Stories tagged with: Department of Linguistics

This photo was taken in Pittsburgh, PA, in January 1940 by Jack Delano and is provided courtesy of the Farm Security Administration.

Community invited to Black Life in the Ohio Valley Conference on Sept. 9-10

August 3, 2022 2 min

Scholars and community members will delve into four centuries of Black history and heritage at the Black Life in the Ohio Valley Conference.

Students pose on the deck of the RESQ ship in Sicily

Food in Sicily students experience how service changes people’s lives

July 28, 2022 5 min

Students studying abroad in Sicily this summer saw firsthand how service organizations can tackle big problems — such as immigration, prisoner reentry and hunger — at the hands-on level.

Drs. Theresa Moran and David Bell speaking at the Dublin Gastronomy Symposium in June at the Technological University in Dublin, Ireland

Moran and Bell research British tearooms, where a hunger for rural past meant opportunities for women

July 26, 2022 5 min

Theresa Moran and David Bell present two views of the 1930s British pastime of rambling — from the perspective of hungry day hikers and from the entrepreneurial women who fed them.

25 Arts and Sciences faculty promoted, 15 granted tenure

June 29, 2022 3 min

The Ohio University Board of Trustees voted in June to award promotion to 25 College of Arts and Sciences faculty member

An image of the label of the Foam Chomsky drink in honor of the 50th anniversary of the linguistics department

Linguistics celebrates its 50th anniversary year with Foam Chomsky

April 20, 2022 7 min

The Linguistics Department will hold its 50th anniversary party at Jackie O’s Brewpub on Wednesday, April 27.

Students search for linguistic answers in Southern Ohio Language Project

April 6, 2022 7 min

All five linguistics students have dug their roots into the Southern Ohio Language Project as a way to gather information and study how area residents use language.

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Alumnae reunite to give faculty hands-on webinar on using 'Kahoot!' to boost teaching

March 24, 2022 4 min

Ohio University alumnae Lu Cao and Olena Zastezhko reunited to give OHIO faculty a hands-on webinar on using “Kahoot!,” a game-based tool to boost teaching.

Alumna and landscape coordinator Susan Calhoun tends Ohio University’s cherry trees with love

March 22, 2022 3 min

OHIO alumna Susan Calhoun has been the longtime caretaker of OHIO’s cherry trees, assuring each year that the iconic trees that line the Hockhocking Adena Bikepath are tended to.

Alumni News: Ranga Kalugampitiya found a place to raise a family, debate post-structuralism with beloved faculty

March 20, 2022 6 min

Ohio University alumnus Maduranga "Ranga" Kalugampitiya came to Athens from Sri Lanka to pursue a graduate degree in linguistics.

Alumni News: Shawn Chattin found his academic home—eventually—and never looked back

March 6, 2022 5 min

Like many College of Arts and Sciences students, alumnus Shawn Chattin embraced the journey to discover where his intellectual curiosity intersected with career opportunity. He's never looked back.

Shown in the photo are Sara Abdelrahman, Mrin Dasgupta, Nour Maache and Oussema Dhieb

Senior finds insight into Middle East and North Africa in team-taught Arabic course

February 7, 2022 6 min

When Ohio University senior Mrin Dasgupta enrolled in a 3000-level Arabic course, she didn’t expect that it would fit so well with her course of study and future career goals.

Ohio University to host Place-based Learning and Research Symposium

February 7, 2022 2 min

Ohio University will host the inaugural Place-based Learning and Research Symposium on March 18, 2022, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Ridges, Building 19.

Breanna Oswald is shown holding a tiny starfish at the fish market in Catania, Sicily

Breanna Oswald discovered food and family on study abroad program in Sicily

February 4, 2022 7 min

Ohio University graduate Breanna Oswald says a study abroad experience changed her life when she realized that family and culture can revolve around food.

Faculty invited to 'Boost your teaching with Kahoot!' webinar on March 1

February 2, 2022 1 min

Faculty members are invited to a webinar on how to "Boost your teaching with Kahoot!" on March 1 from 2 to 3 p.m.

Want to study food in Sicily in May? Be sure to attend an upcoming information session

January 19, 2022 3 min

Students interested in the Food in Sicily study away program, scheduled for May 6 through May 26, 2022, are invited to attend an upcoming information session on Microsoft Teams.

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