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CBC Radio Hallie Cotnam, host of Ottawa Morning, interviewed Dr. Brandon Kendhammer, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ohio University, for a segment on “Boko Haram continues to attack civilians in Northern Nigeria.” Nigeria has 175 million people and recently became Africa’s largest economy. “A big part of the story […]

Athens News reporter Fred Night writes Jan. 11 that “an Ohio University telescope may be getting a new home at the Ridges.” The “rather rare, historic telescope” was in need of maintenance and “disassembled” about five years ago, according to astronomy instructor Tom O’Grady. But there are plans to take […]

Business Insider’s Armin Rosen quotes Dr. Brandon Kendhammer, Assistant Professor of Political Science, in a Jan. 12 story on “Boko Haram May Have Just Pulled Off One Of The Worst Terrorist Attacks Ever.” As Brandon Kendhammer, a Nigeria scholar and an assistant professor of political science at Ohio University explained […]

The Canton Repository quoted Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, in a story on “New year, new you: The future of Social Security.” “There is no question that something is going to have to be done […]

Dr. Mark Lucas, Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy, is one of five Ohio University professors recognized in Ohio Magazine’s annual “Excellence in Education” section. The magazine’s “Excellence in Education” section, published each December, features faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the state of Ohio who were nominated for […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, wrote a tribute to the Founding Dean of George Mason University’s Law School, Henry Manne. A giant in the field of law and economics, Henry Manne, died Saturday after a […]

Dr. Jennifer Fredette, Assistant Professor of Political Science, was a panelist on Al Jazeera America’s Inside Story with Ray Suarez on Jan. 8. The panelists discussed the Paris newspaper shooting that sparked global calls for solidarity. “A shooting that killed 12 people at the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo today […]