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"I Dream of all things: Photos by Emily Jay" in ONU Elzay Gallery of Art

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, September 4, 2014

The Ohio Northern University gallery program opens its 2013-14 art exhibition and gallery season at the Elzay Gallery of Art with “I Dream of All Things: Photographs by Emily Jay.” The exhibit runs from Sept. 2 to Oct. 10.

Jay’s exhibit explores the relationship between promise, breaking and beauty. It is a photographic exploration of slipping into and out of dreams, as they come to be and as they come to fall apart. Jay’s latest work uses painting, photography and installation as she attempts to catalog remnants of aesthetic experience encountered in the mundane.

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Washington Monthly ranks Ohio Northern University in nation’s top 50 for fifth straight year

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Washington Monthly has ranked Ohio Northern University 38th in the nation in its 2014 baccalaureate college rankings released this week. ONU has been ranked in the top 50 since 2010.

Washington Monthly rates schools based on their contribution to the public good in three broad categories: social mobility (recruiting and graduating low-income students), research (producing cutting-edge scholarship and Ph.D.s), and service (encouraging students to give something back to their country).

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ONU panel discussion on ‘Human Rights in the Time of Ebola’ Sept. 11

Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Ohio Northern University’s Center for Democratic Governance and Rule of Law will hold a panel discussion on “Human Rights In the Time of Ebola: Public Health vs. Individual Freedom” in the Pettit College of Law’s Celebrezze Moot Courtroom on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 7 p.m.

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Ohio Northern University named a ‘Tuition Hero’

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Ohio Northern University has earned the “Tuition Hero” designation by the Tuition Heroes website for the 2014-15 academic school year.

Schools tabbed as a “Tuition Hero” earn this honor if the institution has a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.5 percent or less, and if the school has a fixed rate tuition policy.

Ohio Northern has traditionally been committed to making it affordable for students to attend the University while providing a quality education and a CAGR of 2.5 percent. In 2014-15, ONU instituted The Ohio Northern Promise to continue meet the challenges associated with the rising costs of higher education.

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The Freed Center presents ‘Defying Gravity: The Music of Stephan Schwartz’

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, August 25, 2014

Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present “Defying Gravity: The Music of Stephan Schwartz” on Friday, Aug. 29, at 7:30 p.m.

Veteran singers from Broadway will perform music composed by the legendary Schwartz, who has composed some of the most recognizable songs from movies and Broadway.  In a career spanning more than four decades, Schwartz has written such hit musicals as “Godspell,” “Pippin” and “Wicked.”

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Comet watching and a little bit of Neptune Friday night at ONU Observatory

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, August 25, 2014

Ohio Northern University's Observatory first event of the season is Friday, Aug. 29, titled is "Comet Rendezvous/Neptune Opposition." The program is from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m.This event is free to the public but it is contingent on mostly clear skies.

"On this night, we celebrate encounters with two comets. For Comet 67P/ Churyumov-Gerasimenko, a spacecraft called "Rosetta" has just reached the comet and is finding the optimum site for a November landing," said Dr. Jason Pinkney, professor of physics and astronomy and ONU Observaory manager.

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