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The Power of Place

April 11, 2024 Research and partnership that fuels prosperity, here and beyond

The Baileys Trail System in Wayne National Forest

Boosting access to vaccines in Athens County: Ohio University’s health programs alleviate barriers

November 28, 2023 OHIO and Athens City-County Health Department are partnering to overcome a health challenge that has persisted since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic: People just aren’t getting vaccinated.

An Athens-City County Health Department worker gives a community member facing away from the camera a vaccine shot

From classroom to community: Ohio history gets a helping hand from students

November 14, 2023 Ohio University students are reviving the past. Led by Associate Professor of Anthropology Nancy Tatarek, Ph.D., the students are hard at work preserving the history of southeastern Ohio.

A group of Ohio University students, dressed in masks, gloves and protective hair nets, work to restore historical documents damaged by water and mold.

Ohio University gears up for the historic Investiture of President Lori Stewart Gonzalez

October 12, 2023 All OHIO students, faculty, staff alumni and friends are invited to join the University at any and all events as it recognizes its historic past, embraces its present and looks forward to a bright future under the leadership of President Gonzalez.

The Inauguration and Investiture of Dr. Lori Stewart Gonzalez - 23rd President of Ohio University

When life gives you pawpaws, throw a giant festival

September 14, 2023 Robert Brannan, a professor of food and nutrition sciences in CHSP, has dedicated his career to studying the pawpaw, now he's educating the public on the fruit at the annual Pawpaw Festival.

Pawpaw festival 2023

Local theatrical production gains regional traction, encore performances begin in September

August 25, 2023 OHIO Southern hosted the inaugural Culture and Heritage Festival in June, which featured a theatrical performance created by Ironton resident Belinda Brown. And now her show is going on the road.

Cast of

Collaborative painting in Grover Center reflects College purpose

June 23, 2023 Sometimes, great ideas emerge during a game of pickleball and transform into a piece of art.

Grover Center painting

Athens High School students visit the Department of Engineering Technology and Management

May 30, 2023 Forty students from Athens High School visited the Department of Engineering Technology and Management to learn more about robots and automation, virtual reality and other ETM labs.  

AHS students at Stocker Center

Flying Bobcats assist local law enforcement in K-9 training

April 21, 2023 The members of The Flying Bobcats, Ohio University's flight team, were able to put their skills to test on the ground to assist law enforcement and their search dogs with recertification training.

Police dog in OHIO airplane

Russ College grant helps promote diversity and inclusion in local schools

April 6, 2023 Professor in Engineering Technology and Management, Yuqiu You, collaborated with AAPI-LEAD employee affinity group to host two global fairs at The Plains Intermediate School and Athens High School.

Chuqiao Chen at Athens Global Fair

Ohio University Southern hosts sculptor

March 17, 2023 Starting March 20, those visiting Ohio University Southern’s art gallery will have the opportunity to see a variety of common, everyday objects transformed through Dylan Collins’ “Once Familiar” series.

Close-up of a textured, colorful artpiece

Ohio University Chillicothe to Celebrate Women of Distinction

March 13, 2023 As part of Women’s History Month, Ohio University Chillicothe will celebrate Women of Distinction with an awards ceremony and panel of local women entrepreneurs on Wednesday, March 29, 2023 from 4:30-6 p.m. in the Stevenson Center.  

Headshots for four women entrepreneurs

Celebrating Creativity Exhibition Opens at OHIO Lancaster Art Gallery

March 1, 2023 Ohio University Lancaster is featuring a new exhibition, “Celebrating Creativity,” which will be featured at the Raymond S. Wilkes Art Gallery through Monday, May 8, 2023.

Ohio University Lancaster is featuring a new exhibition, “Celebrating Creativity,” which will be featured at the Raymond S. Wilkes Art Gallery through Monday, May 8, 2023.

Ohio University Chillicothe to host prevention conference

February 21, 2023 Ohio University Chillicothe will host Project Get Smart…About Prevention: The Southcentral Ohio Prevention Conference March 2-3, 2023.

Bennett Hall

80+ employers to meet with OHIO students and alumni

February 15, 2023 On April 6, OHIO Regional Higher Education will be bringing over 80 employers to regional campus students and alumni – and they all can be accessed from the comfort of home.

Three people meet at a table and work on a computer together
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