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Exposures and touchstones: Athens from behind a camera

December 22, 2016 6 min

“OHIO Photo Renga” unfolds as a series of interrelated portraits of Athens, Ohio, the campus and/or the city. This six-part photo essay is inspired by the ancient Japanese linked verse, renga, in which two or more poets alternate penning sections of a poem.

Annie Laurie Cadmus, director of sustainabilty at Ohio University, gives volunteers instructions before painting mile markers on the HockHocking Adena Pathway. © Ohio University / Photo by Kaitlin Owens

Sustaining sustainability at OHIO and beyond

December 21, 2016 3 min

The Office of Sustainability at Ohio University creates opportunities for students to contribute to eco-friendly projects on the Athens Campus. Oftentimes, students approach administrators with concerns but no solutions and become frustrated at resulting roadblocks.

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Welcome to the hilltop!

December 21, 2016 3 min

Graduates from Ohio University’s oldest regional campus make their mark in diverse fields ranging from medicine to finance to education and from public service to performing arts to mass communication. Here are examples of leading lights from the Chillicothe Campus since its founding in 1946.

Vintage photo of the Marching 110 performing at an Ohio University Football game

When it comes to teamwork, OHIO’s Marching 110 strikes up the band

December 21, 2016 13 min

In hindsight, it maybe wasn’t the best idea I’ve ever had to try to write about Ohio University’s Marching 110. My personal experience with the topic—I was in the band’s flag section from 1990 to ’93—makes it an easy topic to report on; but, being so close to the material makes objectivity challenging.

A large group of students dressed in costumes forming a circle train and dancing

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.

Group photo of Ohio University student in Bobcat Learning Communities

Facilitating acclimation

December 20, 2016 2 min

One-hundred-eighty-seven Ohio University students brushed up on key topics in higher education such as inclusiveness and healthiness when training to become 2016-17 leaders of Bobcat learning communities.

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.

Telling it like it is

November 15, 2016 6 min

The former U.S. surgeon general (who served in that post in the early 1990s) discusses her views on issues such as teen pregnancy as well as the status of health and sex-ed in the U.S. Additional topics encompass the inspirations for her career in medicine and advocacy.

A mentor in her corner

November 15, 2016 4 min

Megan Katchmer entered the OHIO Women’s Center’s Mentoring Program seeking networking and advice on how to stand out to potential employers.

OHIO women and ohiowomen convene in Cleveland, promote leadership

November 12, 2016 4 min

More than 800 women met to connect, dialogue, share experiences, and offer support at the Women’s Leadership Symposium at the Cleveland (Ohio) Public Auditorium in April.

Storytelling in Classroom

November 1, 2016 7 min

Dr. Lynn Harter talks about the rich benefits both student and teacher experience when using storytelling in the classroom.

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.

OHIO nurtures student ideas during annual innovation contests

August 5, 2016 5 min

Four Ohio University students—all from outside the U.S.— won the University’s internal Scripps Innovation Challenge Pitch Day in March and then the broader Scripps International Innovators Cup in April for their solution to the problem.

Innovation redux

June 13, 2016 8 min

Ohio Today introduced The Big Idea in summer 2009, profiling innovators—experimenters, creators, educators, and inventors—whose ideas took root or took off at Ohio University. Innovation, by definition, means change, so we decided to check in with Bobcats profiled in the issue for an update.

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