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WBNS quotes Sandal on situation for women in Afghanistan

Dr. Nukhet Sandal. Photo by Ben Siegel

WBNS 10 quotes Dr. Nukhet Sandal in an article and video headlined  Two Ohio university professors speak about situation for women in Afghanistan. Sandal is associate professor and chair of Political Science in the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. “I am in shock and I am very […]

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August 17, 2021 at 12:21 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Spiker Quoted on Mike Carey, Shontel Brown Primary Wins

Spiker Quoted on Mike Carey, Shontel Brown Primary Wins

Daily Magazine quotes Kevin Spiker, Associate Professor of Political Science, in a story headlined “Mike Carey, Trump-Backed Ohio Republican, Wins Crowded GOP Primary.” Tuesday’s result “might signal that, within Ohio, Trump has a certain amount of support that can be leveraged in the governor’s race, the Senate race and other congressional races,” […]

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August 4, 2021 at 7:08 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Science Daily reports on Rothwell’s two new genera of ancient conifers from upper Cretaceous

Science Daily reports on Rothwell’s two new genera of ancient conifers from upper Cretaceous

Science Daily writes about research by Distinguished Professor Emeritus Gar Rothwell in an article headlined “Two new genera and species of conifers discovered from upper Cretaceous in Hokkaido, Japan.” In a recently published paper, a team of American paleobotanists describe two new genera of ancient conifers based on two beautifully […]

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August 4, 2021 at 6:57 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Hamby Quoted about new one-man show about President Truman

Dr. Alonzo Hamby

Dr. Alonzo Hamby, Professor Emeritus of History at Ohio University, was quoted in a story headlined “The Truman show: Clifton Daniel will play his grandfather in one-man show.” “Americans began to see Truman as a feisty everyman from ‘Middle America’ rather than a partisan Washington, D.C., politico,” according to Alonzo […]

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July 13, 2021 at 4:39 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Hicks in Dispatch: We can learn a lot from celestial collision almost no one saw

Dr. Kenneth Hicks

Dr. Kenneth Hicks wrote a column for the Columbus Dispatch headlined “Astronomy: We can learn a lot from celestial collision almost no one saw.” In January 2020, there were fireworks in the sky, but almost no one on Earth noticed The cosmic fireworks were considerable, from a collision of a […]

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July 12, 2021 at 9:50 amFaculty in the News In the News

Jellison Quoted on Emhoff’s Plan as First Second Gentleman

Dr. Katherine Jellison

The Hill quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Doug Emhoff carves out path as first second gentleman.” “Even though he is a wealthy entertainment lawyer, he’s playing that down and his persona now as second spouse is, ‘I’m more of a regular […]

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July 7, 2021 at 11:57 amFaculty in the News In the News

Vedder to serve as content adviser, op-ed author for Optimal

Dr. Richard Vedder

Higher education research publisher Optimal announced the addition of Dr. Richard Vedder to its team as a content adviser and op-ed author in a June 28 news release. Vedder is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University. Vedder’s tenure of advocating for change in the higher education space makes […]

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July 2, 2021 at 10:35 amFaculty in the News In the News