Archive for January, 2015

Before dawn on Saturday, the SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying an Ohio University experiment finally headed to space after several weeks of launch delay. Ohio University’s Team Gravitron plants-and-gravity experiment launched Jan. 10 and docks with the International Space Station today, Jan. 12. Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology […]

The Ohio University Alumni Association invites students to sign up for Charlotte Networking Week Feb. 19-21. The weekend features alumni panels on career and personal development and optional company tours of businesses in Charlotte, NC, such as Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Lowe’s, PwC and Premier, as well as an option […]

Ohio University alum Justin G. Klimko ’97HTC History told the Detroit Free Press that research and development and entrepreneurship are keeping the region at the heart of auto industry in an article on “Leaders of old Detroit law firm ebullient about region.” Butzel Long, a 160-year-old law firm in Detroit, […]

Ohio University alum Fred Hill ’98 earned a biology degree, left grad school, joined a band, started his own furniture firm–and ended up on a reality TV show, reports the Akron Beacon Journal. Hill earned a B.S. in Biological Sciences Pre-Med from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio […]

Ohio University alum Jeremiah B. Frueauf ’98 has been elected to the directorship of Intellectual property law firm Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C., according to a news release. He earned a J.D. from Georgetown University, an M.S. in Biochemistry from Michigan State University, and a B.S. in Chemistry/Biochemistry from […]

Ohio University alum Eric Weber ’05M has been selected to receive the 2015 Humanities Scholar Award for his outstanding contributions to the study and understanding of the humanities, reports the University of Mississippi News. Weber  is associate professor of public policy leadership at the University of Mississippi. He earned an […]

After presiding over 551 jury trials Ohio University alum Judge James L. Kimbler “has sentenced himself to 60 days of rest and relaxation as he begins retirement,” reports the Medina (OH) Sun News. Kimbler, a 1971 graduate of the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University, presided over Medina […]