Stories tagged with: Magazine Features

Last word with Amir Farnoud

August 16, 2018 2 min

Amir Farnoud is a researcher who thinks big but works with the very small. The very, very small.

1968 flood memories

July 24, 2018 16 min

Excerpts of alumni stories about the 1968 flood paired with archival and submitted photos follow.

1964 flood memories

July 23, 2018 10 min

Excerpts of alumni stories about the 1964 flood paired with archival and submitted photos follow.

M. Duane Nellis, Ohio University's 21st president

Charting a new direction

May 18, 2018 10 min

Ohio University President M. Duane Nellis, a geographer, took his seat in Cutler Hall in June 2017 and quickly began mapping a new direction for OHIO—one that builds on the legacy of its past shepherds, from McDavis to Cutler, and positions the University as a model for the nation.

Students from an Ohio University’s a cappella singing group

In harmony

May 14, 2018 1 min

Senior music therapy major Rebecca Day sees a cappella—an ensemble that sings without music accompaniment—as a fun yet sophisticated art form.

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Difficult dialogues

May 14, 2018 2 min

OHIO’s George Washington Forum exemplifies a strategic pathway established by OHIO President M. Duane Nellis: “Becoming a place where dialogue and rigorous, civil debate are institutional hallmarks.” Founded in 2009, the effort, supported by alumni and friends, foundations, and corporations, provides space on campus for this dialogue to occur.

Thomas Suddes, MA '02, CERT, PHD '09; Howard Wilkinson; and Trista Thurston, BSJ '16, serve as panelists for the conference's topic,

Daring to dialogue

May 14, 2018 3 min

A conference about peace typically invites panelists from war-torn countries or populations clashing overseas. This year, OHIO’s Baker Peace Conference (BPC)—a 30-year leader in international peacekeeping discourse—addressed divisions felt on our own soil, among communities separated by mere miles.

Huntington, W.V. Fire Chief Jan Rader is a central figure in the Netflix documentary short Heroin(e).

Grace under fire

May 14, 2018 2 min

“ I remember hearing your voice guiding me back to reality…I credit your voice as much as any medicine.”

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“My life was forever changed the night that I met you. You told me that I would be okay and I was. …Thank you for believing in me even though you didn’t know me.”

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New book on Voinovich’s legacy

May 10, 2018 2 min

“George Voinovich’s extraordinary success as senator, governor, and mayor was due in great part to his being a pioneering master of collaboration. In these times when conflict seems to dominate political dialogue, his wise words extolling the virtues of collaboration are refreshing and illuminating.”—James E. Austin, Harvard Business School

Last word with Mark Weinberg

May 9, 2018 2 min

There is no Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs without Mark Weinberg. As the school’s founding dean, Weinberg has overseen the unit’s programs and initiatives since its inception in 1981, when it existed under another name, the Institute for Local Government Administration and Rural Development, or ILGARD.

Zaya Gillogly and a Paraguayan friend test each other's strength during GHI's May 2017 trip to Paraguay.

A healthy perspective

December 18, 2017 3 min

Ohio University has a culture of doing. Bobcats don’t like to sit on the sidelines—they’d rather go out into the world, see for themselves, and figure out if they can make a difference. OHIO’s Global Health Initiative (GHI) gives students a way to turn this hunger to do good into acts of goodwill.

Food for thought

December 18, 2017 4 min

Jack Demain stands at a table in the basement of United Campus Ministry and begins chopping a head of green cabbage, which he then massages in front of an attentive audience of about two dozen people, mostly Ohio University students. They’ve come to this presentation on fermented foods to learn how to make sauerkraut, part of a collaboration between the Athens Vegan Cooking Workshop and the student group Food Matters at Ohio University.

The power of a shared story

December 17, 2017 2 min

“It is powerful to share a story,” said self-recognized ambassador for literacy Julie Francis. “Reading a story aloud takes people on a journey together.”

Geoffrey Dabelko is a renowned expert on security and the environment

A peek inside ‘Prof’

December 12, 2017 2 min

Geoffrey Dabelko is a renowned expert on security and the environment. He researches and draws connections between the environment, health, population, conflict, and security for policymakers, practitioners, and scholars. As professor, director of Environmental Studies, and associate dean at the Voinovich School for Leadership and Public Affairs, Dabelko teaches courses on natural resources, conflict and peacebuilding, and environmental leadership. But he doesn’t do this work of global good only from his office at The Ridges. His love for adventure takes him to the Balkans, California, Washington, D.C., and beyond.

You asked, we answered

October 31, 2017 1 min

ohiowomen interviews 15 alumnau across America

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