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The Smithsonian quoted Biological Sciences graduate student Catherine Early in a story headlined “The Many Ways Women Get Left Out of Paleontology.” Yet while generations of researchers have chipped away at the male-dominated culture of paleontology, a gap remains. Women today make up nearly half of student members in organizations like the […]

Ohio University alum Eric T. Meyer has been named Dean of the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin, according to a UT news release. Follow Meyer on Twitter. Meyer graduated with his B.A. in Anthropology from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University in 1988, […]

A number of media outlets reporting on Jordanian protests and their aftermath interviewed and quoted Dr. Ziad Abu-Rish, Assistant Professor of History at Ohio University. Abu-Rish’s primary research interests focus on state building and economic development in Jordan and Lebanon. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has featured over a week […]

Jim Phillips reviews a new book, Late-K Lunacy, by Geography Professor Emeritus Ted Bernard in an Athens News story headlined “Novel by emeritus prof asks hard questions.” Ted Bernard’s novel “Late-K Lunacy” opens in a small college town in the foothills of Appalachian Ohio, on the banks of the fictional Shawnee […]

Slate Magazine’s sports section recently featured an interview with Dr. Kevin Uhalde, Associate Professor of History at Ohio University, in an article headlined “Ye Olde Goblet of Stanley: How historically accurate is the Vegas Golden Knights’ medieval hockey pregame show?” The interview explored the medieval-themed home-game opening act of the […]

A Chicago Tribune columnist quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, in a commentary headlined “Actually, Melania, your disappearance is a legitimate news story.” In the endless soap opera that is TrumpWorld, the springtime absence of the first lady apparently is getting its very own mini-episode…. […]

Dr. Alexander Govorov, Distinguished Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, was part of a team written about in a Science Daily story headlined “Physicists devise method to reveal how light affects materials: The new method adds to the understanding of the fundamental laws governing the interaction of electrons and […]