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Eat This Way, Not That Way. Forever.

March 7, 2019 2 min

Mercedes Sotos-Prieto, an assistant professor of food and nutrition science at ºìÐÓÊÓƵ's College of Health Sciences and Professions, emphasizes the long-term impact of healthier eating habits on longevity.

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Friendly Skies

March 7, 2019 1 min

ºìÐÓÊÓƵ’s Gordon Bush Airport is home to Francis Fuller Training Center, where almost 120 Russ College of Engineering and Technology students are working toward their private and commercial pilot licenses. The College also offers an aviation management degree. Future pilots start in the classroom and can eventually become Certified Flight Instructors themselves, along the way banking more than 1,400 hours in flight before receiving their degrees.

The photo essay that follows illustrates the hours of effort OHIO aviation students put into becoming pilots.

Sweatin’ the Good Sweat

March 7, 2019 1 min

At the heart of the Marching 110 is its drumline, led by section leader Joe Huster, BBA ’19. Members commit 12 hours weekly during the regular football season, balancing their dedication to excellence with the challenges of being college students.

Better Together

March 6, 2019 2 min

ºìÐÓÊÓƵ encourages students to integrate bystander intervention techniques, supported by Better Bystanders' Four D's of Intervention, fostering a safer and more supportive community.

Start Small

March 5, 2019 2 min

"Little Otter Learns to Swim," authored by Artie Knapp, AIS ’04, and illustrated by Guy Hobbs, teaches children the value of persistence in overcoming fears and challenges when acquiring new skills, using North American river otters as inspiration. The book, published by ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Press, also pays tribute to the species and incorporates conservation messages contributed by the River Otter Ecology Project.
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How to Live, Be, & Lead

March 5, 2019 2 min

Melinda Tsapatsaris, BSED ’98, applies progressive pedagogy learned from OHIO’s Creating Active and Reflective Educators (CARE) program as the head of school at Westland School in Los Angeles, emphasizing inquiry-based, experiential learning and collaborative teacher-student partnerships in the democratic act of learning.

Still More: Lori Esposito

March 1, 2019 1 min

ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Lecturer Lori Esposito created a unique meditative practice as a means of grief rehabilitation: evaporation walking.

On Being Heard

March 1, 2019 3 min

ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Today spoke with Dashiell about her career in journalism and about views on politics, life, and humanity. An excerpt of the interview follows.
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Voices of change

October 30, 2018 4 min

College campuses surge with activism and dialogue when national issues of the day arise, and ºìÐÓÊÓƵ is no exception. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, unrest regarding race, gender, and war shook the small college town in the Appalachian foothills.
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In her footsteps

October 29, 2018 3 min

Over the past 15 years, two OHIO women have learned from and supported one another and, in recent years, have nurtured their shared Bobcat connection.
Chemical engineering senior and Society of Women Engineers President Ashley Weitzel helps an Athens-area Girl Scout assemble a Rube Goldberg machine at the groups’ “Buildings, Brains, and Boxes†design contest

The future (of engineering) is female

October 28, 2018 4 min

ºìÐÓÊÓƵ students studying engineering and technology know to expect rigorous coursework and lots of career options. The field’s female students also know to expect a huge gender gap.
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Aunt Flo's heroes

October 25, 2018 2 min

When is the last time you talked about periods? At OHIO, those discussions are as regular as the topic itself thanks to students who are championing menstruation conversation and ensuring access to menstrual products.
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A legacy fulfilled

October 25, 2018 6 min

One hundred and fifty years ago, Margaret Boyd stepped onto the Athens campus and into the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ history books as the institution’s first female student.

Here to be heard

October 25, 2018 2 min

Deaf since age 3, Pribula relied on a call service for deaf individuals that can sound like a phone call from a telemarketer, and several times, the CATS Late Night operator hung up on her.
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Wellness for all

October 25, 2018 2 min

For nearly 25 years, the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine has been steadily increasing access to health care for thousands of community members across 22 Southeast ºìÐÓÊÓƵ counties.
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