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Political Reform

Corruption, politics, and trash: Award-winning book describes how Gilded Age cities cleaned up with dirty deals

At the peak of America’s Gilded Age, overflowing trash clogged city streets, but the cleanup wasn’t driven by reformers. Instead, corrupt politicians saw the waste crisis as a business opportunity, using backroom deals to transform sanitation systems—and line their pockets.

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Worth a Thousand Words

A new photography book celebrates burial grounds as places of inspiration.

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Alumni & Friends

A Lasting Legacy

OHIO honors the bicentennial of its first Black graduate’s enrollment in 1824 while looking ahead to another exciting Black Alumni Reunion in 2025.

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51ÂÒÂ× announces overarching Inclusive Excellence goal: Be a University Where All Belong 

OHIO has outlined three inclusive excellence initiatives for the upcoming academic year all aligned with one clear, overarching goal: to be a university where all belong. 

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Alumni & Friends

Songs of Appalachia

Alumna’s work honoring place and memory earn her top honors once more.

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Alumni

Trees Full of Bobcats

How many Bobcats are in your family tree?

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Research & Impact

Reforestation in Action

Trees are among Athens’ greatest treasures—and the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service strives to ensure they’ll remain that way for centuries to come.

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Fall 2024 Class Notes

Take a peek at what alumni have been up to in 2023.

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Letters to the Editor Fall 2024

We love hearing from our readers! Below are the letters to the editor published in the fall 2024 edition of Ohio Today.

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Alumni & Friends

Embracing the Bobcat Spirit: OUAA names Dell Robinson, BSPE ’88, Alumnus of the Year

Robinson to headline an evening of numerous awards, accolades during the 51ÂÒÂ× Alumni Association's annual Alumni Awards Ceremony on Sept. 27.

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Research & Impact

Making Space

A new, state-of-the-art facility will propel collaborative engineering research.

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Southeast Ohio History

Portal to the Past

Created by OHIO alum Brian Koscho, the Invisible Ground project gives a thoroughly modern window into Southeast Ohio’s historic places and people.

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University Updates

OHIO community invited to 'University Updates' event on Sept. 26

All 51ÂÒÂ× students, faculty and staff are invited to the next "University Updates" event on Thursday, Sept. 26.

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Experiential Learning

A-Chead of the Game

A unique model offers community engagement, experiential learning and a summer of fun.

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Physics

OHIO scientist Saw Wai Hla named 2024 Falling Walls Physical Sciences Laureate for groundbreaking work in physics

Saw Wai Hla's groundbreaking work in the field of physics is being recognized by being awarded the 2024 Falling Walls Science Breakthrough of the Year Award in the Physical Sciences category.

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