Archive for January, 2019

Bond Buyer Quotes Vedder on College Stadium Bonds

Dr. Richard Vedder

The Bond Buyer quotes Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Empty feeling at college football stadiums after bond boom.” “We practically have to kidnap kids off the street to get them to the game,” joked Ohio University economics professor Richard Vedder, who […]

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January 8, 2019 at 8:56 amFaculty in the News In the News

Vedder in Forbes | Patent Battle: Washington U. in St. Louis 32, University of Wisconsin 0

Dr. Richard Vedder

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, authored a column in Forbes headlined “Patent Battle: Washington U. in St. Louis 32, University of Wisconsin 0.” The discovery dimension of higher education mostly involves basic research, but sometimes out of scientific inquiry comes valuable commercial applications. Once most […]

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January 8, 2019 at 8:49 amFaculty in the News In the News

Career Week | Radujkovic Says Alumni Reception Gave Her Insights into Life After OHIO

Career Week | Radujkovic Says Alumni Reception Gave Her Insights into Life After OHIO

Ohio University undergraduate Tatiana Radujkovic talks about meeting alumni at last year’s College of Arts & Sciences Alumni-Student Networking Reception who helped her get ready for life after OHIO. The 2019 Alumni-Student Networking Day is Thursday, Jan. 31, with an Alumni and Student Networking Reception that brings together hundreds of […]

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January 7, 2019 at 10:22 amNews

Forbes Quotes Shadis on Children in the Middle Ages

Dr. Miriam Shadis

Forbes quoted Dr. Miriam Shadis, Associate Professor of History, in a story headlined “What You Didn’t Know About Children In The Middle Ages.” Over email, Prof. Miriam Shadis of Ohio University told me that the idea of not caring about children in the European Middle Ages has much to do with a more […]

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January 7, 2019 at 8:47 amFaculty in the News In the News

Ysidron Gets NIH Graduate Research Supplement Award

Dominic Ysidron

Psychology graduate student Dominic Ysidron received a National Institutes of Health graduate research supplement award that will cover his graduate stipend for two years and provide him with research and travel support. A first-year clinical health psychology student, Ysidron is working with Dr. Christopher R. France, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, who has […]

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January 6, 2019 at 5:42 pmResearch

Popular Science Cites France on ‘Why Sight of Blood Knocks Us Out’

Dr. Christopher France

Popular Science writes about research by Dr. Christopher R. France, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at Ohio University, in a story headlined, “Why the sight of blood knocks us out.” A vial of blood is a key diagnostic tool in modern medicine. But for about 1 in 25 people, a blood draw […]

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January 6, 2019 at 12:45 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Alumni News | Kozak is Smart Home Analyst at IHS Markit

Blake Kozak

Ohio University alum Blake Kozak ’08 has been a principal analyst in Smart Home and Security Technology at IHS Markit  in Denver since 2015. Connect with Kozak on LinkedIn. Zozak earned a B.A. in Political Science-Public Administration from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. According to his […]

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