Post Tagged with: "faculty in the news"

Dr. Hee-Jong Seo is quoted in a Science News article headlined “Hidden ancient neutrinos may shape the patterns of galaxies.” Seo is Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University. Shadowy messengers from the Big Bang have seemingly left their mark on ring-shaped patterns imprinted on the sky. Subatomic […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, authored a column in Forbes headlined “Collegiate Free Speech And The Federal Government.” Being somewhat of a First Amendment absolutist, I was at first thrilled when I heard that President Trump was considering an executive order denying federal financial […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, authored a column in Forbes headlined “Is This Higher Education’s Golden Age, Gilded Age, Or Beginning Of A Gentle Decline?” …I am worried that higher education today may more closely resemble an aged institution undergoing very slow long-term decline, […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, was quoted in an Accuracy in Academia article headlined “Was Government Intervention in Universities a Big Mistake?” On February 12, the Cato Institute held an event that focused on the history of higher education, what problems currently plague our […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, authored a column in Forbes headlined “Boys Will Be Boys — Except At Harvard.” …Harvard, which one half century ago was all men itself, thinks single sex associations are wrong and punishes kids who want to join fraternities and […]

Dr. Peter de B. Harrington, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, was quoted in a Forbes article headlined “5 Critical Questions Cannabis Researchers And Producers Are Asking in 2019.” Cannabis is an entirely new world for scientists, who were largely unable to access the plant for research in days past. The […]

Dr. Jeffrey B. Vancouver co-authored “Out of control or right on the money? Funder self-efficacy and crowd bias in equity crowdfunding” in the Journal of Business Venturing. The work also was featured in Science Magazine in an article headlined “Believing in yourself can backfire when investing in equity crowdfunded ventures.” “In a […]