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ONU dedicates Advanced Metal Technology Lab

Don Wood Foundation provides $1.05 million grant

Engineering students at Ohio Northern University’s (ONU) T.J. Smull College of Engineering have a new laboratory to help prepare them for careers in advanced manufacturing.

The University dedicated the Don Wood Foundation Advanced Metal Technology Lab at a celebration Thursday, Oct. 10. The lab was made possible by a $1.05 million grant from the Don Wood Foundation.

ONU to dedicate installation of Greavu sculptures

3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22, ONU West Campus, near the wetland pond

Ohio Northern University will hold an Outdoor Sculpture Dedication Ceremony featuring the work of nationally-known sculptor Judy Greavu.

Greavu, who taught in the ONU art department from 1985 to 2005, gifted to ONU four outdoor sculptures that are inspired by the water, plant life and creatures of ponds.

Comet viewing at ONU Observatory on October 19

7:30-9:30 p.m. on October 19 at ONU Observatory, 800 W Lincoln Ave

The public is invited to a special viewing of a bright comet.. This event begins a little earlier than usual in order to catch the comet before it sets in the west. 

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) should have a total magnitude brighter than Polaris, but its light is spread out over a nucleus, coma and long tail which extends about 8 degrees, so it may be difficult to find without help. 

Novelist Scott Morris featured in guest appearance at ONU

October 1 from 7:30-8:30 p.m. in the Wilson Center Elzay Gallery of Art, 503 S Gilbert St.

Novelist Scott Morris will present a lecture and a reading from the manuscript of his novel, Gaine’s Green, on October 1. 

The lecture, "Cormac McCarthy's Big Gamble writing The Road," will examine which deep human truths McCarthy believed would survive even when the world appears to have ended. The event is free and open to the public.

Both events will be followed by Q & A sessions, and the reading will be followed by a book signing.

2024 ONU Homecoming itinerary for September 28

What's a Polar Bear to do on Homecoming Saturday? Here's what they'll find on campus according to www.onu.edu/

8 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Registration at King-Horn Field House

8 a.m. - 2 p.m. - ONUMB Alumni Marching Band, Dial-Roberson Stadium
All ONUMB alumni are invited to join the 2024 band for the Homecoming Parade and Pregame show

9 a.m. - 12 p.m. - Alpha Sigma Phi Homecoming Cookout
Alpha Sigma Phi House, 5 University Parkway, Celebrate the brotherhood and network with current brothers

US News ranks ONU as best value in Midwest

U.S. News & World Report has ranked Ohio Northern University as offering the best value of any college in the Midwest for 2025.

In the publication’s 2025 Best Regional Colleges Midwest list, ONU moved up two places from 2024. The best value rankings are based on a school's academic quality and the net cost of attendance. 

In overall rankings, the Ohio Northern is #2 in the Midwest and #1 in Ohio.

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