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New pilot route added to Athens Public Transit beginning Aug. 1

Athens Public Transit (APT) has announced a pilot route to Nelsonville and Albany. Line 7 will begin running on Thursday, Aug. 1, and Ohio University would like to...

A romantic gesture over 70 years ago sparks lineage of teachers and OHIO alumni

In the late-1940s, John Hess was bussing tables in Lindley Hall cafeteria when he looked up and noticed fellow Ohio University undergraduate Nora Tighe, who was pursuing a...

Accessible OHIO: Inaccessible ramps and pathways during construction

At Ohio University, we embrace that we have a collective responsibility to create the opportunity for people with disabilities to have an accessible and inclusive ...

PORTSfuture program supports Sen. Brown’s summer manufacturing camp in Jackson

Ohio University’s Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs PORTSfuture program was invited by U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown’s office to support a summer manu...

OHIO’s professional theater company, Tantrum Theater to bring world-class artists to Athens for the first Tantrum Theater Summer Festival

Tantrum Theater will present its first annual Tantrum Theater Summer Festival, a theater-focused, multi-disciplinary event over two weekends.

Four generations of teachers graduated from OHIO’s College of Education

Some teachers are called to the profession. Others, well, it’s in their blood. Madison Weininger, a fourth-generation Teacher Education graduate from Ohio University, fall...

Athens among top college towns in which to start a career

Athens is ranked among the best college towns in which to start a career.

New OHIO Honors Program attracts record numbers

More than 370 students will join the new OHIO Honors Program in fall 2019.

University releases One OHIO strategy update

Ohio University RHE Study Committee Co-Chairs Nicole Pennington and Brad Cohen shared the following message with the University community regarding the One OHIO str...

Fulbright award recipients encourage OHIO students to apply for prestigious grant

Fulbright award recipients encourage OHIO students to apply for prestigious grant

Ohio University had the most Fulbright U.S. Student Program recipients in the state of Ohio for the 2017-2018 year.

OHIO School of Music faculty member named Yamaha Artist

Ohio University School of Music piano professor Dr. Christopher Fisher and his wife and fellow music educator, Katherine Fisher, have been named Yamaha Artists.

College of Business Dean Hugh Sherman announces intent to step down

Dr. Hugh Sherman has announced his intent to step down as dean of Ohio University’s College of Business (COB) at the end of the next academic year (June 30, 2020).

Ohio Southern grad accepted to Air Force JAG Program

The aspiring attorney is a graduate of Russell High School. McKenzie attended Ohio University Southern and graduated in 2018 with a double major in history and mathematics

Chillicothe campus professor shares 2019 Global Connections experience

Dr. Greg Obi, Ohio University Chillicothe’s Assistant Professor of Business Technology, was one of 16 Ohio University faculty and staff who participated in OHIO’s 2019 Global Connections.