Archive for August, 2018

Dr. Katarzyna Marciniak, Professor of English at Ohio University, is a guest editor of Aporias of Foreignness: Transnational Encounters in Cinema (Special Issue of Transnational Cinemas 9:1 2018). The other guest co-editor is Dr. Bruce Bennett of Lancaster University, United Kingdom. Abstract: This introduction examines the meaning of foreignness, drawing […]

Dr. Martin Mohlenkamp, Associate Professor of Mathematics, is an associate editor for the SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications. SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications contains research articles in matrix analysis and its applications and papers of interest to the numerical linear algebra community. Applications include such areas […]

The Athens News quotes Dr. Dorothy Sack, Professor and Chair of Geography, in a story headlined “Proposed APV trails in state forests spark concerns.” OU professor Dorothy Sack, chair of the university’s Department of Geography, said she has conducted and overseen “a fair amount” of research on the impact of […]

Dr. Gary Edward Holcomb, Professor of African American Studies, authored a book being released on Sept. 11 titled Teaching Hemingway and Race. “Teaching Hemingway and Race provides a practicable means for teaching the subject of race in Hemingway’s writing and related texts—from how to approach ethnic, nonwhite international, and tribal characters […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, authored a column in Forbes headlined “Higher Education: Then (1965) And Now.” Tomorrow, I begin my 54th year of teaching a class in American economic history at Ohio University. As I prepared my syllabus for the course, I started reflecting […]

The R.S. Hanline Co., one of the largest produce distributors in the East, is seeking creative, driven individuals with outstanding communication skills. Meet a Hanline representative at an information table on Oct. 2 on the first floor of Baker University Center from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. R.S. Hanline a […]

Gizmodo cites a study by Dr. Viorel Popescu, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at Ohio University, in a story headlined “A Fight Over Killing Bobcats Is Raging Across the Midwest.” During the impassioned debate in Ohio over whether to allow trapping, proponents argued that a 60-bobcat cap wouldn’t put the animal’s numbers […]