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Blade Quotes Vedder on Ohio’s Neighbors, Right to Work

Dr. Richard Vedder

The Toledo Blade quotes Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, is a story headlined “Ohio an island among right-to-work states.” “If you looked at 2011-2012, Michigan has had a better recovery, a bigger fall in the unemployment rate, than Ohio has had,” said Richard Vedder, distinguished professor […]

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August 27, 2018 at 7:50 amFaculty in the News In the News

Alternet Quotes Jellison on ‘Is Melania Trump the Least Visible First Lady in Generations?’

Dr. Katherine Jellison, portrait

Alternet quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Is Melania Trump the Least Visible First Lady in Generations?” In June, Agence France-Presse reported on the first lady’s “vanishing act” and her “unusual 25-day absence from public view” following her surgery. AFP […]

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August 24, 2018 at 2:23 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Houston Quoted in ‘Why Digital Activism Is a Voice for Black Students’

Dr. Akil Houston

Dr. Akil Houston, Associate Professor of African American Studies, was quoted extensively in an EdSurge story headlined “#BlackStudentsMatter: Why Digital Activism Is a Voice for Black students.” “There are great conversations happening on social media and people apart of the ‘Black Twitterverse’ are bringing issues to the forefront. It brings a […]

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August 24, 2018 at 8:31 amFaculty in the News In the News

Forbes Credits Vedder with Helping to Create College List Based on ‘Outputs’

Dr. Richard Vedder

Forbes education editor Susan Adams credits Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, with helping to create Forbes’ top college listing based on “outputs,” not “inputs.” When we started the Forbes Top Colleges list, 11 years ago, in collaboration with a team at Ohio University headed by […]

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August 22, 2018 at 8:09 amFaculty in the News In the News

ABC Quotes Vedder on Debate over NYU’s Free Medical School Offer

Dr. Richard Vedder

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, was quoted extensively in an ABC news story headlined “NYU’s free med school offer stirs debate over student debt.” “You don’t see too much talk about, ‘Let’s make MBA programs free,’” said Richard Vedder, distinguished professor of economics emeritus at […]

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August 21, 2018 at 8:59 amFaculty in the News In the News

Washington Post Quotes Jellison on ‘Ephemeral’ Be Best Campaign

Dr. Katherine Jellison, portrait

The Washington Post quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “First lady Melania Trump warns of ‘destructive and harmful’ side of social media.” Katherine Jellison, a history professor at Ohio University, said recently that “Be Best” so far lacks the vision […]

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August 21, 2018 at 8:13 amFaculty in the News In the News

Hicks in Dispatch | ‘Life on Mars? Discovery of Water Provides Tantalizing Clue’

Dr. Kenneth Hicks

Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, authored a column in the Columbus Dispatch headlined “Is there life on Mars? Discovery of water provides tantalizing clue.” The European Space Agency has done it again. It has scooped NASA with a new discovery: a subglacial lake on […]

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August 19, 2018 at 5:03 pmFaculty in the News In the News