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ONU law professor attends, participates in international conference

Michael W. Lewis, professor of law at Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law, attended and participated in a conference titled “The Boundaries of Battlefield: A Critical Look at the Legal Paradigms and Rules of Countering Terrorism” at the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) - The Hague in The Netherlands from Jan. 10-11.

The two-day conference was hosted by the T.M.C. Asser Institute in cooperation with the International Humanitarian and Criminal Law Platform, the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, and the Municipality of The Hague.

ONU to host seventh annual Polar Bear Invitation Mock Trial Tournament

Ohio Northern University’s mock trial program will host the seventh annual Polar Bear Invitational Mock Trial Tournament from Jan. 19-20. The competition will take place at ONU’s Pettit College of Law, Hill Building and Dukes Memorial. More than 300 students from 24 colleges and universities representing 12 states will participate in the tournament.

ONU College of Law introduces new clinical programs

The Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law has announced two new programs within the college’s clinical offerings that will further assist individuals in Allen and Hardin counties.

In conjunction with former Ohio Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton’s efforts to provide better protection for service members and veterans before the courts of Ohio, the ONU Legal Clinic has revised its service priorities to place service personnel and veterans at the top of its intake list.

ONU to commemorate MLK Jr. Day with week of activities

Ohio Northern University will hold a Martin Luther King Jr. celebration week with a number of activities commemorating the civil rights leader. The ONU Cultural and Special Events Committee and the Office of Multicultural Development are sponsoring these events, which begin on Tuesday, Jan. 22.

ONU to present ‘The Soul Rebels’

Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present The Soul Rebels Brass Band in the Stambaugh Theater on Friday, Jan. 25, at 7:30 p.m. The concert is being held in conjunction with the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration week at ONU.

The Soul Rebels is an eight-piece New Orleans-based brass ensemble that incorporates elements of soul, jazz, funk, hip-hop, rock and pop music within a contemporary brass band framework. The band grew from their New Orleans brass style out of the desire of original members Lumar LeBlanc and Derrick Moss to play the music they heard on the radio with respect to the New Orleans brass band tradition.

ONU’s Sebok Pharmacy Lecture to feature top cardiovascular pharmacogenomics expert

Julie A. Johnson, V. Ravi Chandran professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Florida Colleges of Pharmacy and Medicine as well as director of the University of Florida Center for Pharmacogenomics, will be the guest speaker during the Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy’s fourth annual Sebok Pharmacy Lecture in ONU’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, Jan. 18, at 1 p.m.

Johnson’s research focuses on cardiovascular pharmacogenomics. She leads a research group in the NIH-supported Pharmacogenomics Research Network, with a project focused on pharmacogenomics of antihypertensive drugs.

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