juniors, seniors and graduate students who are majoring or minoring in meteorology, a real-life Storm Chasing Experience takes place May 5-12 in the Central Plains. After completing coursework on supercell thunderstorms and tornadoes or mesoscale meteorology, students will spend one week traveling around Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas where they […]

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November 11, 2014 at 1:00 pmNews

Krzic Elected Incoming President of Intensive English Programs Consortium

Jerry Krzic at dinner for Korean President.

Dr. Gerry Krzic has been elected the incoming President of the University and College Intensive English Programs (UCIEP) consortium.  Krzic is Director of the Ohio Program of Intensive English, known as OPIE, a unit within the Department of Linguistics. UCIEP is an independent consortium of university and college-administered intensive English programs […]

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October 30, 2014 at 6:44 pmNews

Gierlowski-Kordesch Leads Argentine Workshop on Lake Basin Types & Their Faunas

Gierlowski-Kordesch Leads Argentine Workshop on Lake Basin Types & Their Faunas

By Elizabeth Gierlowski-­Kordesch Argentina Blog, Oct. 15, 2014 Over 900 paleontologists gathered at the Sheraton Hotel in Mendoza for a week-long gala of talks, discussions, short courses, workshops, field trips, and poster sessions. I am a sedimentologist (studying sediments and sedimentary rocks), but fossils are found in sedimentary rocks and […]

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October 27, 2014 at 1:55 pmNews

Cancer Researcher Gets Alumni Medal of Merit Award

Joe Harford

Ohio University alum Joe B. Harford ’73 received the Medal of Merit at the annual Alumni Awards Gala on Homecoming Weekend. The Medal of Merit is awarded to alumni who have achieved distinction in their chosen fields. Harford is senior project officer at the Center for Global Health within the […]

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October 22, 2014 at 11:16 amAlumni News

New Spring 2015 Course Examines Production, Consumption & Meaning of Food

New Spring 2015 Course Examines Production, Consumption & Meaning of Food

The Food Studies curricular theme offers a new course with an interdisciplinary approach to the production, consumption and meaning of food offered in Spring 2015. CAS 1410 Food Matters: Explorations in Food Across the Liberal Arts (3 credits) is the foundational course of the Food Studies curricular theme. This course […]

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October 20, 2014 at 10:14 amNews

New Spring 2015 Course Helps Sophomores Plan Summer Internships

New Spring 2015 Course Helps Sophomores Plan Summer Internships

A new course—CAS 2130X Career Strategies: Internship and Job Mapping—will equip students in plotting their goals for gaining experience prior to graduation. Designed for sophomores, the courses launches in Spring 2015. Students will develop an action plan for completing an internship in their field of interest during summer 2015 as […]

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October 17, 2014 at 1:57 pmNews