Archive for January, 2015

Ohio University alum Fazale Rana ’90Ph.D. is participating in a Purdue University symposium on the link between science and Christianity, Purdue reports. Rana earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Symposium 2015, an annual event exploring faith, reason […]

Ohio University alum Jennifer Howell ’00, Assistant Professor of French at Illinois State University, presents “The Musings of a Francophoniste: Reevaluating French and Francophone Studies at American Public Universities,” reports Illinois State Media Relations. She earned a B.S. in Biological Sciences and a B.A. in French from the College of […]

CBC Radio Hallie Cotnam, host of Ottawa Morning, interviewed Dr. Brandon Kendhammer, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ohio University, for a segment on “Boko Haram continues to attack civilians in Northern Nigeria.” Nigeria has 175 million people and recently became Africa’s largest economy. “A big part of the story […]

Athens News reporter Fred Night writes Jan. 11 that “an Ohio University telescope may be getting a new home at the Ridges.” The “rather rare, historic telescope” was in need of maintenance and “disassembled” about five years ago, according to astronomy instructor Tom O’Grady. But there are plans to take […]

Business Insider’s Armin Rosen quotes Dr. Brandon Kendhammer, Assistant Professor of Political Science, in a Jan. 12 story on “Boko Haram May Have Just Pulled Off One Of The Worst Terrorist Attacks Ever.” As Brandon Kendhammer, a Nigeria scholar and an assistant professor of political science at Ohio University explained […]

Ohio University alum Holly Wendt ’05M won an award from the Louisville Literary Arts for her poetry, reports Lebanon Valley College. Wendt earned a M.A. in English from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Lebanon Valley College’s Dr. Holly M. Wendt, assistant professor of English, recently won […]

S&T Bank has named Ohio University alum Patrick Tobin as Senior Vice President at a new office in Rochester, NY, according to a PR Newswire release. S&T Bank, a full-service financial institution with assets of $4.9 billion, branch locations in 12 Pennsylvania counties and loan production offices in northeast and […]