College of Arts and Sciences Stories

Mark Alicke

University community mourns loss of Psychology Professor Mark Alicke

The Ohio University community mourns the loss of Dr. Mark Alicke, professor of psychology, due to an accident at his home on Oct. 23, according to his obituary.

Ghirmai Negash

Ghirmai Negash takes helm of African Literature Association, charts course through COVID

Dr. Ghirmai Negash, professor of English, takes over as the new president of the African Literature Association determined to forge a new path to safeguard the association during the pandemic.

Sumit Sharma

OHIO professor Sumit Sharma awarded $450,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to lead collaborative study on proteins

OHIO professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Sumit Sharma received a $450,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.

Sarah Wyatt - lab

Professor Wyatt wins nomination for MAC Outstanding Faculty Award for Student Success

Dr. Sarah Wyatt has been selected as the Ohio University winner of the inaugural Mid-American Conference (MAC) Outstanding Faculty Award for Student Success.

Larry Hayman

Larry Hayman named president-elect of the Midwestern Association of Pre-law Advisors

Larry Hayman, Esq., College of Arts & Sciences pre-law advisor in the Center for Law, Justice & Culture, was elected as President-elect of the Midwestern Association for Pre-Law Advisors.

Dr. Katherine Fornash

Professor Fornash wins national grant for geochemistry research

Dr. Katherine Fornash is one of only 35 junior faculty recipients to receive a national highly competitive Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) research grant. 

Peter Harrington

OHIO’s Peter Harrington receives prestigious Fellow Award from the Society for Applied Spectroscopy

Ohio University professor of chemistry Peter Harrington will receive the 2020 Society for Applied Spectroscopy Fellow Award at this year’s virtual SciX 2020 meeting on Oct. 14.

Dr. Alexander Govorov

OHIO researchers working on obscurants for the modern era

OHIO researchers, led by Distinguished Professor Alexander Govorov, are conducting research on creating advanced nanoscale-level smoke screens funded by an agreement with the U.S. Army Research Office

Dr. Francine Childs, HON ’97, EMERT ’05, addresses the crowd at an Aug. 28, 2013, event held at Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.

Scholarship honors professor emerita who inspired students to ‘be the change they wish to see’

A new scholarship at Ohio University is paving the way for students to continue the legacy of Professor Emerita Dr. Francine Childs, the first Black professor to be granted tenure at OHIO.

The Afyouni family poses outside the Convocation Center on graduation day for Nader, BBA ’19, and Amal, BA ’19.

Alumni family gives back to their home away from home

Ohio University graduate Manaf Afyouni and his children were inspired to create a scholarship in hopes that the recipients would have the same meaningful experiences that the family had in Athens.

Claudia González Vallejo

González Vallejo appointed program director at National Science Foundation

Dr. Claudia González Vallejo, professor of psychology, has been appointed to a program director position with the National Science Foundation’s Division of Social and Economic Sciences.

Red oak acorns

University, local community invited to collect red oak acorns on College Green Sept. 19

Students, faculty, staff and the Athens community are invited to help collect red oak acorns at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 19, on the College Green, following socially distant and mask protocols.

Loren Lybarger
Palestinian Chicago: Identity in Exile

OHIO professor Lybarger challenges stereotypes, depicts complex identities in new book on Palestinian Chicago

OHIO professor of Classics and World Religion Loren Lybarger’s newly released book, “Palestinian Chicago: Identity in Exile,” takes a look at Palestinian immigrants living in Chicago.

Constitution Day 2020 graphic

OHIO faculty to discuss "Institutionalized Racism in Education and Policing" during Constitution Day

Ohio University faculty members will discuss “Institutionalized Racism in Education and Policing” during the annual Constitution Day event, 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17.

Dr. Sabina Curran conducts research

Curran digs into animal fossils in Romania in search of human migration answers

Dr. Sabrina Curran is part of a research team digging further into fossil record in one possible pathway early migration, the Olteţ River Valley in southern Romania.

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