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A Inter Press Service Nov. 14 report on Nigeria-based militant groups being designated terrorist organizations by the U.S. government quotes Dr. Brandon Kendhammer, Assistant Professor of Political Science in the Ohio University College of Arts & Sciences. Follow Kendhammer on Twitter. “Boko Haram and Ansaru are widely believed to be […]

“Stop subsidizing colleges’ 100-year debt binge,” says the headline on Dr. Richard Vedder’s Oct. 30 column from Bloomberg. Vedder is Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University’s College of Arts & Sciences. The Barack Obama administration and Congress purport to […]

The South African blog I Love Books reviewed Dr. Zakes Mda’s book The Sculptors of Mapungubwe on Oct. 15. Mda is a Professor in Ohio University’s Creative Writing: Fiction program in the College of Arts & Sciences Department of English. The narrative centres on the timeless kingdom of Mapungubwe where […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University’s College of Arts & Sciences. co-authored with Ken Blackwell a column on “Cincinnati Must Face the Crisis that Sealed Detroit’s Fate” Nov. 1 at Townhall.com. Cincinnati and Detroit are separated by barely more than 250 miles – a five-hour drive […]

“At one point in his career, Howard Dewald utilized chaos theory — a complex mathematical principle in which a small change at the beginning of an event could drastically change the outcome,” writes Will Drabold in the Post. “You might claim his new job is just as unpredictable. Dewald, Ohio […]

“How will you feel when Chinese taikonauts are walking around on the moon? Is this just one more example of the United States ceding its technological superiority? How you feel might depend on what happens to the U.S. space program over the next decade,” writes Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Professor of […]

The Marietta Times reports that Dr. Gifford Doxsee, retired professor of History from Ohio University’s College of Arts & Sciences, will give a presentation on his prisoner of war experiences after being captured during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. The presentation will take place at the […]