Archive for May, 2019

Career Corner | Entourage Freight Solutions Has Opening in Columbus

Career Corner | Entourage Freight Solutions Has Opening in Columbus

Entourage Freight Solutions has a full-time sales position open for an Account Executive in its Columbus office. Account Executive Position Description Position Summary: Entourage Freight Solutions, an umbrella company of R.S. Hanline, is seeking an Account Executive to work in a third-party logistics/truck brokerage environment. Drive, resilience, self-motivation, and strategic […]

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May 12, 2019 at 12:35 pmAnnouncements News

DeForest Article Examines Leaf Decay, Carbon Cycling in Temperate Forest

Dr. Jared DeForest

Dr. Jared DeForest, Associate Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, authored a journal article supporting the microbial mining hypothesis that nutrient acquisition drives decay rates, challenging the paradigm that substrate stoichiometry controls decomposition. This research provides evidence that phosphorus plays an important role in the capacity of Ohio forests to […]

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May 11, 2019 at 4:07 pmResearch

Alumni News | Haslam Named VP of Human Resources at Karma Automotive

Doug Haslam

Ohio University alum Doug Haslam was named Vice President of Human Resources at Karma Automotive, according to a news release. Connect with Haslam on LinkedIn. Haslam earned a bachelor’s degree in history and political science from the College of Arts & Sciences at OHIO. IRVINE, Calif., May 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ […]

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May 11, 2019 at 2:50 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Johnson Receives Grasselli Brown Faculty Teaching Award in Natural Sciences

Dr. Kelly Johnson with students on boat in Dr. Johnson's aquatic biology course

Dr. Kelly S. Johnson, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, received the 2018-19 Jeanette G. Grasselli Brown Faculty Teaching Award in the Natural Sciences from the College of Arts & Sciences. The award recognizes Johnson’s superior classroom performance teaching Field Entomology and Aquatic Biology, her commitment to teaching upper level courses […]

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May 9, 2019 at 10:12 amResearch

Alumni News | Johnson Op-ed: ‘Unitarian Leftist: Socialism Is Not Ethically Superior To Capitalism’

The Rev. Ben Johnson, portrait

Ohio University alum the Rev. Ben Johnson ’97 wrote an op-ed headlined in Eurasia Review headlined “Unitarian Leftist: Socialism Is Not Ethically Superior To Capitalism.” Socialism has made a resurgence in this generation, not least because of its deceptive moral appeal. Secular Millennials join liberal priests, pastors, and rabbis in saying […]

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May 8, 2019 at 3:57 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Physics-Neuroscience Major Sheds Light on Neurofilament Activity

Anika Friedman

 Anika Friedman, a double major in Physics and Neuroscience in Ohio University’s Honors Tutorial College, spent two years on her undergraduate research project focused on determining the mechanism for neurofilament slowing using computational models. Neurofilaments are the most abundant filamentous structures in the axons of neurons and determine their […]

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May 8, 2019 at 2:22 pmResearch

New York Times Quotes Jellison on Melania Trump Superlatives

Dr. Katherine Jellison, portrait

The New York Times quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor & Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Melania Trump Celebrates, With Superlatives, ‘Be Best’ Campaign.” You know, God is smart,” Eric Bolling, a host for the Sinclair Broadcast Group who teams up with “Be Best” on anti-opioids […]

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May 8, 2019 at 10:36 amFaculty in the News In the News