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Dr. Akil Houston, Assistant Professor of African American Studies at Ohio University, was quoted in an International Business Times article on “Bernie Sanders And Black Lives Matter: 2016 Presidential Candidate Struggles With Topic Of Race Despite History Of Civil Rights Activism.” For perhaps the first time since becoming the wildly […]

The Ohio University Office for Diversity and Inclusion recently hired OHIO alum Marlene De La Cruz-Guzman ’14Ph.D. as the new Director of the Office for Multicultural Student Access and Retention. In 2014, De La Cruz-Guzman earned a Ph.D. in African literature in English from Ohio University. De La Cruz-Guzman has […]

Dr. Brian McCarthy, Associate Dean of the Ohio University College of Arts & Sciences and Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, was quoted in an Athens Messenger story on “‘The vine that ate the South’ also has a major presence in Southeast Ohio.” Kudzu is one of at least a […]

Ohio University alum Scott Hardy ’98 is the new Ohio Sea Grant Extension educator based in Cleveland, reports the Beacon News. Hardy earned a B.S. in Environmental Geography from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. “Sea Grant is not only excited about adding a new Extension educator […]

San Francisco Chronicle columnist Debra J. Saunders quoted Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, in an article on “Forgive and forget college debt.” The article discusses an Obama administration decision to forgive as much as $3.5 […]

Ohio University Geological Sciences alum Yusuf Musa Bashir, Chairman and Managing Director of Hared Petroleum in Uganda, was recently interviewed by Ismail Musa Ladu about his business plans and achievements in a Daily Monitor story on “Bashir has no regrets for moving on.” Yusuf Musa Bashir is a meticulous businessman, […]

Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, was quoted in a Washington Post story on “Does an unmarried president still need a first lady?” He’s unmarried. An avowed bachelor. If he won the White House, he’d have no spouse at his side…. But why does an unmarried president […]