Many changes have occurred recently at Ohio University in an effort to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 health crisis, affecting students and faculty both in the classroom and at home.
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With the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, anxiety is persisting in Athens about what the long-lasting impact will be on the local economy if Ohio University maintains online/remote-only instruction into Fall Semester 2020.
Ohio University Provost Elizabeth Sayrs said in an email to students and staff today (Friday) that the university will continue its all-online/all-remote instruction model throughout its summer semester (both sessions).
The Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine is sending in reinforcements in Ohio’s battle with COVID-19 according to a news release. “Starting April 13, approximately 250 medical students will deploy to local health agencies to assist in containing the outbreak and support O…
Ohio University instructed students to move out of university housing because of the coronavirus threat but not all of them have done so.
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The Athens Police Department has had to shut down multiple off-campus Ohio University student-centric parties in Athens since last Friday, with at least one student being arrested for allegedly violating the Ohio Department of Health director’s “stay at home” order relating to the coronaviru…
This has been one of the most unusual springs in the centuries-long history of Ohio University. The COVID-19 pandemic has cleared the great majority of OU students from campus, and most of the students from the neighborhoods surrounding the university. But one tradition that no virus can sto…
Ohio University students, faculty and staff are still getting acclimated to the “new normal,” with a transition to online learning amid the campus closure due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis in Ohio; that transition has not been without some speed bumps.
Ohio University announced last week that it has committed to providing remote work opportunities to all student employees not currently working due to campus’ coronavirus-related closure, but who previously had been employed this semester.
The Department of Biological Sciences at Ohio University donated at least three car-loads of desperately needed personal protective equipment to OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital in Athens earlier this week.
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Ohio University President Duane Nellis confirmed in an email to the campus community today (Wednesday) that an OU student has tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) after returning to the U.S. (and coming to both the student's home county and Athens) from a university-sponsored study…
Eddith Dashiell has been named the next director of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism in Ohio University’s Scripps College of Communication. She takes over for professor Robert Stewart, who is retiring in May after 10 years leading the school.
