Archive for January, 2015

The Canton Repository quoted Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, in a story on “New year, new you: The future of Social Security.” “There is no question that something is going to have to be done […]

Dr. Mark Lucas, Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy, is one of five Ohio University professors recognized in Ohio Magazine’s annual “Excellence in Education” section. The magazine’s “Excellence in Education” section, published each December, features faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the state of Ohio who were nominated for […]

CNN profiled Ohio University alum Fred Frese ’74M, ’78Ph.D. as one of the nation’s “Mental wellness warriors: Fighting for those who need it most.” Frese earned an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Fred Frese stands as the epitome of […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, wrote what he called a “prejoinder, which means ‘an answer to some statement or event that has not yet occurred’” at Forbes online on Jan. 19, before President Barack Obama’s […]

Dr. Robert Miklitsch, Professor of English at Ohio University, has been nominated for an Edgar award for the book “Kiss the Blood Off My Hands: On Classic Film Noir,” which he edited. Miklitsch’s book is one of five nominees in the category “Best Critical/Biographical.” The Mystery Writers of America announced […]

The Ohio University-Ohio State University Ring Theory Seminar presents Gangyong Leeon “Characterizations and direct sums of unit endoregular modules” on Friday, Jan. 23, from 4:45-5:45 p.m. at CH 240 at Ohio State University. Lee is from Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea. ABSTRACT: The notion of unit-regular rings was introduced by […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Hermann Riecke of Northwestern University on “Neuronal Networks in Sensory Processing in the Brain” on Friday, Jan. 23, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: An essential function of the brain is to extract from the animal’s sensory input the information that is […]