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Facilitating acclimation

December 20, 2016

One-hundred-eighty-seven Ohio University students brushed up on key topics in higher education such as inclusiveness and healthiness when training to become 2016-17 leaders of Bobcat learning communities.

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Spreading healthcare through collaboration

December 19, 2016

Zelalem Haile, assistant professor of epidemiology in the Department of Social Medicine at OHIO’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine at Dublin, relies on teamwork to advance global health; sexual and reproductive health; and maternal, infant, and child health.

Bobcat and Sloan Visiting Professional markets teamwork

December 19, 2016

The name Jerry Sloan echoes throughout the hallways of Ohio University. A 1959 graduate of the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism, Sloan taught in the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism from 1992 to 2001 and inspired countless students, including Dan Farkas, BSJ ’98, CERT ’98, MBA ’15, now an instructor of strategic communication at OHIO.

Telling it like it is

November 15, 2016

The former U.S. surgeon general (who served in that post in the early 1990s) discusses her views on issues such as teen pregnancy as well as the status of health and sex-ed in the U.S. Additional topics encompass the inspirations for her career in medicine and advocacy.

A mentor in her corner

November 15, 2016

Megan Katchmer entered the OHIO Women’s Center’s Mentoring Program seeking networking and advice on how to stand out to potential employers.

OHIO women and ohiowomen convene in Cleveland, promote leadership

November 12, 2016

More than 800 women met to connect, dialogue, share experiences, and offer support at the Women’s Leadership Symposium at the Cleveland (Ohio) Public Auditorium in April.

Storytelling in Classroom

November 1, 2016

Dr. Lynn Harter talks about the rich benefits both student and teacher experience when using storytelling in the classroom.

Bobcat breakthrough in hepatitis C treatment

September 16, 2016

Forty-eight weeks is a long time to endure a physically punishing treatment with only a 40 percent success rate. This was the reality for patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV). President and CEO of Achillion Pharmaceuticals and Ohio University alumnus Milind Deshpande, PHD ’87, was determined to create a drug with better outcomes, one that could cut the treatment time and intense side effects experienced by patients.

OHIO nurtures student ideas during annual innovation contests

August 5, 2016

Four Ohio University students—all from outside the U.S.— won the University’s internal Scripps Innovation Challenge Pitch Day in March and then the broader Scripps International Innovators Cup in April for their solution to the problem.

Innovation redux

June 13, 2016

Ohio Today introduced The Big Idea in summer 2009, profiling innovators—experimenters, creators, educators, and inventors—whose ideas took root or took off at Ohio University. Innovation, by definition, means change, so we decided to check in with Bobcats profiled in the issue for an update.

Born into a slum, alumnus emerges as a life-changing innovator

June 11, 2016

Bobcat thanks OHIO education with helping make a difference in his native Kenyan community.

How not to lay a three-minute egg

June 10, 2016

Graduate students and doctoral candidates: Ready? Set? Explain your research in lay terms in exactly three minutes!

To find new words, employ the senses

June 9, 2016

“English is a magpie,” drawled poet Ellen Bryant Voigt in her deep Southern accent, lecturing to an attentive audience about the roots English has in other languages.

Bobcat innovators earn Konneker Medal

June 7, 2016

Have you ever wondered how you could turn frozen bananas into a healthy snack? Do you seek to understand the latest innovations in proton therapy?

Global Leadership Center students are shown together

OHIO GLC student reflects on life-changing trip to Cambodia

March 21, 2016

Jonathan Baldwin, a psychology student currently in his last semester of study, joined Ohio University’s Global Leadership Center (GLC) to gain professional experience and leadership skills internationally.