 | - 'New York Times' publishes Patricia Weitsman op-ed 8/31/2006
Ohio University Professor of Political Science Patricia Weitsman had an op-ed, "The High Price of Friendship," accepted for publication in 'The New York Times' on Thursday, Aug. 31.
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| - Ohio University residence halls open Aug. 31 8/28/2006
Beginning at noon on Thursday, Aug. 31, residence halls will open for new Ohio University students. Move-in will continue for new students on Friday, Sept. 1, beginning at 9 a.m., and the residence halls will open for all upperclass students on Saturday, Sept. 2, at 9 a.m.
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| - Graduate student wins competitive research award 8/24/2006
Ohio University graduate student Olivier Collin has won a "Fonds quebecois de la recherche sur la nature et les technologies" scholarship, designed to promote research in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering.
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| - Engineering students enjoy summer successes 8/24/2006
Several Ohio University Russ College of Engineering and Technology students had productive summers, as two groups participated and placed highly in two separate competitions.
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| - University announces comprehensive strategies to address academic honesty 8/23/2006
Ohio University officials announced a comprehensive set of strategies for addressing academic honesty. The strategies have been developed in the wake of alleged cases of plagiarism involving current and former graduate students in the university's Russ College of Engineering and Technology.
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| - Civil engineering professors receive honors in their profession 8/21/2006
Ohio University professors Ludwig Figueroa and Eric Steinberg are being honored for their great work as civil engineering educators. Ludwig was elected as a Fellow by the American Society of Civil Engineers and Steinberg will receive the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute's Distinguished Educator Award this October.
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| - Ohio University English instructor wins fiction prize 8/21/2006
Ohio University English instructor Kevin Haworth has won the seventh annual Samuel Goldberg & Sons Foundation Prize for Jewish Fiction by an Emerging Writer for his debut novel "The Discontinuity of Small Things" (Quality Words in Print).
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| - [WOUB] Gridiron Glory returns for eighth season on WOUB-TV 8/18/2006
WOUB-TV's Award-winning "Gridiron Glory" returns for an eighth season on Friday, August 18, at 11:30 p.m. The program will be rebroadcast Saturday mornings at 11:30 throughout the high school football season with comprehensive scores and highlights.
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| - U.S. News & World Report: Ohio University places among top half of national universities 8/18/2006
For the second time this week, Ohio University was recognized for its high quality by a national magazine. In its annual "America's Best Colleges" edition, U.S.News & World Report ranks Ohio University in the upper half of 248 national universities, tied at 110 with Florida State University.
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| - Southern Campus ceremony dedicates grave markers to rediscovered African-American cemetery 8/18/2006
Ohio University Southern Campus hosted a dedication ceremony yesterday for 12 granite grave markers and a granite cemetery marker that will be placed at a recently rediscovered African American cemetery in Lawrence County, Ohio. The cemetery has officially been named Sacred Hills.
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| - 45 nationally competitive awards go to Ohio University students in 2005-06 8/16/2006
A record-breaking 45 nationally competitive academic awards as prestigious as the Mitchell, Fulbright, Eisenhower and Udall went to Ohio University students in the 2005-06 academic year.
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| - Faculty and staff help international students learn the American way 8/15/2006
Writer Mary Reed shares a recap of her experiences as a host for an international homestay. The program, offered through OPIE, gives Ohio University's international students a chance to learn about real life in the United States by spending a weekend with a local family.
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| - College ranking places Ohio University in top 40 nationally 8/14/2006
Rankings released this week by 'Washington Monthly' place Ohio University among schools such as Harvard, Brown and Columbia universities. Ohio University ranked 40th out of 245 public and private schools in the magazine's second annual college guide.
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| - MicroCT opens door to new research options for Ohio University 8/14/2006
As part of the Nanobiotechnology Initiative, the university purchased a $250,000 MicroCT machine, which is now housed in the Konneker Research Center. The machine, which is essentially a smaller version of a hospital's CT scan machine, uses X-rays to create images of objects up to the size of a grapefruit.
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| - Ohio University Mortar Board chapter receives national award 8/11/2006
The Cresset Chapter of Mortar Board honor society at Ohio University was presented with the Silver Torch Award for the 2005-06 academic year at the organization's recent national conference.
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| - Southeast Asian and African Studies programs are national leaders 8/2/2006
Ohio University's African Studies and Southeast Asian Studies programs have won Title VI grants from the U.S. Department of Education totaling nearly $3 million over a four-year period. The grants, which each program has received previously, help establish them as national leaders in their respective fields.
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| - Department of Labor honors Ohio University-Chillicothe nursing program with Recognition of Excellence 8/1/2006
A joint nursing education project created by the Ohio University-Chillicothe regional campus and Berger Health System in Circleville, Ohio, has received national Recognition of Excellence from the U.S. Department of Labor. |
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