Arts & Science News

Thirty-four Colleges to Compete in Mock Trials

More than 540 students from 13 states will compete in the third annual Polar Bear Invitational Mock Trial Tournament in the Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law Jan. 17-18.The ONU undergraduate mock trial chapter and ONU Department of History, Politics and Justice sponsor the event."Due to the top competition and the popularity of the event, this tournament continues to grow and attract schools from as far away as California and Maine," said Dr. JoAnn Scott, ONU professor of political...

'Some Days You Eat the Bear ...'

Joseph Lisle Williams, president of Jordan Marketing Associates, will speak at Ohio Northern University on Wednesday, January 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Biggs Theatre of the Freed Center for Performing Arts. A 1966 graduate of Ohio Northern, Williams was mauled by a bear at age 20. This encounter inspired "Some Days You Eat the Bear ... Some Days, the Bear Eats You," a speech about resilience in individuals and organizations. This presentation offers an engaging, humorous and practical...

ONU to Host Fulbright Visiting Scholar

Ohio Northern University will host Fulbright visiting scholar Juan Manuel Guerra Hernandez beginning Jan. 20. Guerra Hernandez, an educator and dancer from Mexico, will teach at Ohio Northern through the beginning of May. He is one of approximately 800 foreign professionals who will teach and conduct research in the U.S. through the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program. Guerra Hernandez will work with ONU students to create a lecture/demonstration on Mexican culture and the dances of at least...

Summer Honors Institute to Continue at Ohio Northern University

An Ohio Department of Education (ODE) grant will make it possible for Ohio Northern University to host its annual Summer Honors Institute (SHI) for gifted and talented Ohio high school students. This grant marks the fifth consecutive year of the program. ODE funding has increased from $50,000 in SHI's first year to $79,044 for 2009. These increases mirror the rising popularity of the Institute. In 2008, SHI hosted more than 225 students, a 50-student increase from 2007 and a more than...

Major development of potential new cancer drug revealed at ONU seminar

A potential new drug for the treatment of breast cancer was revealed in a seminar by Dr. Tara Rheault at Ohio Northern University on Dec. 3. Rheault, an oncology medical chemistry researcher with GlaxoSmithKline at Research Triangle Park in North Carolina, gave a presentation titled “Potent and Selective Inhibitors of Polo-Like Kinase (PLK1): Novel Anti-mitotic Agents for the Treatment of Cancer” to the ONU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. In her presentation, Rheault discussed her...

Psychology students, professor paper to be published

Four Ohio Northern University students and professor Keith Durkin presented the paper, "When Good Times Go Bad: The Differential Impact of Risk and Protective Factors on the Alcohol-Related Problems of a Sample of University Students," at the Mid-South Sociological Association in Huntsville, Ala.A revised version of the paper is scheduled for publication in a forthcoming special issue of the "Journal of Offender Rehabilitation," which deals with alcohol and criminal behavior. The four...

Professor Elected to PRSA College of Fellows

Dr. Stephen D. Iseman, professor of communication arts and public relations at Ohio Northern University, has been elected to the prestigious College of Fellows of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). Iseman is one of 19 inductees this year to the College of Fellows, bringing the number of members to 455 out of more than 22,000 PRSA members. Election to the College is based on lifetime achievement and is a professional honor awarded to senior practitioners and educators. To be...

Physics Research by James Gallagher

James C. Gallagher, a senior in physics from Medina, Ohio, is a collaborator on a research paper to be published in Physical Review, the flagship journal of the American Physical Society and the American Institute of Physics. Gallagher was a part of the College of Wooster's National Science Foundation Research Experience of Undergraduates (NSF-REU). Under the leadership of John Lindner, professor of physics at Wooster, and Barbara Breen, professor of physics at Portland, the researchers...

History Class Tours Football Factory

On Nov. 12, 2008, Dr. Russ Crawford's Football in American Culture class (HIST 462) visited the Wilson Football Factory in Ada, Ohio.The students had the opportunity to see how the footballs are made, and learned that all of the NFL's balls, as well as 50 percent of Division I and 70-80 percent of Division III balls, are made here in Ada.Crawford, assistant professor of history, said that, "The students enjoyed seeing how footballs are made, and were surprised at how hard the work...

Elevator Pitch Competition

The first CEO (Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization) Elevator Pitch Competition involved 11 student competitors from pharmacy, engineering, arts and sciences, and business administration in idea presentations lasting 90 seconds. Five students were selected to go to a second competition round. The winners were Chris Corrado, a junior in marketing from Cincinnati, Ohio, for Underwater Putt-putt, and Jonathan Curry, a sophomore in management from Zanesville, Ohio, for Books Galore! They...