College of Arts and Sciences Stories

A photo of President Emeritus Charles J. Ping

Ohio University celebrates life and works of President Emeritus Charles J. Ping

April 20, 2022 3 min

Former coworkers, students, friends and family gathered on Friday, April 1, to celebrate the life and legacy of President Emeritus Charles J. Ping, who passed away in July 2021.

A photo from the Faculty Teaching and Research Awards Recognition Ceremony

Teaching and Research Awards ceremony honors outstanding OHIO faculty

April 16, 2022 1 min

Ohio University celebrated exceptional faculty members during the Faculty Teaching and Research Awards Recognition Ceremony on March 29.

Jewish studies course revived this fall supports Jewish Studies Certificate

April 15, 2022 3 min

The Classics and Religious Studies Department is offering the introductory course, JS 1000: Introduction to Jewish Studies, this fall.

Students, faculty set out to uncover once-thriving Civil War-era African American settlement

April 14, 2022 7 min

All that’s left of Payne’s Crossing, an African American settlement dating back to the 1800s, is remnants of the cemetery? Actually, there’s a lot more to discover about this once-thriving settlement

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Presidential Research Scholars awards program seeks 2022-23 nominations

April 13, 2022 2 min

Ohio University is seeking nominations for its 2022-23 Presidential Research Scholars awards program.

Students flock to social justice course to learn about social movements and activism

April 10, 2022 5 min

More than 70 students from diverse majors came together in a new course this semester to learn about social justice.

The Ohio University team at Camp Kum Ba Ya

Intern will continue OHIO students’ nature trail work at Kentucky camp

April 10, 2022 3 min

Nine OHIO students traveled with professors Sarah Wyatt and Harvey Ballard to the camp in Marshall County, Kentucky, to lay out and create a nature trail and develop educational activities.

Tony Vinci's apocalypse course takes students beyond the end of the world to find...

April 10, 2022 6 min

Creating this course is Vinci's intellectual reward for earning one of OHIO's University Professor awards for 2022-23.

Kyle Balzer awarded prestigious fellowship at Clements Center for National Security

April 7, 2022 2 min

The Clements Center for National Security awarded a prestigious post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Texas at Austin to Ohio University doctoral student Kyle Balzer.

Riley Rees receives Garden Club of America scholarship for summer research on carnation family

April 7, 2022 4 min

OHIO student Riley Rees will research the evolutionary history of carnations through a scholarship from the Garden Club of America.

Chukwuka explores how coal can strengthen polymers

April 7, 2022 3 min

Chiderah Jessica Chukwuka, found her niche researching the effects of coal as a filler to enhance the properties of phenolic resins. She will present her research at the Student Expo on April 7, 2022.

Neither wind nor ice could stop Kelly Love's fieldwork

April 6, 2022 4 min

Kelly Love, a graduate student in the M.S. in Environmental Studies program, is looking at different methods to determine the health of an ecosystem.

What Emily Marino didn't expect to find in the lab

April 6, 2022 5 min

From Emily Marino's first day as a Bobcat, she knew she would be spending a lot of time in a lab, conducting experiments, and writing her Honors Tutorial College senior thesis.

Vanessa Obenewaa Antwi Doe studies effect of second-hand clothing market on Ghanaian seamstresses