Archive for March, 2019

Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology at Ohio University, gave a Columbus Science Pub talk, “Plants in Orbit,” on March 7. The Columbus Science Pub is a free event that aims to present scientific issues in a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere.  Wyatt studies how plants grow by […]

Ohio University has launched a new, innovative sustainability model across the institution, creating three faculty-led Sustainability Hubs to advance initiatives in 12 thematic areas to further progress the University’s Sustainability and Climate Action Plans. Two of the three hubs are led by College of Arts & Sciences faculty. Dr. Theresa […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, authored a column in Forbes headlined “The Triple College Crisis. Crisis #1: College Is Too Costly.” Ask 100 randomly selected Americans, “What is the biggest problem with American universities?” I would bet the most frequent answer would be, “they […]

The Community News Blog quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor & Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “The Truth About Melania and Ivanka Trump’s Unusual Relationship.” Talking about the almost unprecedented influence that two adult women have on this president (FDR’s relationships with his wife and mother come […]

Ohio University alum Dr. John William Bardo, president of Wichita State University, died March 12, 2019, at the age of 70, reports the KSAL. Bardo earned an M.A. in Sociology from the College of Arts & Sciences in 1971. Dr. Bardo was an innovator, nationally recognized scholar and deep believer in […]

Ohio University alum Dr. Jimmy D. Taylor ’88 is a board-certified medical oncologist who brings more than 30 years of medical experience to the Oncology Institute of Hope and Innovation, according to a news release in Medical Health News. Taylor began his undergraduate education at Ohio University, where he earned […]

WOUB Spectrum interviewed Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor & Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Rural Women Have Started and Led Monumental Women’s Movements.” Until about 1920, rural women in the United States outnumbered urban women and they were the genesis of many historic women’s movement initiatives. […]