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Countdown to the 1970 closing

Activism is ingrained in the history of Ohio University, where questioning the status quo and advocating for change are hallmarks of the academic experience and culture.

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It's Personal

Alumni Association creates team to help students and alumni define their own meaning of success

Zeroing in on zero waste

One evening in May 2019, the normally quiet Athens City Council chambers were overflowing with citizens. Some stood in the hallway while others packed a nearby bar to watch the proceedings on the government channel. What brought so many passionate community members out on a Tuesday night? The answer, in a word: trash. Or to put a finer point on it—waste, waste diversion, and related jobs.

A star among the stars

Ken Ehrlich’s love of music inspired an enviable career in the music industry. Seated in the producer’s chair for myriad live and broadcast music events around the globe, his journey began in Chicago—where he produced television programs like the Marty Faye Show and created Soundstage—and quickly found its way to Los Angeles where, for 40 years, he’s been the master behind the Grammy Awards. The integrity, authenticity and unflappability he brought to working with musical artists is legend. The story of solid leadership and gracious guidance he offered musicians throughout his career follows.

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Our Town Family

For generations, Ohio University has offered an opportunity to be part of a family—not just a campus family, which may be common with many colleges and universities, but a town family, which is rare. A real community with roots as strong as Ohio’s pawpaw or elm or birch trees.

Last word: Linda Trautman

Dr. Linda Trautman, associate professor of political science at the Ohio University Lancaster Campus, has served on the faculty at OHIO since 2005 and teaches courses offered across the OHIO system, including graduate classes in Athens. Her areas of expertise include state and national legislative politics, electoral participation and voting behavior, and urban governance and American public policy.

Proximity Matters

Welcome to the Neighborhood: An Anthology of American Coexistence—a collection of over eighty poems, nonfiction essays, short stories and even illustrated pieces picked by editor Sarah Green, PHD ’15—shows different ways we interact with, or reflect upon, our neighbors, these “other” people who make up our various communities.

The soul within

Since 2007, this annual project in the School of Visual Communication—a combined experience of VICO 3921, Synthesis Storytelling for Visual Communication, and VICO 4188, Interactive Capstone: Advanced Interactive Media—has served as a way for students with different skillsets to experiment with various forms of storytelling and learn how to problem solve on the fly.

Aid in action

For OHIO’s medical and nursing students and recent graduates, the COVID-19 crisis has provided an up-close look at real-life crisis response—and the chance to contribute in a powerful way.

A resource for recovery

Small businesses, the economic backbone of southeastern Ohio communities, were immediately threatened in the early days of the pandemic. Where did they turn for help?

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VR tech puts more heart into health care

OHIO experts’ immersive VR simulation shows how bias can obstruct patients’ access to care—and lets providers practice their response.

More human

In February 2011, two of Jeopardy!’s top contestants were bested by an unlikely and wholly new kind of opponent—a machine.

Flipping the switch on infection

Most bacterial infections follow a similar path: you get sick, a doctor prescribes antibiotics that target the infection, you get better. But what if scientists could switch off the infection before it started?

To serve & protect

Tracy Plouck has devoted her career as a public servant to helping women in recovery, and now she’s helping offset Appalachia’s opioid crisis in a new role at OHIO.

Hope 101

What sets a teacher apart? For Felton Morrell, it’s “the love and support, the consistency.”

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