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Chronicle: The Long Odds of the Faculty Job Search

Chronicle: The Long Odds of the Faculty Job Search

The May 19 Chronicle of Higher Education article “The Long Odds of the Faculty Job Search” featured a review of an Ohio University faculty search in the Department of English Language and Literature in the College of Arts & Sciences. The creative writing position was filled by Patrick O’Keeffe, whose […]

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May 21, 2013 at 4:11 pmFaculty in the News In the News News

Vedder in New York Times: ‘Academic Merit Is Most Important’

Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor of Economics at Ohio University’s College of Arts & Sciences, published an opinion column in the New York Times’ Room for Debate on “Academic Merit is Most Important.” He writes: I think good will likely come […]

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May 14, 2013 at 5:44 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Medill: Showalter Says NC State Work Provides ‘Roadmap’ to Alter Plants

Medill News Service reporter Leslie Schichtel interviewed Dr. Allan Showalter, Professor of Environmental and Plant Biology, to discuss a report from North Carolina about “Groundbreaking study: Farmers could alter plant glucose levels.” Allan Showalter, an environmental and plant biologist at Ohio University in Athens, learned about Haigler’s research last summer […]

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May 7, 2013 at 4:06 pmIn the News

Benjamin Rush Society: Lebar on Moral Rights and Healthcare

The Ohio University Chaper of the Benjamin Rush Society presents Dr. Mark Lebar, Associate Professor of Philosophy, in a discussion concerning moral rights from a philosophical standpoint and how these rights are embedded in the delivery of healthcare.

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May 7, 2013 at 1:12 amFaculty in the News

WKSU Asks Vedder About Income Tax Cuts and Job Creation

WKSU’s Statehouse Bureau Chief Karen Kasler interviewed two economic experts about “one of the most fundamental debates over the Ohio state budget”—whether income tax cuts  create jobs. Richard Vedder is a professor of economics at Ohio University and testified in favor of Gov. John Kasich’s budget, which featured a 20 […]

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May 2, 2013 at 7:52 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Athens News: Geography’s Anderson Helps Lead Barn Tour

Athens News: Geography’s Anderson Helps Lead Barn Tour

Join the Friends of Ohio Barns and the Ohio University Department of Geography on a daylong bus tour through Athens County to see and explore a handful of wonderful historic barns on Friday, April 26. Stops will include White’s Mill and the Lance Barn, according to a news release White’s […]

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April 24, 2013 at 12:52 pmFaculty in the News In the News