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Alum Named Sociology Professor at Santa Barbara City College

Alum Named Sociology Professor at Santa Barbara City College

Ohio University alum Dr. Patrick O’Brien ’04, ’06M is a new sociology professor at Santa Barbara City College. He studied psychology and sociology in the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. The Channels reports “SBCC hires a second full-time sociology professor.” An eight-year search for a second full-time […]

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March 30, 2016 at 1:41 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Hicks in Dispatch: Massive Stars Found by Hubble Pose Huge Mystery

Dr. Kenneth Hicks

“How big can a star be? Astronomers thought they knew the answer, but new evidence from the Hubble Space Telescope shows once again that the universe holds surprises,” writes Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, in his March 27 Columbus Dispatch column, “Astronomy: Massive stars, […]

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March 27, 2016 at 4:37 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Geography Alum Joins WDBR as Meteorologist in Louisville

Katie McGraw

WDBR posted a profile of its new meteorologist—Ohio University alum Katie McGraw ’12. Follow McGraw on Twitter. Connect with her on LinkedIn. She earned a B.S. in Geography-Meteorology from the College of Arts & Sciences. The first thing Katie ever wrote down in her first meteorology class was: “The number […]

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March 24, 2016 at 7:54 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Remembering Dr. Arthur Bukowski, Alum Who Taught Around the World

Ohio University alum Dr. Arthur E. Bukowski ’66, ’68M died Feb. 18 in Albuquerque, NM, after a brief illness, according to the Chronicle Telegram. He earned a B.S. in Biological Sciences and an M.S. in Mathematics from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Arthur Eugene Bukowski was […]

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March 24, 2016 at 7:11 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Atlantic Quotes Burgess on Trump ‘Exploiting Race and Nativism’

Dr. Susan Burgess

Dr. Susan Burgess, Professor of Political Sciences at Ohio University, was quoted in the Atlantic story “The Voters Only Trump Can Reach” by Andrew McGill. The Ohio counties that John Kasich lost are rugged land, different from the flat farmland that stretches across the rest of the state. In many […]

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March 20, 2016 at 10:20 amFaculty in the News In the News

History Alum Gets Columbus CEO Lifetime Achievement Award

D. Brent Mulgrew

Columbus CEO named Ohio University alum D. Brent Mulgrew as the Lifetime Achievement awardee in its Healthcare Achievement Awards 2016 section. Mulgrew, who earned a master’s in History from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University, earned a JD from the Moritz College of Law at Ohio State. […]

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March 8, 2016 at 8:59 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Biology Alum Named Dean of University of Michigan School of Kinesiology

Dr. Lori Ploutz-Snyder

Ohio University alum Lori Ploutz-Snyder, a senior scientist at the NASA Johnson Space Center and University Space Research Association, has been named the next dean of the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology, according to a news release. She earned a B.S. in Zoology from the Honors Tutorial College and […]

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February 25, 2016 at 2:43 pmAlumni in the News In the News