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Storytelling in Classroom

November 1, 2016 7 min

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 2 min

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 ɫߣߣ�ۺϵ�� 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 5 min

Four ɫߣߣ�ۺϵ�� 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 8 min

Ohio Today introduced The Big Idea in summer 2009, profiling innovators—experimenters, creators, educators, and inventors—whose ideas took root or took off at ɫߣߣ�ۺϵ��. 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 9 min

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 3 min

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 2 min

“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 2 min

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 6 min

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

Local pride

March 17, 2016 4 min

Transgender student Patrick Local answers more questions about his transition, being a film major at OHIO, and other topics.

Sketching in community murals

March 16, 2016 2 min

The local canvas grows.

Illustration of people sitting on over-sized books

Leading through education

March 16, 2016 2 min

Learn more about individuals who were inspired by education and enrolled with ɫߣߣ�ۺϵ��.

Author, author!

March 15, 2016 3 min

Charles Smith, distinguished professor of playwriting at OHIO, answered additional questions about theater and the University.

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