In the News

“Toads prefer to bound, not hop,” says Science News Wild Things writer Sarah Zielinski about research by Dr. Stephen Reilly, Professor of Biological Science at Ohio University. If I were to write a children’s book, it might start like this: Hop, hop, hop, went the frog. Bound, bound, bound, goes […]

Ohio University alum Laura Brege ’78 has joined the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of Dynavax Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: DVAX), according to a news release. Brege is an Honors Tutorial Graduate with bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Political Science. Denise Gilbert, a director and the Chair of the Audit […]

History student C.J. Fogarty has announced he’s running for Athens City Council, reports the Athens News. A second Ohio University student has announced his intention to run as a Republican for an at-large Athens City Council seat this year. C.J. Fogarty, 19, announced Tuesday that he will seek to run […]

Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Ohio University Professor of Physics, wrote a column on “Astronomy: Math, physics play starring roles in popular movies” in the Jan. 25 Columbus Dispatch. This time of year, many people are talking about movies and the Academy Awards. Three movies caught my interest this year: Interstellar, The Theory […]

Ohio University alum Fazale Rana ’90Ph.D. is participating in a Purdue University symposium on the link between science and Christianity, Purdue reports. Rana earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Symposium 2015, an annual event exploring faith, reason […]

Ohio University alum Jennifer Howell ’00, Assistant Professor of French at Illinois State University, presents “The Musings of a Francophoniste: Reevaluating French and Francophone Studies at American Public Universities,” reports Illinois State Media Relations. She earned a B.S. in Biological Sciences and a B.A. in French from the College of […]

CBC Radio Hallie Cotnam, host of Ottawa Morning, interviewed Dr. Brandon Kendhammer, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ohio University, for a segment on “Boko Haram continues to attack civilians in Northern Nigeria.” Nigeria has 175 million people and recently became Africa’s largest economy. “A big part of the story […]