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Athena Cinema presents biopic “Temple Grandin” for the next Science on Screen

February 25, 2020 3 min

The Athena Cinema will feature the biopic, “Temple Grandin,” for its next Science on Screen film, with Temple Grandin herself speaking prior to the screening on Monday, March 2, at 12:30 p.m.

OHIO’s Student NPPA Chapter awarded Outstanding Student Chapter for the second year in a row

February 25, 2020 3 min

The National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) awarded OHIO's NPAA Student Chapter the Outstanding Student Chapter Award for the second year in a row.

Tickets available for Feb. 29 African Heroes' Night

February 25, 2020 2 min

The African Students Union will host African Heroes’ Night on Friday, Feb. 29. in the Baker Center Ballroom.
This year’s honoree is Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao, medical doctor and social activist.

Black Student Success Workshop is Feb. 29

February 25, 2020 1 min

The Office for Multicultural Student Access and Retention will host the Black Student Success Workshop from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 29, at Baker University Center 240. Register now.

Ohio University named one of the nation’s top military-friendly schools for the ninth consecutive year

February 24, 2020 3 min

Ohio University is proud to announce it has been named one of the nation’s top military-friendly schools for 2020-2021 by Viqtory Media, a veteran-owned company and publisher of G.I. Jobs magazine.

Accessibility Ally Awards nominations due March 20

February 24, 2020 2 min

The 2020 Accessibility Ally Award will recognize faculty and staff members for their dedication toward inclusion and success of students with disabilities. The nomination deadline is March 20.

Athens County couple establishes scholarship to benefit students from their hometown

February 24, 2020 5 min

Despite growing up a mere 13 miles from Athens and Ohio University, Hoy J Seckinger, BSED ’62, MED ’65, didn’t think he’d go to college after graduating in 1950 from the local high school.

New OHIO Guarantee+ includes all 11 Business Majors; will Minimize Time-to-Graduation

February 24, 2020 5 min

Last month Ohio University expanded its comprehensive fixed tuition to include on-time and on-plan graduation, and lifelong post-graduation benefits for every incoming #BusinessBobcat.

From Walter Center: Pueschel led Etiquette Dinner for OHIO COB

February 24, 2020 2 min

On Tuesday, January 21st, Walter Center faculty member, Andrew Pueschel led students in the Select Leaders Development Program and Emerging Leaders Program through an extensive dinner etiquette c...

graphic showing nurse wearing VR goggles

VR tech puts more heart into health care

February 22, 2020 4 min

OHIO experts’ immersive VR simulation shows how bias can obstruct patients’ access to care—and lets providers practice their response.

More human

February 21, 2020 6 min

In February 2011, two of Jeopardy!’s top contestants were bested by an unlikely and wholly new kind of opponent—a machine.

Medium meets machine

February 21, 2020 1 min

For this issue’s theme, Ohio Today searched OHIO’s Athens Campus for where and how tech is used. We found it in a most unexpected place.

Capture this

February 21, 2020 2 min

A Photographer’s Guide to Ohio, Volumes 1 & 2 is, at its core, a series of recommended places for picture taking provided by a professional, experienced photographer who has logged over a million driving miles across the state in search of natural and human-built beauty.

Must-Have Tech: Then & Now

February 20, 2020 2 min

From typewriters to laptops, rotary phones to smartphones, OHIO’s students are always in step with cutting-edge tech. No matter the device at their fingertips, Bobcats over the decades still use tech for the same reasons.

Faculty and student researchers in the Russ College’s Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment are developing composite decking boards from coal

From Idea to Shelf

February 20, 2020 3 min

OHIO’s Technology Transfer Office shepherds inventions to market