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Ohio University Professor Leading Team Looking At Dark Matter
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A group of researchers were surprised earlier this year when Hubble Space Telescope images revealed an overabundance of dark matter in a cluster of a thousand galaxies. But Ohio University professor Doug Clowe said the the dark matter, matter detected by its gravity and not its light, is behaving just how it's supposed to be…. Read More
Local Health Organization Pushing For Statewide Rural Health Association
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A local rural health institute is making plans to create a statewide association to advocate for the health needs of people in rural Ohio. Crescent Gallagher, an Ohio University graduate assistant to the Appalachian Rural Health Institute, said the statewide association will focus on policy and education. "We want to work with legislators to advocate… Read More
Restaurants Unlikely To Donate To Local Food Pantries
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Struggling food pantries in Southeast Ohio will likely not be able to rely on restaurants to stock their shelves this holiday season. Some Athens restaurant managers from businesses like Casa Nueva and Brenan's say they only buy as much food as they intend to sell, and do not budget pantry donations. "We don't generally donate as… Read More
Particle Research Helping Advance Technology
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Faster and more efficient technology is on its way and it could be thanks to the research of the smallest particles in the universe going on at Ohio University. OU physicist Arthur Smith is leading the research effort to explore the tiny molecules and atoms that make up every technological device, which he calls an… Read More
OU PhD Student Focuses On Sex Ed For Special Needs Children
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Sex: it's the topic an Ohio University doctoral student is helping parents teach their children about, especially their children with special needs. Natalie Williams specializes in the subject of sexuality for the mentally disabled. “Everyone goes through puberty, everyone grows up, everyone has those types of feelings so yes this information is more… Read More
Southeast Ohio Deer Hunters Need New Permit This Year
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Southeast Ohioans participating in deer hunting season will need a new permit to go hunting this year. The antlerless permits expired Sunday in all of Southeast Ohio, which means hunters must have either-sex deer permits for gun season. This is the first time in the region that antlerless permits have expired before the opening of… Read More
In Focus: Women Take Health Care to Heart
By: Keara Vickers, Leah Petrovich, Taylor Pool
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Health care is a multi-faceted dilemma facing all people in southeast Ohio, especially women. Lack of insurance is just one problem, but a growing number of women's needs are not being met by the existing healthcare facilities in the area. Heart Disease, pregnancy and breast cancer are just a few of the issues women often… Read More
GoBus Seeks To Accommodate More Riders
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A transportation company that hauls college students to and from four Ohio cities is facing unforeseen challenges as a result of its popularity. The GoBus, which offers inexpensive bus rides from Athens to Marietta, Columbus or Cincinnati and makes stops in several other cities on each route, has served more than 37,000 people this year…. Read More
OU Students Protest Trustees’ Talk Of Tuition Increase
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The possibility of another tuition hike this year has students protesting in front of Ohio University's top administrators. The discussion continued Friday at the Ohio University Board of Trustees meeting about OU's own fiscal cliff and what it could do to tuition costs. Board members did not vote on any resolutions regarding tuition increases. The… Read More
OU Trustees Hear Fiscal Cliff Solutions
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Members of the Ohio University Board of Trustees are meeting in full regular session Friday morning after having spent a considerable portion of Thursday’s committee meetings addressing the university’s own fiscal cliff. The trustees discussed the university's budget and tuition. Ohio University officials are considering making some drastic changes to the tuition model and other… Read More
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