In the News

In an article on “Upcredentialing”: Jobs Report Shows Limited Career Options for Workers Without a Bachelor’s Degree, author Terri Williams quotes Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University. “Upcredentialing” may not be a familiar term among the […]

The Tampa Tribune featured Ohio University alum Mary (Salisbury) Freitas ’91, ’93M in a story on “It’s ‘all good’ at Lennard High during principal’s first year.” Freitas earned a bachelor’s in advertising from Scripps College of Communication and an M.A. in Sociology from the College of Arts & Sciences at […]

Ideastream’s David Molpus interviewed Dr. Deborah Thorne, Associate Professor of Sociology, for a piece on “Why Politicians Love the Middle Class” before President Obama’s visit to Cleveland in March. Politicians of every stripe cozy up to the term – middle class. And for good reason: it can mean whatever you […]

Youngstown State University has named its herbarium in memory of Ohio University alum Carl F. Chuey ’69M.S., “a Youngstown State University biology professor who grew the university’s herbarium from about 200 plant specimens in 1967 to about 115,000,” reports the Vindicator. YSU dedicated the herbarium on May 8. He earned […]

Washington Post writer Krissah Thompson quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History, in a story on “What kind of ex-president will Barack Obama be? POTUS plans for the future.” As Laura Bush knows, the modern bully pulpit is ever available for former presidents and their wives, but how […]

The Piqua Daily reports that one of the Miami East High School students awarded scholarships in honor of former a church organist “continues to pass on her her gift of music to local students in the community.” Noah Tucker plans to study Psychology at Ohio University, the paper says. The […]

The Southern Ohio Port Authority voted to hire Ohio University alum Adam Phillips ’14M as Property and Asset Manager, reports the Portsmouth Daily Times. The SOPA Asset and Property Manager is responsible for evaluating and categorizing site and building strengths and deficiencies, creating and implementing a site development plan, and managing development […]