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Athens News: Rare American-Made Telescope May Get New Home

Athens News: Rare American-Made Telescope May Get New Home

Athens News reporter Fred Night writes Jan. 11 that “an Ohio University telescope may be getting a new home at the Ridges.” The “rather rare, historic telescope” was in need of maintenance and “disassembled” about five years ago, according to astronomy instructor Tom O’Grady. But there are plans to take […]

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January 24, 2015 at 8:24 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Business Insider Quotes Kendhammer on Boko Haram Attack

Dr. Brendon Kendhammer

Business Insider’s Armin Rosen quotes Dr. Brandon Kendhammer, Assistant Professor of Political Science, in a Jan. 12 story on “Boko Haram May Have Just Pulled Off One Of The Worst Terrorist Attacks Ever.” As Brandon Kendhammer, a Nigeria scholar and an assistant professor of political science at Ohio University explained […]

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January 24, 2015 at 7:55 pmFaculty in the News In the News

English Alum Wins Writer’s Block Poetry Award

Dr. Holly Wendt

Ohio University alum Holly Wendt ’05M won an award from the Louisville Literary Arts for her poetry, reports Lebanon Valley College. Wendt earned a M.A. in English from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Lebanon Valley College’s Dr. Holly M. Wendt, assistant professor of English, recently won […]

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January 24, 2015 at 7:09 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Math Alum Named Senior Vice President at S&T Bank

Math Alum Named Senior Vice President at S&T Bank

S&T Bank has named Ohio University alum Patrick Tobin as Senior Vice President at a new office in Rochester, NY, according to a PR Newswire release. S&T Bank, a full-service financial institution with assets of $4.9 billion, branch locations in 12 Pennsylvania counties and loan production offices in northeast and […]

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January 24, 2015 at 6:40 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Canton Repository Quotes Vedder on Social Security

The Canton Repository quoted Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, in a story on “New year, new you: The future of Social Security.” “There is no question that something is going to have to be done […]

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January 24, 2015 at 1:24 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Ohio Magazine Names Lucas to Excellence in Education List

Mark Lucas

Dr. Mark Lucas, Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy, is one of five Ohio University professors recognized in Ohio Magazine’s annual “Excellence in Education” section. The magazine’s “Excellence in Education” section, published each December, features faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the state of Ohio who were nominated for […]

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January 24, 2015 at 1:14 pmFaculty in the News In the News News

CNN Calls Psychology Alum ‘Mental Wellness Warrior’

CNN profiled Ohio University alum Fred Frese ’74M, ’78Ph.D. as one of the nation’s “Mental wellness warriors: Fighting for those who need it most.” Frese earned an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Fred Frese stands as the epitome of […]

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