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Dr. Brandon Kendhammer, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ohio University, is on a Feb. 11 panel at Northwestern University about Nigerians preparing to vote in presidential and state elections. The panelists will discuss the rise and development of Boko Haram, a violent Islamist movement creating havoc in northern parts […]

Two Ohio University meteorology students who were WOWK interns were interviewed in a WBOY report as they were helping on StormFest, a partnership between California University of Pennsylvania and the Carniege Science Center, which provides students a hands-on earth science learning experiment. Jensen Hufnagel, StormFest 2015 chair said, “It’s basically […]

Recent developments in the Middle East, including the death of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, the U.S. bombing campaigns and ISIS in Syria and Iraq, and the situations in Egypt, Yemen, and Libya were all discussed as Dr. Ziad Abu-Rish, Assistant Professor of Middle East History at Ohio University, was […]

Northern Nevada Business Weekly reports that Ohio University biology alum Kristin Astrom ’00, ’11DO “has joined Saint Mary’s Medical Group’s Ion Drive office in Spanish Springs as a family medicine physician.” Dr. Astrom served as a genetic counselor at Saint Mary’s Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine for five years and […]

“Toads prefer to bound, not hop,” says Science News Wild Things writer Sarah Zielinski about research by Dr. Stephen Reilly, Professor of Biological Science at Ohio University. If I were to write a children’s book, it might start like this: Hop, hop, hop, went the frog. Bound, bound, bound, goes […]

Ohio University alum Laura Brege ’78 has joined the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of Dynavax Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: DVAX), according to a news release. Brege is an Honors Tutorial Graduate with bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Political Science. Denise Gilbert, a director and the Chair of the Audit […]

History student C.J. Fogarty has announced he’s running for Athens City Council, reports the Athens News. A second Ohio University student has announced his intention to run as a Republican for an at-large Athens City Council seat this year. C.J. Fogarty, 19, announced Tuesday that he will seek to run […]