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By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy Dr. Lawrence Crum ‘63BS, ‘65MS, ‘67PhD remembers collecting stray golf balls along the Hocking River to help support himself and his young family. An Ohio University physics graduate student under Professor Emeritus Burt Stumpf’s tutelage in the late 1960s, Crum was on his way […]

Dr. Robert A. Frank, Dean of the Ohio University College of Arts & Sciences, announces Dr. Brian C. McCarthy ’84MS as Associate Dean for Faculty, Graduate Studies and Research, effective Sept. 1. McCarthy, Professor of Forest Ecology, has served as Chair of the Department of Environmental and Plant Biology since […]

The Pike Country News Watchman reported July 30 that Ohio University alum Jennifer Slone ’10 earned a master’s degree in Library and Information Science from Kent State University. Slone graduated from the College of Arts & Sciences in 2010, majoring in English. Jennifer is currently employed as the Administrative Assistant […]

“Wichita State President John Bardo is making change happen,” according to a Wichita Eagle story on June 29. An Ohio University alum, John Bardo ’71M has been president of Wichita State for a year, and he’s working quickly toward a new business and technology park. He earned a master’s in […]

Circleville Herald reporter Steven Collins delves into the life of an early Ohio University alum in a July 12 story, “William Sooy Smith: Engineer of bridges, buildings and battle.” Collins writes that the historical marker in Tarlton heralds  Smith as a Civil War veteran, but his accomplishments included some engineering […]

College of Arts & Sciences alum Cynthia Krebs ’75, a Sociology major, is among a group of 11 Ohio University alumni whose friendship started 42 years ago. They reunited recently to celebrate their 60th birthdays, and their story is recounted in the Charlotte Observer. In 1971, 11 women moved onto […]

Ohio University alum Moe Hajivandi ’87 and his wife, Anita, have opened a new organic pizza restaurant in Pomeroy, reports the Gallipolis Daily Tribune on July 21. He graduated from the College of Arts & Sciences with a major in Computer Science. POMEROY — There’s a new pizza place in […]