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Who Killed the Broccoli? Alum Asks

Who Killed the Broccoli? Alum Asks

“We’re trying to figure out who killed the broccoli” is Dr. Carolee Bull’s usual, tongue-in-cheek response to what her team is involved in, writes The Californian reporter Robert Walch. In other words, this is a “CSI” lab for the vegetable world. But although the work done here is important and […]

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March 25, 2014 at 10:14 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

University Honors Carpenter as Distinguished Professor

University Honors Carpenter as Distinguished Professor

By Katie Hendershot From Compass A new portrait will now hang in Alden Library amongst the 52 others that honor the greats who have molded the minds of Ohio University students. Dr. Tom Carpenter, Professor of Classics and World Religions, was honored Feb.24 as the 2013 Distinguished Professor. Carpenter gave […]

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March 11, 2014 at 11:30 amNews

Political Science & Women’s Studies Alum Named Young Careerist

Ohio University alum Breanne N. Smith ’10 was named the Young Careerist winner during the Business and Professional Women’s Region 4 competition, reports the Zanesville Times Recorder. She will represent the region at the state competition April 12 in Columbus. Smith is the chief deputy of the Coshocton County Treasurer’s Office […]

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March 10, 2014 at 8:40 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Moore: Hot from the First Sentence

Moore: Hot from the First Sentence

By Jeff Worley From Perspectives To get a quick sense of who Dinty W. Moore is and where he is on the planet, take a deep breath and read from his self-styled online bio: “Dinty lives in Athens, Ohio, thefunkadelicious, hillbilly-hippie Appalachian epicenter of the locally-grown, locally-consumed, goats-are-for-cheese, paw-paws-are-for-eatin’, artisanal-salsa, our-farmers-market-rocks-the-hills sub-culture, where […]

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March 10, 2014 at 7:40 pmNews

Student Traces Narrative Psychology Through Young Male Protagonists

Student Traces Narrative Psychology Through Young Male Protagonists

By Taylor Evans from Perspectives What do the characters Pi, Ponyboy, and Holden Caulfield have in common? Besides being the protagonists of three popular novels, they’re also the subject of Spencer Smith‘s student thesis. Smith, an English major in the Honors Tutorial College, examined narrative psychology in young adult literature. The […]

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March 10, 2014 at 7:12 pmResearch

Physics Alum Named COO at Electra Information Systems

Electra Information Systems (Electra), an innovative provider of proven software solutions for the asset management industry, has named Scott Rhodes ’80—an Ohio University alum—as its Chief Operating Officer, reports Virtual Strategy Magazine. Rhodes earned a B.S. in Physics from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Bringing more than 30 […]

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March 10, 2014 at 6:07 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Senior Austin Way Wins Top Honors at Physics Undergrad Research Conference

Senior Austin Way Wins Top Honors at Physics Undergrad Research Conference

By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy Austin Way ’14, HTC Engineering Physics, received top honors at the recent 6th Annual Society of Physics Student Research Conference at Ohio University. His talk, “Fabrication of Photovoltaics,” was voted Best Presentation by a panel of faculty judges from the Department of Physics & […]

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March 1, 2014 at 5:00 pmResearch