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Food drive to benefit Southeast Ohio Foodbank on April 15

April 10, 2026 1 min

Ohio University Honors and the Cutler Scholars Program will be hosting a food drive at Ohio University on Wednesday, April 15.

OHIO Community

Learn more about OHIO’s information technology policies

April 10, 2026 1 min

Ohio University students, faculty and staff are invited to look through the University’s Information Technology Policies website.

OHIO Community

Administrative Modernization Program kicks off Oracle Cloud readiness projects

April 10, 2026 4 min

Oracle Cloud is the new enterprise system that will replace Ohio University’s current human resources and financial administrative systems.

OHIO students work together outside in a garden.

OHIO Community

Call for University partners: Supporting place-based, community engagement initiatives

April 10, 2026 2 min

Signature Academic Experiences is seeking University faculty and staff partners to collaborate with its office to support and develop Community-Engaged and Place-Based programs and experiences.

OHIO Events

OHIO community invited to April ice cream social

April 10, 2026 1 min

Ohio University will host ice cream socials on the Athens and regional campuses in April to celebrate the end of the semester.

OHIO Community

New course: OHIO DAN 7 Core Digital Accessibility Skills

April 10, 2026 2 min

The OHIO Digital Accessibility Network (OHIO DAN) is offering a new learning opportunity focused on building practical, everyday digital accessibility skills. The course is open to everyone at OHIO

Ohio University's Athens Campus is shown in this aerial image

OHIO Community

OHIO students, faculty, staff encouraged to complete IT survey

April 10, 2026 1 min

All Ohio University students, faculty and staff are encouraged to complete the 2026 Annual Information Technology (IT) Survey. The survey is available through Monday, April 27, 2026.

teachers tour a Ross County solar installation

Professional Development

Ohio University Chillicothe to host professional development day for educators

April 10, 2026 2 min

Ohio University Chillicothe is offering Foundations to Futures: Building the Workforce from the Ground Up, a professional development day for teachers on Tuesday, May 5, from 7:15 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Three OHIO students hold stuffed animal squirrels at an OHIO Giving Day event

Forever OHIO

One Day. One OHIO.

April 9, 2026 3 min

More than 3,000 Bobcat alumni and friends helped raise over $1.1 million to support students during OHIO Giving Day 2026.

Forever OHIO

Alumnus Austin Warehime to deliver keynote address at OHIO Eastern Graduation Recognition Ceremony

April 9, 2026 3 min

Ohio University Eastern will welcome alumnus Austin Warehime as the keynote speaker for its 2026 Graduation Recognition Ceremony on Thursday, April 30.

Uptown Athens, where the red brick roads of campus and community intersect.

OHIO Community

'Walk, Talk and Roll' with Athens City Commission on Disabilities on April 10

April 9, 2026 2 min

The event will focus on accessibility issues in Athens and will begin at 11:30 a.m. at the Athens City Courthouse. All students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to attend.

A group of OHIO students and faculty stand in front of an Ohio sign while at the Ohio Statehouse for Advocacy Day.

Student Opportunities

Ohio University social work students gain advocacy experience at Statehouse

April 9, 2026 5 min

More than 100 social work students from Ohio University’s five regional campuses and Athens’ main campus attended Advocacy Day on March 31 at the Vern Riffe Center in downtown Columbus.

Office of Information Technology

Ed Carter named interim Chief Information Officer

April 9, 2026 2 min

Carter will assume the role beginning June 1 following the departure of current Chief Information Officer Chris Ament, who will join Central New Mexico Community College in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as its Chief Information Officer.

A physician examines skeletal models behind her desk. The letters OSTEOPOROSIS are spelled out in wooden blocks in front of her.

Bone density research

Ohio University-led study improves fracture risk detection beyond bone density tests

April 9, 2026 4 min

Millions of older women are at risk of fractures, and standard tests miss many of them. Now, researchers from Ohio University, University of Florida and Indiana University are changing how that risk is detected.

An NCAA basketball with the NIL written on it.

Faculty Experts

NIL creates opportunity for student-athletes, confusion and tough decisions for schools and NCAA

April 8, 2026 11 min

As March Madness concludes, student-athletes have earned millions of dollars through name, image and likeness (NIL). Ohio University Professor and sport management expert Jim Strode weighs in on the impact of NIL and the current college sports climate.