Archive for March, 2019

Distinguished Professor Burgess: ‘We Celebrate It Together’

Dr. Susan Burgess, left, President M. Duane Nellis, middle, and Dr. Gerri Botte, right, get the first look at Dr. Burgess' Distinguished Professor Portrait.

 Original story by Alaina Bartel, photos by Hannah Ruhoff From Compass “I accept the honor tonight and we celebrate it together, for all of the women, all of the gay people, all of the LGBT people who have worked so hard to produce important research here at OHIO,” said […]

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March 7, 2019 at 12:37 pmNews

Enquirer Quotes Springer on Landslides Becoming More Common

Dr. Gregory Springer

The Cincinnati Enquirer quoted Dr. Gregory Springer, Associate Professor and Chair of Geological Sciences at Ohio University, in a story headlined “‘It’s like someone put a bomb in your yard.’ Landslides in Greater Cincinnati are bad. And they’ll probably get worse.” As the earth warms, it means the atmosphere can hold […]

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March 6, 2019 at 7:47 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Vedder: ‘Free College:’ A Better Approach

Dr. Richard Vedder

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, authored a column headlined “‘Free College:’ A Better Approach.” …Proposals, such as Senator Bernie Sanders’, for free college open to students at four-year state universities are almost certainly likely to primarily benefit students from moderately affluent families. Moreover, many […]

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March 6, 2019 at 7:35 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Alumni News | Johnson Writes on ‘Prime Minister Warns Bernie Sanders About Socialism’

The Rev. Ben Johnson, portrait

Ohio University alum the Rev. Ben Johnson ’97 wrote an op-ed headlined “Fmr. Swedish Prime Minister Warns Bernie Sanders About Socialism-OpEd” in Eurasia Review. After video footage surfaced of Senator Bernie Sanders extolling the Soviet Union’s cultural and youth programs, the former prime minister of Sweden threw cold water on […]

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March 6, 2019 at 7:24 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

High School Students ‘Adopt’ OHIO Physicists and Alumni

Dr. Gabriela Popa

“My name is Alena and I am in your adopted physics class. Most of the things in your profile description I didn’t understand very well, but I wanted to ask, how do you deform a nucleus and how would you study such a thing? Also, how do you use physics […]

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March 6, 2019 at 3:24 pmAlumni News

Alumni News | Frese Wins Lee Smith Novel Prize

Heather Frese

Ohio University alum Heather Frese was awarded Blair’s Lee Smith Novel Prize for her upcoming book The Baddest Girl on the Planet. Frese earned an M.A. in English from the College of Arts & Sciences in 2008. “My time in the Masters program at OHIO was vital to my growth […]

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March 5, 2019 at 8:35 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Harrington Authors Column, ‘Here Be Monsters’

Dr. Peter de B. Harrington

Dr. Peter de B. Harrington, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Ohio University, authored a column in the Analytical Scientist headlined “Here Be Monsters: Predators lurk in the world of science communication, waiting to trap the unwary – here’s how to evade their clutches.” The advancements of the “Information Age” […]

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March 5, 2019 at 6:06 pmFaculty in the News In the News