Jennifer Hirsch and Shamus Khan, authors of "Sexual Citizens" a book about sexual assault on college campuses, spoke to about 160 Miami University students, faculty and staff members on Thursday, April 15.
Miami University is introducing three new changes to the Myaamia Center to increase student awareness.
Future Great Comics, a comic book and gaming store currently located in Hamilton, is moving to Oxford’s Uptown business district this spring.
Former Oxford resident Matt Johnson said he was having a mundane day looking for housing in Mount Pleasant, Mich. for his new assistant professor job at Central Michigan University (CMU). That is, until his real estate agent told him he would fit right in with the rest of the townies.
Payne started working as a tour guide this year, and while she’s picked up on things quickly, she knows that it’s not quite the same as training before the COVID-19 pandemic. For tour guides who worked before the pandemic, the adjustment has been a little more difficult.
The Miami University Outdoor Pursuits Center (OPC) hosted an event on Monday, April 12, aptly called the “Wellness Day Paddle & Pedal.”
The sun is shining, the weather is warming up and Miami University student organizations are slowly beginning to meet in-person.
Each year, two doctoral candidates in Miami University’s psychology department spend 20 hours a week providing counseling and education about mental health to students in the Talawanda School District.
After two and a half semesters of college via computer screen, some students are feeling the weight of the last year in the final stretch of this spring semester.
Regardless of university policy, students still use marijuana on their own terms.
Miami University’s COVID-19 dashboard listed an estimated 36 active student cases and three active employee cases as of April 15.
Miami University’s Associated Student Government (ASG) held elections for four cabinet positions at its April 13 meeting. It will hold its third and final round of elections at its April 20 meeting.
Mary Harrison insisted her plant farm be open to celebrate its 45th anniversary, even if she couldn’t be there. Mary died on March 12, 2021, just four months shy of her 100th birthday. Even though she had almost a hundred years’ worth of time to spend in her garden, it wasn’t nearly enough.
Oxford City Council approved a resolution to purchase just less than 400 new parking meters at its April 6 meeting.
The journalism program is undergoing two new changes according to an email sent to the Media, Journalism and Film (MJF) department from Senior Lecturer Patricia Gallagher Newberry, area coordinator for the journalism program.
Hoping to spark conversation on dialogue across difference, Dean of Students Kimberly Moore started a podcast titled “We Need to Talk,” in collaboration with Miami University senior and Student Body Vice President Jessica von Zastrow.
Upon arrival to the quarantine or isolation residence hall, students are met with, among many things, a care package. The bag includes snacks, art materials, a mug, a blanket and a personal touch — a handwritten note from a Miami family member.
While Rose Marie Ward would normally find herself visiting large, lecture-based courses to have Miami University students fill out the Student Health Survey, this year she relied entirely on email.
On March 29, Ohio extended eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine to all adults. But many Miami University students have gone to several different places hoping to get a vaccine of their own before the eligibility was extended. Some students have traveled an hour or more outside of Oxford to get a vaccine where there was more availability or leftover doses.
Miami University held its yearly ceremony for the winners of the President’s Distinguished Service Award on April 11, after announcing the winners on March 30.