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'Cat Facts 1. What just-retired Ohio University trustee's father coached sports here? 2. What graduate was the first U.S. secretary of the interior, appointed in 1849? 3. With which Broadway touring shows has Roger Braun, assistant professor of percussion, performed? 4. What was the initial use of Lasher Hall? 5. Which secretary-general of the United Nations visited Ohio University in 1958? 6. What did construction of the Alumni Gateway (at Court and Union streets) in 1915 commemorate? 7. Who was Ohio University's first NCAA wrestling champion? 8. When was the University's alumni association founded? 9. How many students attended Ohio University when it opened in 1808, four years after receiving its charter? 10. Of the more than 1,750 College of Osteopathic Medicine graduates, what percentage practice in Ohio? Find 'Cat Facts answers at the lower right of this page.

Her years were few, her mark indelible Amanda Brown Cartee pursued education like she pursued life: with astounding determination and energy... View a QuickTime movie of an "Ohio Extra" story on Cartee that aired on the Ohio Sports Network Optimized for 56K Optimized for T1 and above Download the free QuickTime player (a new browser window will open when you follow this link) The best-laid birthday plans This might well be the busiest birthday Professor Bob DeMott ever celebrated -- and it isn't even his own... Graduates need to employ new tactics With a changing economy creating a tighter job market, Ohio University graduates will have to prepare themselves differently... Center is a win for humanities The National Endowment for the Humanities has selected Ohio University... Sharing a true gift for music When Grant Cambridge thinks back to the time he spent with his grandfather as a child, the blaring notes of a trumpet punctuate his memories... View a QuickTime movie of an "Ohio Extra" story on Grant Cambridge that aired on the Ohio Sports Network Optimized for 56K Optimized for T1 and above Download the free QuickTime player (a new browser window will open when you follow this link) A case of cultural preservation At a town meeting last summer on the Sea Islands off the coast of South Carolina, 200 members of the Gullah/Geechee Nation tackled the question, "How will we preserve and protect our cultural existence?" Students concerned with safety on the job "When my wife found out I was an industrial hygienist, she thought I flossed typewriter keys"... New insights for cancer patients, families Michael Bugeja was 5 years old when he saw his grandfather for the last time... The right place, the right time When a bolt of lightning silenced the Cutler Hall tower clock's bell in 1998, the call for help could fall on the ears of only one person... Notes of interest about the campus, faculty and staff...   'Cat Facts answers 1. Tad Grover's father, Brandon "Butch" Grover, for whom Grover Center is named. 2. Thomas Ewing, who in 1815 became the University's first graduate. 3. "Beauty and the Beast," "Titanic" and "Ragtime." 4. It was home to The Athens Messenger from 1925 to 1972. 5. Dag Hammarskjöld on Feb. 5, 1958. 6. The centennial of the University's first graduation in 1815. 7. Kermit Blosser, BSED '32, a longtime Ohio University coach, who at age 91 still serves as a special assistant to the athletic director. 8. 1859. 9. Three. 10. 64 percent.