Scott Titsworth has been appointed dean of the Ohio University Scripps College of Communication, Executive Vice President and Provost Pam Benoit announced last week. Titsworth, who has served as interim dean of the college since 2011, was named to the position in the course of a national search.

An Ohio University student from Chillicothe has sued the OU Police Department, claiming that one of its officers broke her left thumb while handcuffing her during her arrest last January for alleged drunk driving and lack of headlights.

Ohio University shut down last week between Christmas and New Year's for a winter closure that administrators say wasn't about potential savings but rather involved giving all employees the opportunity to have some time between the school year's two semesters.

Ohio University's winter break has always been a slowdown time for Athens and the OU campus.

The attorney for a former Ohio University student from New York who's suing OU for suspending him from school has heaped abuse on a motion by the university asking to have the federal lawsuit dismissed.

Ohio University has just completed its first semester since 1969, and administrators said Friday that while the campus community is still figuring some things out the transition has generally gone well.

While Ohio University students are around for the first time in a long time to experience much of the holiday season in uptown Athens due to the switch to semesters this year, uptown businesses are also experiencing something different.

It's the most wonderful time of the year, but not all Ohio University students are filled with cheer. Because of the switch to semesters, Bobcats are going to class and taking finals in December. While attending ugly-sweater parties and drinking too much eggnog has eased the transition for some students, others have found themselves with the unusual emotion of being unhappy to be in Athens.

An offensive lineman on Ohio University's football team, who in October was charged with felonious assault in connection with an alleged attack on a man outside an OU residence hall, is now facing a lesser charge.

The switch from quarters to semesters has made waves beyond the academic calendar. As Ohio University marks the end of its first semester since 1969 this week, those both outside and within the university community are reflecting on the impacts of the change.