Archive for December, 2015

Sociology Alum Running for District 94 in Ohio House of Representatives

Eddie Smith

Ohio University alum Eddie Smith is running for District 94 in the Ohio House of Representatives, which includes most of Athens County. Smith earned a B.A. in Sociology from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University, and is following up with a master’s in Sociology. About Eddie Smith From his […]

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December 23, 2015 at 1:44 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Forbes Quotes Vedder on Right-to-Work and Personal Income

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus at Ohio University and Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, was quoted in a Forbes column on “The Next State Where Workers Have Freedom To Choose On Union Membership” by Patrick Gleason, writing about West Virginia. Not only is the average […]

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December 23, 2015 at 12:19 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Mansfield News Journal: Grad Finds Species on Island Made of Dredge

The Mansfield (OH) News Journal writes about Ohio University alum Marty Ernsberger’s work on a restoration project in the Chesapeake Bay, including his discovery of horseshoe crabs making a home on Poplar Island. Ernsberger earned a B.S. in Biological Sciences–Marine, Freshwater and Environmental Biology in 2015 from the College of […]

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December 23, 2015 at 10:32 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Spanish Alum Blogs from Rwanda, Genocide

Kate Hiller successfully carries grass for the cows.

Ohio University alum Kate Hiller ’15 blogs from Rwanda in December, where she writes about participating in Azizi Life for a day. Hiller earned a B.A. in Spanish from the College of Arts & Sciences. After introductions, our hosts dressed us up in brightly colored fabrics (skirts and head wraps), […]

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December 23, 2015 at 8:39 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

PBIO Grad Student Analyzes Effects of Acid Mine Drainage on Local Streams

PBIO Grad Student Analyzes Effects of Acid Mine Drainage on Local Streams

By Sydney Dawes| Environmental and Plant Biology Images of orange water poured out of Emily Keil’s phone as she discussed her current research. The orange is from the unusual amounts of iron that have built up in many streams in the Athens area over the years. Keil, a graduate student […]

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December 21, 2015 at 2:08 pmResearch

Psychology Student Gets Psi Chi Travel Grant to Present Paper

Andrew Manigault

Congratulations to Andrew Manigault who was awarded a 2015-16 Winter Unrestricted Travel grant by Psi Chi for his paper titled “Effects of Mindlessness and Rumination in Predicting Cortisol Recovery to an Acute Social-Evaluative Stressor,” which he will present the paper at the SPSP annual convention in San Diego on Jan. […]

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December 18, 2015 at 2:50 pmNews

English Alum Wins NEA Grant for Work Documenting Appalachian Lives

Alison Stine

In the first grant announcement of its 50th anniversary year, the National Endowment for the Arts has awarded individual creative writing fellowships of $25,000 each to 37 fiction and creative nonfiction writers, including Alison Stine, a 2013 graduate of Ohio University’s Ph.D. program in Creative Writing. “I’m enormously grateful to @NEAarts for supporting […]

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December 18, 2015 at 8:13 amNews