College of Arts and Sciences Stories

Matthew Roberts, Jennifer Bowman and Melissa Clark hold a poster of a check for $50,000
Community Partners

AEP Ohio Foundation renews support for OHIO STEM education in Southeast Ohio

The AEP Ohio Foundation renewed its commitment to promoting science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education with a new award of $50,000 to OHIO's Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service.

Science Cafe - The Strong Force Awakens: A Neutron Star Story - Wednesday, Nov. 12, 5 p.m., Baker Center Front Room, Free Coffee First 50 People
OHIO Events

Science Café to focus on ‘The Strong Force Awakens: A Neutron Star Story’ on Nov. 12

Ohio University Assistant Professor of Physics Christian Drischler will lead the next Science Café presentation on Wednesday, Nov. 12.

Campus beauty Hocking River 2024
Research Excellence

OHIO faculty named as Presidential Research Scholars

Ohio University has named four faculty members as the 2025-26 Presidential Research Scholars. This year’s award winners are Hee-Jong Seo, Saw Wai Hla, Jim Montgomery and Julie Suhr.

Fall 2025 Beauty
Faculty Newsmakers

OHIO's October 2025 Newsmakers

Ohio University recognized Chad Mourning, Berkeley Franz and Jennifer Grant Weinandy as October 2025 Newsmakers.

A student walks on the bricks of College Green surrounded by fallen leaves.
Community Support

OHIO’s Cats’ Cupboard Food Pantry remains available to students and employees impacted by pause in SNAP benefits during federal government shutdown

A reminder that OHIO students and employees may visit Cats’ Cupboard food pantry, with locations in Athens and across our regional campuses, for fresh, frozen and shelf-stable food options. Pantry donations are also being accepted.

A spooky silhouette of an OHIO campus building
Culture

The evolution of 'Spooky Season'

Take a deeper dive into spooky season, and learn more about its origins and evolution, with College of Arts and Sciences Professor Brian Collins in the latest episode of OHIO’s “Ask the Experts” podcast.

Julie Roche, Ohio University
Faculty awards

Julie Roche named 2025 Fellow of the American Physical Society

Julie Roche, professor of physics at Ohio University, has been named a 2025 Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), one of the highest honors in the field of physics.

Global Occult
Faculty Experts

A Spooky Season Special: The popular course that's providing OHIO students with a global look at the supernatural

In the midst of spooky season, one Ohio University class is summoning more than just Halloween spirit – it’s also proven so popular with students in recent years that it’s grown to become a favorite fall semester course amongst those eager to study the supernatural within an academic setting in which all perspectives are welcomed.

Owen Vandivier with his students
Global Teaching Experiences

Leaving his comfort zone

How a teaching stint in Taiwan helped this recent alumnus apply his OHIO experiences and became a better educator.

International Education Week virtual
Global Workforce Readiness

International Education Week 2025 to focus on Global Workforce Readiness

OHIO will celebrate International Education Week on Nov. 13-21. Nominations for this year's Awards for Excellence in Global Engagement recipients are being accepted through Nov. 3, 2025.

Rufus the Bobcat rides in the Homecoming Parade
Homecoming 2025

Back home again

Welcoming Bobcats of all ages back to campus, OHIO's 2025 Homecoming celebrations featured a series of spirited and memorable events.

OHIO students and alumni eat a meal together
Student Experiences

OHIO students invited to participate in Meal with a Mentor Program

This initiative is designed to help students connect with OHIO alumni and peers who share similar academic and career interests—all over a free, casual meal.

Gracie Vaughn, Alli Mancz and Sydney Roseberry
Student Experiences

Ohio University geography students share internship experiences

OHIO students learned about internship opportunities and other programs available to them at a special event in November, and also heard from fellow students about their internship experiences.

Science Cafe - Zombies: Distorted Reflections of the Human Mind - Wednesday, Oct. 29, 5 p.m., Baker Center Front Room - Free Coffee First 50 People,  Presented by Fred Drogula and Mary Kate Hurley
OHIO Events

OHIO professors to spread bites of zombie knowledge at Oct. 29 Science Café-Humanities Café

At the Wednesday, Oct. 29 event, OHIO faculty members Mary Kate Hurley and Fred Drogula will show how zombie stories can be used to explore important shifts in human thinking over the centuries.

Mark LeBar
OHIO Events

OHIO community invited to Philosophy Forum Lecture on ‘Justice as a Virtue and its Challenges’ on Oct. 23

All students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to the special presentation by respected author and philosophy professor Mark LeBar on Thursday, Oct. 23.

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