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ICAPP poll released on Ohio voter views on Issue 1 and subsequent elections

Full results available HERE.

An Ohio Northern poll of likely Ohio voters examines Issue 1 on the August 8 Ohio special election, a proposed statewide constitutional amendment relating to abortion and contraception and current voter preferences for the 2024 Ohio Senate race.

ONU's Rush serves on Congressional panel, speaks on rural healthcare

Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy was represented at a July 20, 2023 congressional panel considering federal legislation that, if approved, would impact pharmacists and patients. Michael Rush, PharmD ’05, provided input in support of HR 1770, the Equitable Community Access to Pharmacists Services Act. Impressed by the College’s burgeoning rural health care leadership within its own region, the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) asked Rush to speak at the briefing for the bipartisan Congressional Rural Caucus and Congressional Rural Health Caucus.

Beau Pitts returning to Japan as Fulbright Scholar

A third Fulbright Scholar opportunity for Ohio Northern University Professor Jonathan (Beau) Pitts, Ph.D., will soon send him to Japan, where he intends to explore the intersection of personal narrative, ordinary life as art, human longevity and pilgrimage. Cultural immersion, classroom instruction, writing and walking–lots and lots of walking–are in store for Pitts, an associate professor of English.

ONU and Mercy Health to partner in on-campus healthcare

Director Kim Manning and Nurse Practitioner Margaret Schimmoeller will continue in their current roles

Ohio Northern University and Mercy Health have announced a new strategic partnership to improve access to high quality health care on ONU’s campus. Under a new 10-year agreement, ONU’s Student Health Center will be staffed and managed by Mercy Health.

Honigford, Orofino, Tubbs named All-American Scholars by WGCA

Ohio Northern junior Grace Honigford (West Chester/Lakota East) and seniors Isabella Orofino (Powell/Olentangy Liberty) and Jessica Tubbs (Maumee/Springfield) were named All-American Scholars for the 2022-23 season by the Women's Golf Coaches Association.

Honigford, Orofino and Tubbs were among 1,401 women's collegiate golfers from 378 programs across the country recognized with this prestigious honor.

The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent in all of college athletics and include having an overall cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or higher, being an amateur and on the team's roster through the conclusion of the team's season, and playing in 50% of the college's regularly scheduled competitive rounds during the year through the team's conference championship.

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ONU fracking research reveals small stream impacts that could alter ecosystems

Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” a natural gas and oil extraction method that has been used throughout the country for more than a decade, is episodically reducing small Eastern Ohio River basin stream levels, an Ohio Northern University study found. The fluctuations, the authors warn, could be negatively impacting aquatic life in those areas – a situation that, if confirmed by more studies and monitoring, would warrant additional environmental protection measures.

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