Archive for June, 2014

Ohio University alum Lou Pendleton ’85M was part of a presentation on Bryan (OH) Municipal Utilities and water issues in May, reports the ColumbusCEO website. Pendleton has three master’s degrees from Ohio University, including an M.A. in Linguistics from the College of Arts & Sciences. Lou graduated from Fairview High […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, co-authored an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal with Stephen Moore of the Heritage Foundation on June 4. Their op-ed was on “The Blue-State Path to Inequality: States that emphasize redistribution above growth have a wider gap between […]

Ohio University alum Jill Packard ’07M is the new Executive Director of the Maine Forest and Logging Museum, reports the Bangor Daily News. Packard earned an M.S. in Environmental Studies from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Her adviser was Dr. Nancy Manring, Associate Professor of Political […]

A Chicago Tribune editorial on June 8 references remarks made by Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University. The editorial is on “How to enhance Obama’s plan for the feds to rate U.S. colleges: The president has the right motives and a half-right solution.” You can […]

Dr. Patrick Barr-Melej, Associate Professor of History, has been elected Vice President of the oldest interdisciplinary social science association in the United States, the Southwestern Social Science Association. He will take his turn as President of the SSSA Council in 2016-17. Founded in 1919, SSSA is the oldest interdisciplinary social […]

By Erica Molfetto From Compass The Baker University Center was buzzing with excitement on Saturday, May 17, for Ohio University’s first-ever Tech Savvy conference. Fifty four middle-school girls from 13 counties in Ohio and West Virginia gathered on campus to learn more about the rewarding careers that math, science and […]

“Who doesn’t love doughnuts? Lunatics, that’s who. Debate over doughnut quality is a serious and sometimes incendiary business. So, we’re adding to the fray with this list of reliable winners and new hotness,” writes USA Today’s Leif Pettersen. USA Today named Brewnuts, owned by Ohio University alum Shelley Fasulko ’03, […]