Here's how OU's governing body, the Board of Trustees, functions
By Kaitlin Coward | Jan. 20, 2016Ohio University's Board of Trustees will meet Thursday and Friday this week at its third meeting of the academic year.
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Board to vote on tuition increases for class of 2020, possible demolition of President Street Academic Center
By Kaitlin Coward | Jan. 20, 2016The Board of Trustees will meet Thursday and Friday in Walter Hall.
Senate vice president advocates for student trustee voting rights at statehouse
By Maygan Beeler | Jan. 19, 2016Student Senate's vice president advocated for student trustee voting rights at the statehouse in Columbus on Tuesday and will share his experience with senate Wednesday night.
Ohio University's Campus Conversation touches on #BlackLivesMatter
Jan. 19, 2016About 40 people attended Tuesday's Campus Conversation, which focused on #BlackLivesMatter.
While attendance at men’s basketball games stayed consistent, women’s attendance dipped over break
Jan. 18, 2016Attendance at women’s basketball games decreased over winter break, while men’s attendance stayed consistent in the five thousand range.
Double Take: Before and during the Civil Rights Movement, black students at Ohio University faced various forms of discrimination on campus
By Maygan Beeler | Jan. 18, 2016In the years leading up to and during the Civil Rights Movement, African-American students faced multiple forms of discrimination on Ohio University’s campus.
Hungry Cat Food Truck has new location atop Morton Hill
Jan. 18, 2016After The Hungry Cat Food Truck reopened last semester near Clippinger Laboratories, it will have a new location at the top of Morton Hill starting Tuesday.
Officials plan to present draft Master Plan to Board of Trustees
By Kaitlin Coward | Jan. 18, 2016The plan addresses issues such as flooding, increased pedestrian access and the potential renovation and construction of buildings.
Ohio University researchers reconstruct head of new species of Australian dinosaur
By Kaitlin Coward | Jan. 18, 2016OU scientists worked with Australian collaborators to help discover that the dinosaur was different than previously thought.
Water leak causes power outage, lack of warm water on East Green
Jan. 17, 2016The leak has caused Biddle, Bush, Gamertsfelder and Perkins halls to not have hot water. Jefferson Hall will remain without power until further notice.
Ohio University students brave cold weather, cold showers
By EMILY BOHATCH | Jan. 14, 2016Ohio students living in Jefferson, Washington, Bryan and Voigt Halls returned to a dorms without hot water.
Ohio University alumnus, top donor dies at 93
Jan. 14, 2016Ohio University alumnus Wilfred Konneker died at the age of 93 last week.
Ohio University is a national winner of the 2015 GameDay Recycling Challenge
Jan. 14, 2016Ohio University placed first in diversion rate and ninth in total recycling.
Ohio University Student Senate commissioners provide updates on cultural competency classes, Bobcat Student Orientation
By Maygan Beeler | Jan. 13, 2016Ohio University Student Senate spent the first meeting of the semester discussing updates on commission initiatives like cultural competency classes and a possible increase in SAC and uFUND funding caps.
Flu rates down in Athens so far this season
By Kaitlin Coward | Jan. 13, 2016The Athens City-Council Health Department is unaware of any flu-related hospitalizations so far this season.
OU-HCOM will use research to encourage more primary care doctors to work in Appalachia
By Maygan Beeler | Jan. 13, 2016The Central Appalachian Consortium of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, including HCOM, will examine local Appalachian communities to determine the number of practicing primary care physicians and identify health disparities in the region.
Texts.com introduces a new way for students to buy and sell books on Ohio University's campus
Jan. 13, 2016Student Senate works with Texts.com to make textbooks cheaper for students.
Some students find mold in dorm rooms, residence halls
Jan. 13, 2016Pete Trentacoste, the executive director of Housing and Residence Life, is currently unaware of a significant mold problem in residence halls.
OU's Alpha Phi Omega chapter help Give Kids The World while volunteering during break
By Kyra Cobb | Jan. 12, 2016Students from the OU Alpha Phi Omega chapter spent a week in Florida volunteering at Give Kids The World, a 79-acre “storybook” resort, where children who have life-threatening illnesses and their families can stay at no cost to them and experience a fantasy vacation.
Some Ohio University students can't escape the frigid weather due to drafty dorms
By Lauren Fisher | Jan. 12, 2016Residents in Dougan House complain of scarce heat, aggravated by mold issues.
