Find News
CEO of ZeoVation to present “Lab to Marketplace” seminar on Oct. 27
ASHLAND, Ohio – Bo Wang, co-founder and CEO of ZeoVation, Inc., will be the speaker for Ashland University’s sixth annual “Lab to Marketplace” seminar, Thursday, Oct. 27, at 7:30 p.m. This year’s event returns to Ronk Lecture Hall in the Dwight Schar College of Education after recently being virtual-only (there will not be an online option this year). The event is free and open to the public. Wang’s presentation, “Building Scarcity Value Across Fields:…
Gordon E. Heffern Lecture on Christian Ethics in Business returns to AU on Nov. 1
ASHLAND, Ohio – Richard Veres, the founder of Highland Consulting Associates, Inc., will return to Ashland University to be the featured speaker of the Gordon E. Heffern Lecture on Christian Ethics in Business on Tuesday, Nov. 1, at the John C. Myers Convocation Center (638 Jefferson St.). Doors open at 11:30 a.m. for the event, with lunch served at 11:45. It is open to the public, but those interested in attending should RSVP by Oct. 24 to au-cobe@ashland.edu.
Newly-opened Archer Dietetics Foods Lab to benefit AU's growing dietetics program
As the name indicates, the new Archer Dietetics Foods Lab will benefit the dietetics program at Ashland University. But it should also be a positive for the rest of the university, the community and even other Ohio colleges. “We envision using this space for other things because it’s not all about dietetics,” Denise Reed, director of AU’s dietetics program, said recently in the 2,000-square-foot renovation with the other full-time dietetics faculty member,…
First “Jazz at the Nest Concert” of the season set for Tuesday, Oct. 18
ASHLAND, Ohio – The award-winning Ashland University Jazz Orchestra will perform its first “Jazz at the Nest” concert of the 2022-23 season on Tuesday, Oct. 18. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place in the Hawkins-Conard Student Center’s Eagle’s Nest from 7:30-9 p.m. The AUJO, currently under the direction of Scott Garlock, a professor of music, has been providing the AU campus and greater Ashland community with diverse jazz…
AU presenting concert, “An Evening with Cathi Campo,” on Thursday, Oct. 20
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University will host a benefit concert, “An Evening with Cathi Campo,” on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m. in the John C. Myers Convocation Center. Campo will take the audience back to the Jazz Age, as she sings selections from the songbook of legendary composers George and Ira Gershwin, accompanied by a jazz trio. Campo is the niece of famed American singer and actress Rosemary Clooney, winner of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Campo…
Posner continues to study eyes using zebrafish
It doesn’t take long to see that Mason Posner likes zebrafish. The Ashland University biology professor has a drawing of one wearing a Santa hat on his office door. “There was one year our biology student group for Christmas made these pictures of the organisms we each work on and they gave them to us,” Posner said with a smile. So that all people can see drawings like Posner’s is the main reason he works with the small freshwater fish from South Asia and…
Ashbrook Center’s new home in College of Education dedicated
Jean Ashbrook helped cut the ribbon. In the library, Sally Schramm greeted attendees. And Marv Krinsky and Jeff Sikkenga welcomed the crowd Saturday, Oct. 1, to the Ashbrook Center’s new home in the Dwight Schar College of Education building on the Ashland University campus with brief remarks highlighting its nearly 40-year history. “John would be so proud,” Ashbrook said about the dedication of the new location for the independent academic center,…
AU hosting Correctional Education and Reentry Summit on Oct. 19
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University is proud to host a Correctional Education and Reentry Summit, one of the first-of-its-kind events, to help educate leaders in the corrections field as well as the general public. The conference will take place Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the John C. Myers Convocation Center, with a series of events throughout the day from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. The summit’s goal is to discuss best practices of correctional education and how society can…
Faith and Society series continues Oct. 18 with presentation by Brandon Rickabaugh
ASHLAND, Ohio – Brandon Rickabaugh, a research scholar in public policy, will present “Knowing Jesus in a Culture of Disillusionment” during the latest edition of Ashland University’s Faith and Society lecture series on Tuesday, Oct. 18. The presentation will take place inside Ronk Auditorium at the Dwight Schar College of Education, starting at 6 p.m. It is free and open to the public. Rickabaugh is an assistant professor of philosophy and research scholar…
AU a partner with Ohio TechNet Northeast Ohio Semiconductor Workforce Consortium
ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University has entered into a partnership with 10 other Ohio higher education institutions that will develop semiconductor career programs by providing training programs. The project, titled “Ohio TechNet Northeast Ohio Semiconductor Workforce Consortium,” is being led by Lorain County Community College. In conjunction with Intel beginning construction on a $20 billion chip plant in central Ohio—the official groundbreaking was held on…
