Arts & Science News
Paul C. Giannelli, Weatherhead professor of law at Case Western Reserve University, is speaking on "Trends in the Admissibility of Scientific Evidence in Criminal Cases" in the Ohio Northern University's Pettit College of Law moot court room (129) on Thursday, March 8 at 11:30 a.m. The event is free and open to the public. This is the final speaker in the Dean's Lecture Series for 2006-07. Recognized by the New York Times as an expert on scientific evidence, Giannelli has lectured throughout...
The Ohio Northern University American Constitution Society is sponsoring a presentation entitled "Voting Administration and the Constitution After Bush v. Gore" on Tuesday, February 20 at 11:30 a.m. in the Moot Court Room in the Pettit College of Law. The event is free and open to the public. The presentation will feature two speakers. Richard Saphire, professor of law at the University of Dayton and Paul Moke, professor of criminal justice and political studies at Wilmington College are...
William Shakespeare's classic comedy Twelfth Night takes to the stage at Ohio Northern University's Freed Center for the Performing Arts for five performances, Feb. 7-10 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 11 at 2 p.m. Set in the 60s, this fast paced tale of love, confusion and mistaken identity will feature original music performed by a live band. Four songs in the play have been composed by Chicago-based Jon Negus and emulate the pop rock music of the 60's and 70's. Excerpts from the music of The Beatles,...
Ohio Northern University and KUKA Robotics Corporation are unveiling the ONU Robotics Center of Excellence powered by KUKA Robotics Corporation, with a ribbon cutting ceremony in Taft Memorial Hall at 1 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 26.
The center provides ONU students with hands-on design and programming experience using KUKA robots, controllers and software.
The ONU Robotics Center of Excellence is part of its department of technological studies. The center has seven KUKA KR3 robots including KUKA...
Ohio Northern University garnered first place for "Best Electronics and Controls" at the National Association of Industrial Technology (NAIT) national conference in Cleveland on Nov. 16 - 17.
Fifteen institutions competed to create autonomous robots to accomplish a search and rescue task. The robots navigated a course by following a conductive tape on the competition surface, located an object to be rescued (a predefined 8-inch metal conduit), picked up the object and carried it...
“Women’s Rights in International Context” will be the topic of the Ohio Northern University LL.M seminar in the Pettit College of Law on Nov. 17-18. The weekend event begins at 9 a.m. in the Seminar Willis Room. Professor Julie Mertus, associate professor and co-director of the Ethics, Peace and Global Affairs Program at American University will serve as the guest speaker for the two-day event.
A graduate of Yale Law School, Mertus’ work focuses on human rights, U.S. foreign policy, refugee...
Students from two area elementary schools are participating in Ohio Northern University’s SMArts (Saturday Morning Art) enrichment program, learning art and more. Each Saturday in October, 19 ONU teacher candidates are leading 50 students from Ada and Bath schools through an innovative and multi-leveled program of art and learning.
Linda Lehman, visiting assistant to the director of the Center for Teacher Education, explains that the class is designed to prepare classroom teachers to meet...
Ohio Northern University announces a competition to create a large-scale bronze sculpture in honor of the university’s founder, Dr. Henry Solomon Lehr (1839-1923). The sculpture will stand in the round garden that is positioned on the sidewalk that runs between the new, state-of-the-art James F. Dicke College of Business building and the historic Hill building erected in 1915. It will be clearly visible from Main Street and stand as a symbol of the continuity between the vision of the founding...
“Ohio and the Electoral College: Past, Present and Future” is the title of discussion by Akhil Reed Amar at the 2006 Kormendy Lecture in the Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law moot court room (129) on Monday, Oct. 23 at 4 p.m. Professor Amar will sign copiesof his book, "America's Constitution: A Biography," following the lecture.The event is free and open to the public.
Amar is currently the Southmayd professor of law and political science at Yale University, where...
Norman J. Rex, educator and Ada community leader, was named Distinguished Citizen of the Year at the 41st annual Town and Gown Banquet Monday night.
A 1956 graduate of Ohio Northern University, Rex taught industrial arts at Ada High School before completing graduate work at Ohio University, Athens. He returned to Ada High School as coordinator of the industrial vocational department, and then served as associate professor of industrial technology at ONU from 1967 to 1981. In 1981 he became...

















