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Barbara Strom Thompson of Bethesda, MD, died peacefully on Jan. 5, 2015, at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, at the age of 60 following a courageous, year-long battle with ovarian cancer. Her husband of 35 years, Peter Thompson, and daughter Anna Thompson of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were at her side at the […]

Work by Ohio University alum Christina Jones ’14M appears in Shawnee State University’s fall edition of the “Silhouette,” a literary and art magazine, notes the Portsmouth Daily Times. Jones earned an M.A. in English from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. The magazine features local talent from […]

Ohio University alum Matthew Bemer ’13 joined Babcox Media in January 2013 and is currently the associate editor of both Tire Review and Fleet Equipment magazines. Bemer earned a B.A. in English from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Previously, he was assistant editor of Motorcycle & […]

Ohio University alum Mary Anne Redding is the new curator at Appalachian State University’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts. She’s also a judge in the Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition, reports the Mountain Times. Most recently, she was the curator of the Marion Center for Photographic Arts and the Chair […]

Ohio University alum Cheryl Withrow is combining her writing and business experience with Demand Media, a content and social media company that operates online brands and creates online content. “Withrow is a writer in Michigan’s untamed Upper Peninsula. Following a teaching career she served alternately as editor of the “Washington […]

By Jarod Anderson Operations Manager at Columbus State Community College Foundation If I had a nickel for every time I heard English Literature mentioned as one of the least practical majors on news programs, I’d have… well, I don’t know what I’d have. I was an English major. Math really […]

From Jules Verne and H.G. Wells to Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Ursula LeGuin, and William Gibson, science fiction is one of the most enduring and popular genres. Whether on the page or on TV and film (Dr. Who, the Star Trek franchise), it grips the imagination. For a science-fiction author, […]