In the News

Ohio University College of Arts & Sciences senior Ryan McGrath ’14 accepted an invitation to the third annual NFLPA Collegiate Bowl in Carson, CA. McGrath is majoring in Sociology-Criminology. The game was held at California State University Dominguez Hills and aired Jan. 10 on ESPN. McGrath, of Duncansville, Pa., played […]

The Associated Press reported that Ohio University alum James Walter Strobel ’55, former President of Mississippi University for Women, died in a car accident in Florida. Strobel majored in Plant Biology and earned his degree from the College of Arts & Sciences. MUW made the announcement in a news release […]

Before Marie Antoinette’s famous date with the guillotine in 1793, her head was the envy of French society, thanks to hairdresser Leonard Autié. Were those 30-pound elaborate wigs part of the frivolity and follies that would help make her the last queen of France? Leonard Autié is the subject of a […]

“This is the coldest we’ve seen it in two decades,” Dr. Ryan Fogt, Assistant Professor of Meteorology at Ohio University and Director of the Scalia Laboratory for Atmospheric Analysis, told Athens Messenger reporter Susan Tebben in a Jan. 6 article. Windchill is the biggest factor in preparing for going out […]

“Creativity and style gave a team from Ohio University’s College of Arts & Sciences a leg — or in this case, a leg lamp — up on its competition at this year’s Gingerbread House Decorating Contest,” wrote Angela Woodward in the Dec. 21 Athens Messenger and Compass. The six-member team’s […]

Ohio University alum Sean L. Tolentino ’02M, an environmental specialist with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, has been selected as an Honored Lifetime Member of the Covington Who’s Who Executive and Professional Registry, the Lancaster Eagle Gazette reported Dec. 19. Tolentino earned an M.A. in Political Sciences from the College […]

“A new poll released by FreedomOhio shows dramatic shifts over the past 10 years in Ohioans’ attitudes toward same sex marriage,” reports WOUB’s Tom Hudson on Dec. 20. Ohio University alum Ian James ’89, co-founder of Freedom to Marry Ohio,  earned a B.A. in Political Science from the Ohio University […]