Archive for June, 2013

  “Learning a new language can be a challenge, as new vocabulary and grammatical rules can be hard for some people to grasp. To address this issue, several linguistics graduate students are examining how a person’s working memory capacity, which is how well a person can process and retain knowledge, […]

“Memoir is made of memories, by definition; some theorists assert memoir must be about memory. Yet it’s notable how much Joe Bonomo explores memory and takes it as his subject. His new collection of essays, This Must Be Where My Obsession with Infinity Began, summons and examines a wide range of memories, […]

Ohio University Honors Tutorial College alum Eden Almasude, now a graduate student in African Studies (with a focus on Northern Africa) at Ohio University, wrote two posts for the Bokamoso Leadership Forum, a site dedicated to cultivating responsibility, transparency and accountability in Africa’s future leaders. Almasude’s bio says she “completed […]

Bernie Layne ’94MA, who earned a master’s in Sociology from Ohio University, has been named President of the West Virginia Association for Justice. An AP story on the Seattle Post Intelligencer site reports, the Charleston attorney will head the plaintiffs’ group. The organization announced Bernie Layne’s election Friday. Layne is […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor of Economics at Ohio University, testified before the Ohio House Ways and Means Committee on a proposed major tax overhaul, as reporter by Jim Provance in the Toledo Blade on June 22. Supporters of the plan, however, argued before the House Ways and Means Committee […]

Ohio University Alum Denise McCory, Dean of Students at Cuyahoga Community College’s Metropolitan Campus, has been named to the ACE Ohio Women’s Network Executive Board, the Cleveland Jewish News reported on June 21. McCory has worked at Tri-C for more than 12 years in positions including assistant dean of students, […]

By Nate Schmidt ’13 Environmental and Plant Biology Student, Ohio University Hey everybody, As some of you know, I have been lucky enough to be interning at Bernheim for 12 weeks as a Natural Areas Intern in Clermont, Kentucky. I can’t believe it’s already been over a month. I’ve have […]