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There are other, often overlooked, critters that are hidden beneath the waters of streams and rivers that can display some of the color spectrum’s most vibrant hues

Our second half of results will be revealed next week. PEOPLE K9 Alex — OUPD For another year, K9 Alex reigns supreme in terms of area law enforcement officer popularity. To be fair, most categories in our “People” section that find an animal as a nominee also find an animal as the top finalist. In K9 Alex’s case, it’s really hard to compete with those soulful, brown eyes. Also garnering honors were Jimmy Childs, of the Athens County Sheriff’s Office, and Ath...

OHIO’s Class of 1971 reflects on campus, life experiences 50 years after graduation Published: April 21, 2021 Author: Nick Henthorn, BSJ 21 This photo, taken by Harry Snavely, BFA ’51, and featured in the July 1971 Ohio University Alumni Journal, shows June 1971 OHIO graduates posing for photos in front of Class Gateway following Commencement ceremonies held in the Convocation Center. According to the publication, 2,791 students earned their OHIO degrees ...

Alison Stine This was the year that the boys died in Appalachian Ohio, where the water runs red. Orange red, down from the old mountain mines and out of the ground. Such a distinctive, vivid shade. Fire-blaze bright—so ubiquitous, elementary school children in my county don’t color the water on their pictures blue. They color it red. In 2014, two young men—boys, really—died in the water, weeks apart: one in the river, one in the overflow creek of Dow Lake, which feeds, thinly, into the ...

12 Places to See Cherry Blossoms in the United States AFAR 2/17/2021 Photo by Shutterstock Every spring, students at the University of Washington in Seattle get to stroll through their quad under a canopy of cherry blossoms.It’s difficult to anticipate exactly when cherry blossoms will make their annual appearance in the United States each spring. Although much of the U.S. will see peak blooms in March or April, cherry blossoms can appear as early as February in some cities, like San Franci...

Student Climate & Sustainability Ambassadors promote environmental literacy and action Published: December 9, 2020 Author: Jordan Schmitt Ben Siegel Ohio University student Liz Myers (near) and Michelle Shively of Rural Action take water quality samples at Sunday Creek. Myers is also an OHIO Climate and Sustainability Ambassador and recently discussed her research on a podcast produced by the ambassadors program. As the world becomes more cogni...