Archive for February, 2019

Vedder in Forbes | Gilded Age, Or Beginning of a Gentle Decline?

Vedder in Forbes | Gilded Age, Or Beginning of a Gentle Decline?

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, authored a column in Forbes headlined “Is This Higher Education’s Golden Age, Gilded Age, Or Beginning Of A Gentle Decline?” …I am worried that higher education today may more closely resemble an aged institution undergoing very slow long-term decline, […]

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February 27, 2019 at 4:50 pmFaculty in the News In the News

EAS Outstanding Achievements in Chemometrics Award Goes to Harrington

Dr. Peter de B. Harrington

The Eastern Analytical Symposium announced in January that Dr. Peter de B. Harrington, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Ohio University, is honored with the 2019 Eastern Analytical Symposium Award for Outstanding Achievements in Chemometrics. “Dr. Harrington’s award from the Eastern Analytical Symposium is well-earned recognition for his contributions to […]

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February 27, 2019 at 4:22 pmNews Research

Hill Named 2019 Fellow at the National Asia Research Program

Dr. Joshua Hill

Dr. Josh Hill, Assistant Professor of History at Ohio University, was named a 2019 Fellow in the National Asia Research Program. The National Bureau of Asian Research and the Institute for National Security Studies at the National Defense University annually select a group of scholars as National Asia Research Fellows. […]

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February 27, 2019 at 11:32 amNews Research

Alumni News | Columbus City Council Appoints Dorans to Fill Term

Rob Dorans

The Columbus City Council appointed Ohio University alum Rob Dorans ’09 to fill an unexpired term, reports the Columbus Dispatch. Dorans earned a B.A. in Political Science from the College of Arts & Sciences at OHIO and is the Chief Legal Counsel at ACT Ohio, representing 134 affiliate unions and […]

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February 27, 2019 at 8:55 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Griffith Awarded Post-doctoral Fellowship at RAND Corporation

Luke Griffith

Luke Griffith, Ohio University History and Contemporary History Institute alumnus, won a post-doctoral fellowship from the RAND Corporation. The Stanton Nuclear Security Fellows Program identifies scholars who are at the forefront of the next generation of thought on nuclear security-related topics and supports interdisciplinary research that advances policymakers’ understanding of nuclear […]

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February 26, 2019 at 11:05 amAlumni Research

Martin Receives Prestigious NEA Grant

Hugh Martin

Hugh Martin, a Ph.D. student in Creative Nonfiction, was awarded a 2019 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship in Poetry. “I plan to use the time and resources to continue work on a longer manuscript focused on my leave from Iraq in 2004; I also plan to work on […]

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February 26, 2019 at 7:57 amNews Research

Vedder Argues That Higher Ed in U.S. Was Growing Before Morrill Act

Dr. Richard Vedder

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, was quoted in an Accuracy in Academia article headlined “Was Government Intervention in Universities a Big Mistake?” On February 12, the Cato Institute held an event that focused on the history of higher education, what problems currently plague our […]

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February 26, 2019 at 7:39 amFaculty in the News In the News