Ohio Rep. Debbie Phillips, D-Albany, announced state funding for the Ohio University Energy Efficiency Project on Monday.

Ohio University will hold the 2012 Baker Peace Conference Thursday and Friday, March 29-30, in Baker Center. The theme of this year's conference is "Crime and Punishment: Security Domestic Tranquility in the 21st Century" and will explore modern policing, the war on drugs and the American penal system.

Ohio University today announced Nancy Cartwright – famous for voicing television's Bart Simpson – as the 2012 undergraduate commencement speaker. She will address graduates dur

A new initiative to support community organizations in Athens County, Athens Student Action, is being launched this week.

It’s not just the Ohio University men’s basketball team that won honors recently for its play. the school’s debating team won a national championship March 15-18 in Overland, Kansas.

If a recommendation from the Ohio University Budget Planning Council goes forward, tuition and general fees for in-state students at the school will rise above the $10,000 mark for the first time in OU history.

As spring quarter classes begin, many students are busying buying textbooks again. While some wait in line to rent or buy the books at local bookstores, others are exploring cheaper options on the Internet. With one of Athens’ main textbook outlets, Specialty Books, just closed, the trend of buying online begs the question, “to what extent are online sources replacing local textbook stores?”

Fall is the time of year when you fondly remember Athens. Spring is the time of year when you fondly remember who you were in Athens.

The prospect of a boom in oil-and-gas drilling in Ohio (and Athens County) appears more and more likely, concerns about this type of drilling taking place on public lands is growing. Ohio Universi

Invisible Children released a 30-minute film last month, "KONY 2012," that quickly tugged at the hearts of many viewers. It didn't take long for the film to "go viral," reaching 15 million online views in less than three weeks (and still counting).