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Bobcats trip the light fantastic for good cause

December 21, 2016 4 min

Sweat work and legwork raised upward of $40,000 in February at BobcaThon, Ohio University’s second annual dance marathon benefiting Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio. Green and White faithful put their best foot forward for up to 12 hours.

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Spreading healthcare through collaboration

December 19, 2016 5 min

Zelalem Haile, assistant professor of epidemiology in the Department of Social Medicine at OHIO’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine at Dublin, relies on teamwork to advance global health; sexual and reproductive health; and maternal, infant, and child health.

Bobcat and Sloan Visiting Professional markets teamwork

December 19, 2016 3 min

The name Jerry Sloan echoes throughout the hallways of Ohio University. A 1959 graduate of the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism, Sloan taught in the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism from 1992 to 2001 and inspired countless students, including Dan Farkas, BSJ ’98, CERT ’98, MBA ’15, now an instructor of strategic communication at OHIO.

Bobcat breakthrough in hepatitis C treatment

September 16, 2016 2 min

Forty-eight weeks is a long time to endure a physically punishing treatment with only a 40 percent success rate. This was the reality for patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV). President and CEO of Achillion Pharmaceuticals and Ohio University alumnus Milind Deshpande, PHD ’87, was determined to create a drug with better outcomes, one that could cut the treatment time and intense side effects experienced by patients.

How not to lay a three-minute egg

June 10, 2016 3 min

Graduate students and doctoral candidates: Ready? Set? Explain your research in lay terms in exactly three minutes!

To find new words, employ the senses

June 9, 2016 2 min

“English is a magpie,” drawled poet Ellen Bryant Voigt in her deep Southern accent, lecturing to an attentive audience about the roots English has in other languages.

Sketching in community murals

March 16, 2016 2 min

The local canvas grows.

Bobcats in recovery

March 5, 2016 11 min

Reinvention isn’t necessarily easy. Breaking an addiction, however, can be even harder. For three Bobcats—Matthew Zacharias, Shelby Delp, and Jerry Thomas—rehabilitating from alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs wouldn’t have been possible without Ohio University’s resources to help reroute their lives.

Intimate images: Joni Kabana

December 14, 2015 1 min

Professional photographer Joni Kabana embodies the adventuresome Bobcat spirit while traveling the world.

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More OHIO news from the College of Business

November 20, 2015 2 min

Recent news about the Ohio University College of Business.

OHIO honors the Americans With Disabilities Act

November 20, 2015 2 min

OHIO’s commitment to the cause of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) goes back decades.

New rubric

November 18, 2015 2 min

In June, OHIO adopted a policy allowing students to choose a preferred name and gender pronoun for self-identification, following similar practices already in place at the school’s Campus Care and Counseling and Psychological Services.