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Chuck Stewart's Legendary Photographs (1927-2017)

June 30, 2017 8 min

Chuck Stewart’s photographs, splashed across 2000+ record covers and spanning more than 70 years, helped define the look and feel of jazz.
Pete Souza sitting at a table with former colleague Marcia Nighswander, conducting a radio interview

Pete Souza: Behind the images

June 15, 2017 1 min

What’s one of your first stops after spending eight years photographing the leader of the world’s most influential nation? For Pete Souza, it was to return to Ohio University and deliver his first presentation of work from his past life as the former President Barack Obama’s chief official White House photographer.
Tantrum Theater’s outburst

Tantrum Theater’s outburst

June 12, 2017 2 min

OHIO’s new professional theater company invigorates the Central Ohio cultural landscape
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Covering Trump

June 10, 2017 7 min

There’s a saying in newsrooms: If you’re getting yelled at by a government official, it means you’re doing your job.
Child running in front of a building with a painted mural, with a painter standing on scaffolding in front of it

Art across America

June 5, 2017 2 min

Three alumni artists featured in the print issue of Ohio Today tell the stories behind select pieces of their artwork.
Generosity gets the creative treatment

Generosity gets the creative treatment

June 2, 2017 3 min

Creativity is not a word often associated with financial planning. Belpre, Ohio, native and OHIO alumnus Jeffery Chaddock, BSC ’88, and his partner Mark Morrow are determined to change that.
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Get creative, be happy

June 2, 2017 5 min

Ohio Today asked faculty expert Danny Twilley, Ph.D., senior lecturer of recreation and sports pedagogy in The Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of education, to take a serious look at the creative ways Bobcats have fun. His reflections follow, shedding light on recreation, a crucial element to a full life.
Dave Wooster Bike Riding

Now we're rolling

June 1, 2017 6 min

There are many ways to move from point A to point B. For commuting to and from work, Athens resident Dave Wooster, BSED ’02, pedals his bike along Athens County’s Hockhocking Adena Bikeway.
The beauty of mathematics

The beauty of mathematics

May 31, 2017 1 min

Gurgen (Greg) Hayrapetyan doesn't just teach mathematical concepts by writing formulas on a chalkboard; he’s changing the way people think about the field through creative cultural examples like Legos© and self-driving cars.
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How OHIO Saved Me from the Parapet

May 26, 2017 4 min

Jon Loommis gives an account of being taught by faculty Hollis Summers, an OHIO Distinguished Professor Emeritus.
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Bobcat Nanowagon Is First Step Toward Quantum Mechanical Engineering

May 25, 2017 6 min

Imagine all the world’s information on one cell phone. That would be a quantum engineering feat, but OHIO researchers are one step closer, thanks to the Bobcat Nanowagon.
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Greetings tour

May 23, 2017 2 min

Lisa Beggs, BSVC ’11, and her boyfriend, mural artist Victor Ving, are living indefinitely out of an RV as they travel cross-country for “Greetings Tour” – a project that yields painted murals based on the “Greetings from” postcards, popular around the middle of the century. An excerpted interview in February with Beggs about the stories behind select murals follows.

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Carry me Ohio

May 23, 2017 3 min

In 2016, photo book publisher Sturm & Drang released, “Carry Me Ohio,” the first of several documentary book projects Matt Eich, BSVC ’09, has undertaken in communities across the nation. The book series, titled “The Invisible Yoke," refers to the unseen legacies—like extraction industries and racism—which still influence people in these places.
Eich tells the story behind each image, all of them drawn from “Carry Me Ohio.”
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Hike and draw

May 23, 2017 2 min

While living and working in Cleveland, cartographer and illustrator Karla Sanders, BS ’09, MS ’12, spend weekends exploring Cuyahoga Valley National Park with her husband, designer and photographer Andres Quintero. That’s where the idea of “Hike and Draw” was born. The duo now travel the country on a quest to visit all 59 national parks and create maps and posters of those landscapes along the way. An excerpted interview with Sanders about the inspiration behind the artwork follows.
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Ziff’s tips from ArtBreak

May 22, 2017 2 min

It takes little to introduce children to art: a spark and some tools. Check out these five tips for making art with kids by Katherine Ziff, PHD ’04 and author of ArtBreak.
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