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iCUE Spotlight: March 8-21, 2019

March 5, 2019 3 min

Mar 5, 2019 From staff reports Take a look at the upcoming events on the official OHIO Calendar of University Events. Anyone with an active OHIO ID can log in and complete the form to add events ...

Compass and OEN emails to take 2019 Spring Break hiatus

March 5, 2019 1 min

Mar 5, 2019 From staff reports In observance of Ohio University's 2019 Spring Break, which will be observed March 11-15, Ohio Employee News (OEN) and Compass emails will not be distributed. The O...

Dr. Susan Burgess honored during distinguished professor portrait unveiling and lecture

March 5, 2019 5 min

Her recognition was celebrated by the campus community during a Portrait Unveiling and Distinguished Professor Lecture on Feb. 25 in the Baker University Center Ballroom.

Reminder: Ohio facilities conference call is March 7

March 5, 2019 2 min

Updates for the media about OHIO’s capital improvement and other Facilities news.

Start Small

March 5, 2019 2 min

"Little Otter Learns to Swim," authored by Artie Knapp, AIS ’04, and illustrated by Guy Hobbs, teaches children the value of persistence in overcoming fears and challenges when acquiring new skills, using North American river otters as inspiration. The book, published by Ohio University Press, also pays tribute to the species and incorporates conservation messages contributed by the River Otter Ecology Project.

How to Live, Be, & Lead

March 5, 2019 2 min

Melinda Tsapatsaris, BSED ’98, applies progressive pedagogy learned from OHIO’s Creating Active and Reflective Educators (CARE) program as the head of school at Westland School in Los Angeles, emphasizing inquiry-based, experiential learning and collaborative teacher-student partnerships in the democratic act of learning.

Chuck D of Public Enemy to keynote second annual Ohio University Music Industry Summit

March 4, 2019 3 min

Mar 4, 2019 From staff reports Legendary rap icon Chuck D from Public Enemy will headline the second annual Ohio University Music Industry Summit, which features more than six hours of panels and...

New bioethics lecture series kicks off March 28 with keynote speaker Bruce Jennings

March 4, 2019 4 min

Mar 4, 2019 By Joe Higgins The Jennifer Horner Lecture in Bioethics Series will debut on March 28 from 10:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Ohio University’s Grover Center in rooms E234 and E238 featuring a l...

University Update

Call for applications for Kohei Miura Professorship

March 4, 2019 2 min

Mar 4, 2019 From staff reports Ohio University’s Chubu University Relations Committee (CRC) is currently accepting applications for the 2020 Kohei Miura Visiting Professorship, named in honor of ...

PRSSA students host panel to 'make it DIVERSE.'

March 4, 2019 3 min

Mar 4, 2019 From staff reports Members of the Athens community and diversity experts from the communications field discussed the lack of diversity and inclusion in the communications industry at ...

From Athens to the Supreme Court: Alumnus is making U.S. legal history

March 4, 2019 4 min

Ohio University alumnus William Messenger, BBA ’97, has argued three cases before the nation’s highest court.

Registration open for Digital Humanities events in March

March 1, 2019 3 min

Mar 1, 2019 By Emily Baxstrom Digital Humanities expert Miriam Posner, assistant professor in information studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, will be on the Athens Campus March ...

Kari Gunter-Seymour to serve second term as Athens Poet Laureate

March 1, 2019 4 min

Mar 1, 2019 From staff reports The Athens Municipal Arts Commission and Athens City Council announced that Kari Gunter-Seymour will serve a second term as Athens Poet Laureate. “We are so proud t...

Cincinnati Reds’ director of Sports Science Initiatives discusses technology in sports

March 1, 2019 4 min

Mar 1, 2019 By Joe Higgins Visit the annual Consumer Electronics Show and you’ll likely see a man scoping out any number of technological advances. He’s always looking for an edge. It’s his job. ...

President Nellis shares March 2019 'First Fridays' message with campus community

March 1, 2019 5 min

Mar 1, 2019 From staff reports Happy First Friday! March is a key moment in our academic year as students enter into mid-terms and our soon-to-be graduates prepare for the next phase in their car...