Archive for November, 2018

Wess Harris ’74M presents “The Great Appalachian Miners’ Struggle: 1890 to the Present” at the Athens Public Library on Saturday, Dec. 1, at 2 p.m. He will also share photos from the Athens County Home. Details available in The Athens News and The Athens Public Library event calendar. Harris is a sociologist, […]

Celebrating the United Nations’ World Food Day to help end hunger, the Ohio University Chapter of the American Meteorological Society and Wealth and Poverty Certificate students together raised 14 boxes of food donations for Good Works Inc., a local charity organization that offers hot meals to Athens’s most underprivileged communities. Several […]

Made from century-old bricks and shingles, the Ohio University Ecohouse may look like any old farmhouse in Athens. However, up the concrete steps to the spacious front porch and through the squeaky storm door is a warm and welcoming living room and dining area where the annual Sustainable Thanksgiving Dinner […]

The Scottsbluff Star Herald quoted Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, in an article headlined “Top college jobs in Nebraska and Iowa pay six figures, but within a wide range.” “Salaries are all over the map,” said Richard Vedder, emeritus professor of economics at Ohio University. Vedder […]

Baylor University announced the passing of Ohio University alumnus Dr. Harold Beaver in a story headlined “Baylor Mourns Passing of Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Chair of Geology.” Beaver earned a B.S. in Geology from the College of Arts & Science at OHIO in 1949. WACO, Texas (Oct. 26, 2018) – Baylor […]

Dr. Tiffany Gayle Chenault was appointed a full professor at Salem State University, reports Diverse Issues in Higher Education. She is chair of the Sociology Department at Salem State. Connect with Chenault on LinkedIn. “Most recently, she worked as a department chair, associate professor and coordinator for the African-American Studies minor. Chenault […]

The Undergraduate Mathematics Seminar series features Dr. Qiliang Wu discussing “What’s Life?” on Thursday, Nov. 1, from 5:15 to 6:10 p.m. in Morton 322. Wu is Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Ohio University. Abstract: If you are asked to give a definition of life, what would be your answer? With your […]