Ohio Northern University will host a lecture by Dr. James Estes, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California at Santa Cruz and research biologist at the Institute for Marine Sciences, in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts on Monday, March 14, at 7:30 p.m. This lecture is free and open to the public.
Estes’ presentation, titled “Apex Predators and Nature’s Functions,” is part of the Keiser Distinguished Lectureship in Life Sciences program, named in honor of ONU alumnus Terry D. Keiser, professor of biological sciences and director of University sustainability.
A team from the Ohio Northern University chapter of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) has been selected as one of five regional winners of the 2015-16 “Prescription for Service” competition. The ONU division of SNPhA will receive a $2,500 grant award that will enable it to implement a service program in the community.
The Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law Jessup International Law Moot Court Team advanced to the White & Case International Rounds in Washington, D.C., which will be held in April, after finishing second among 20 schools at the 57th annual Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition Regional Rounds in Chicago earlier this month.
Ohio Northern University’s T.J. Smull College of Engineering honored Craig O. Pierson, president of Marathon Pipe Line LLC, and Timothy Quellhorst, senior vice president of Crown Equipment Corporation, with Distinguished Alumni Awards on Feb. 22.
Craig Pierson
Pierson, who graduated with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering in 1978, joined Marathon Pipe Line Company in June 1978 as a pipeline engineer in Martinsville, Ill.
Ohio Northern University has joined RecycleMania, the premier collegiate recycling competition managed by Keep America Beautiful, to see who will claim the championship in the fight to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost the most on campuses across the country.
RecycleMania will run for eight weeks alongside the collegiate basketball season.
Hundreds of participating colleges and universities are competing in several categories based on the weight of recycling, food organics and waste reduction collected.
Each week, schools report their data and use updated rankings to rally students and staff with educational activities, displays and other outreach efforts.
If you’re in the Washington, D.C. area, check out the Smithsonian staff photography exhibit in the Ripley Center art gallery. And be sure to say hello to this spider, a beautiful photograph taken by Ashley Hornish (BFA/graphic design), a 2004 graduate of Ohio Northern University.
Ashley is an exhibition designer at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. She is currently designing the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall, debuting in July 2016.
