Ohio University News

Jerry and Darla Hossman announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their son, Joshua Cyle Hossman, to Heather Lynn Palmer of Clarington.

A star-studded lineup of great college coaches past and present will be among the guests on Takedown Wrestling this Saturday, June 22, the weekly radio show announced Tuesday.

Dr. William J. Burke will lead Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in Dublin and is set to start July 22. Burke graduated from Heritage College in 1988 and is vice president for medical education at OhioHealth Doctors Hospital in Columbus.

When fathers eat a high-fat diet before conception of offspring, the male offspring have increased body weight after weaning and high body fat in midlife despite eating a low-fat diet, a new study in mice finds.

A report released Tuesday rating how effectively colleges and universities train would-be educators for the classroom gives less than favorable ratings to the education programs at Kent State University, in addition to the programs at a majority of institutions across the state and country.

Aurora Historical Society has a new permanent exhibit titled "Early Aurora: Before the Pioneers."

Ohio University is slated to handle a variety of capital projects in its 2014 fiscal year including the construction of a new $70 million replacement power plant.

As parents and students struggle to keep up with rising college tuition and take on greater burdens of debt, universities are being challenged to justify the ballooning athletic fees they tack on to the bill.

In the 2010-11 academic year, the 227 public institutions in Division 1 of the National Collegiate Athletic Association collected more than $2 billion in athletic fees from their students - or an average of more than $500 per enrollee - according to research by Jeff Smith at the University of South Carolina Upstate.

When fathers eat a high-fat diet before conception of offspring, the male offspring have increased body weight after weaning and high body fat in midlife despite eating a low-fat diet, a new study in mice finds.

Ray Fatur, a teacher at Euclid's Forest Park Middle School, says he thinks it is fair for a more experienced teacher to make more than one with less experience, even if they have the same value-added rating.

Paul Schullery never imagined that a road trip in his youth to Yellowstone National Park would define his career and shape the rest of his life.

Male mice who were fed a high-fat diet and became obese were more likely to father offspring who also had higher levels of body fat, a new Ohio University study finds.

This fatherhood gig, it turns out, can be a lot of fun - and funny. At least that's how daddy-turned-author Brian Klems of St. Bernard sees it - to the delight of readers who get a chuckle from Klems' brand of paternal wisdom and wit.

DESIGNATED: West Liberty University's Terry Wallace was selected to serve on the West Virginia State Network of Educators for the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium and will be working with teachers across the state to create a digital library.

John Shoop may have been more excited than Kirk Barron. Moments after informing Purdue coach Darrell Hazell of his commitment to join the Boilermakers, the program's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach jumped into the arms of the 6-foot-3, 297-pound prospect from Mishawaka Marian.

A local woman is a former preschool teacher. When she unexpectedly became a widow in her early 50s, Jane Somers, 81, began teaching preschool in Port Clinton.

After 10 years of wielding a wand and being the brightest witch of her age, Emma Watson is increasingly adding a list of screen credits to her resume that do not start with 'Harry Potter.'

Turning Pointe: Dance and Fitness Studio will hold its grand opening from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 15 at 28500 Miles Road, Solon, in the North Shoppes of Solon.

Retention Coordinator Willa Marie Jackson will share tips for extracting key information from lectures, discussions and textbooks.