Xavier teams up with the Ohio Innocence Project

Written by: Chloe Salveson, Staff Writer In collaboration with the Ohio Innocence Project (OIP), several Xavier programs co-hosted an event about criminal justice reform last Wednesday. Now, Xavier is actively working to start a new chapter of the OIP at the university.  Co-sponsored by Xavier’s Pre-Law Program, the Pre-Law Society, the Psi/Chi Psychology club, and the Criminal Justice Society, students were joined by exoneree Laurese Glover in a conversation about his own exoneration as a means to examine the current judicial system. Glover, an exoneree who was found guilty of murder due to witness misidentification in 1995, discussed his experiences … Continue reading Xavier teams up with the Ohio Innocence Project

Psycholog Department to participate in local Walk to End Alzheimer’s

By: Mike Clark The psychology department team “The Forget Me Nots” will participate in this Saturday’s local Walk to End Alzheimer’s at  Sawyer Point in downtown Cincinnati. The Walk to End Alzheimer is a 5k run/walk sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Association. The goal of the event is to raise funds in the Cincinnati area for Alzheimer’s research. The Cincinnati chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association is sponsoring the walk. Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia, a broad term describing the loss of cognitive abilities. Alzheimer’s accounts for 50 to 80 percent of all dementia cases. Memory loss is the … Continue reading Psycholog Department to participate in local Walk to End Alzheimer’s