Alumni

Epicurious interviewed Ohio University alum Yvonne Maffei ’97, ’00M on “How to Make Anything and Everything (Bolognese! BLTs!) Halal.” Maffei is the author of the “wildly popular blog-turned cookbook, My Halal Hitchen.” She earned degrees in Spanish and Global Studies-Latin American from the College of Arts & Sciences and a master’s […]

Eighteen high school juniors and seniors are attending Ohio University’s Summer Law and Trial Institute, an immersive residential program that seeks to increase understanding of law and its possibilities among high school students. This program, which runs July 10-22, is a new initiative developed by Larry Hayman (B.A. Political Science […]

The opening event of the 10th Annual Undergraduate History Conference (April 14-15) featured reflections by History alumni on their time in the department and how it helped prepare them for their post-college careers. The panel included Sara Fisher (The Lakewood Historical Society), Chrissy Matzen (Department of History at the University […]

By Kristin M. Distel Graduate student Amanda Biederman, undergraduate Elizabeth Evans ’16, and Dr. Lisa Crockett spent April through June 2015 at Antarctica’s Palmer Station, where they studied the dominant fishes of the area and physiological and biochemical processes that limit their capacity to tolerate a warming climate. Their journey […]

By Kristin M. Distel Dr. Chunxi Zeng, just awarded a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Ohio University, published an article on “Factors that Influence T box Riboswitch Efficacy and tRNA Affinity” in Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry. In the face of increasingly resistant bacterial strains, Zeng’s work with the T box riboswitch […]

“I really love teaching Sociology of Murder the most because it provides me the opportunity to talk about my research interests and teach students who are so eager to learn about the topic,” says Lauren Wright ’14M ’10B. Lauren Wright graduated with a B.A. in Sociology-Criminology and Psychology, then an […]

“I love being exposed to and creating new ideas, spending time with my students,” says Beth Ghiloni-Wage ’80. “Outside of work, my husband and I have hosted high school exchange students for the past few years. Next year we have a boy from Italy and a girl from Denmark. We […]