Stories from 2020

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Athens City-County Health Department will use Ohio University's Athens campus as COVID-19 vaccination site for frontline workers

Ohio University’s Athens campus will serve as a location where Phase 1a recipients can receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine through a collaboration between the University and the health department.

Jerry Sloan

OHIO community mourns the loss of Professor Emeritus Jerry Sloan

Jerry Sloan, 84, passed away on Dec. 10, 2020, in Davidson, NC, according to The Plain Dealer. The OHIO alumnus was professor emeritus in strategic communication at Ohio University.

Bharbi Hazarika, BSJ ’19, Delaney Murray, BSJ ’20, and Theo Peck-Suzuki

OHIO journalism graduate student team named finalist in national innovation competition

Three Ohio University journalism graduate students have been named finalists in the Reynolds Journalism Institute’s 2020 Student Innovation Competition. 

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Clinic offers sessions on coping with stress and anxiety from COVID-19

The Psychology and Social Work Clinic at Ohio University will offer low-cost sessions on coping with stress and anxiety from COVID-19 to both campus and community members starting in January. 

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Ridges Advisory Committee meeting scheduled for Dec. 18

The Ridges Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet virtually from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 18. 

Students work in Alden library isolated from each other

Learning During a Pandemic

Ohio University’s photography team documents a school year reshaped by the COVID-19 pandemic.

OHIO students participating in mock trial team

Mock trial team offers OHIO students hands-on legal experience

Go behind the scenes with the team that won a national invitational this fall.

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Ohio University Press African Studies books receive numerous awards, nominations

Four African Studies books published by the Ohio University Press have earned significant accolades this fall, including award winners and finalists. 

Erin Carlson Mast

Alumna appointed to lead the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation

Erin Carlson Mast ’01 has been appointed to lead the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation as CEO starting in January.

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OHIO faculty recognized for elevating University’s profile through the media

This year OHIO celebrates 284 faculty newsmakers who made headlines in the calendar year 2019, elevating OHIO's national and global profile.

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OHIO launches redesigned homepage that supports new brand

Ohio University’s homepage has a new look and strategy for recruiting the next generation of Bobcats. 

Students Stazy Mazo, Kenzie Keaton and Hunter Garceau during filming of the OHIO-in-LA production project.

OHIO-in-LA program students debut short film ‘Far Too Young’

OHIO-in-LA, the School of Media Arts & Studies study-away experience that immerses students in the entertainment industry, wrapped fall semester with the premiere of the short film “Far Too Young."

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Watch Fall 2020 Commencement online and celebrate OHIO graduates

Ohio University’s Fall 2020 Commencement ceremony, held on Saturday, Dec. 12, can be viewed in its entirety or by program sections on OHIO’s official commencement website. 

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Small choices can make a big impact 

On Dec. 11, the United States recorded more new COVID-19 cases on a single day (244,011) than on any other day during the pandemic.

Cailin Klein sits outside Court Street Coffee

College of Business Social Media Contest Supports Local

Partnership with students and community gives back to Athens.

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