Students in the News

“A plant biology graduate student at Ohio University is using spent grains from the Jackie O’s brewing process to grow plants as a part of his final research project,” reports the June 18 Athens News. If grad student Josh Crosier’s current hunch about the spent grains is correct, the research […]

Ohio University alum Kathryn Potraz ’13 is interning with the Sierra Club’s Green Life Blog and the Sierra Club magazine. Potraz earned two degrees from Ohio University, a B.A. in English from the College of Arts & Sciences and a B.S.J. in Journalism. Her recent story on “Largest Mule Deer […]

The Sentinel-Tribune reports that among the North Baltimore seniors earning college scholarships is Tyler Reed ’18, who will study Biology-Pre-Med in the College of Arts & Science at Ohio University. Reed’s scholarships included: Ohio University Scholarships $18,000, Jorgen Larsen Scholastic Scholarship $1,500,  Robert A. Reed Memorial Scholarship $500, Huntington Spitler […]

The Coshocton Tribune reports quotes Peyton Bair ’18, a seniors from Coshocton High School headed to Ohio University’s College of Arts & Sciences to study in the Chemistry & Biochemistry pre-pharmacy program. The past four years went really fast. It doesn’t seem possible that I’m graduating from high school today,” senior […]

The Athens Messenger reports that three Athens County high school seniors have each received a $3,000 Harry B. Crewson Freshman Scholarship offered by the Ohio University Credit Union to attend OHIO. Among them is Elizabeth Scott, “a spring graduate of Alexander High School and plans to study Biological Sciences. She […]

“While there is nothing wrong with criticizing a president’s approach to the world, a little historical context is never a bad thing,” writes Matt Jacobs, a doctoral candidate in History at Ohio University specializing in U.S. foreign relations and modern international history. “Ultimately, President Obama’s commencement address should not be […]

Both the valedictorian and the salutatorian of Nelsonville-York High School will be coming to Ohio University, writes Athens Messenger reporter Sarah Hawley in a May 21 report. Valedictorian Jennah Addis will study Biological Sciences-Pre-Medicine in the College of Arts & Sciences, and salutatorian Eli Fox will study mechanical engineering. For the Nelsonville-York […]