Archive for May, 2013

Ohio University alum Jeremi Suri ’96M is the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas at Austin.  He earned an M.A. in History with a thesis on “Cold War Legitimacy in Crisis: An International History of Détente,” […]

Alice Lloyd College announced May 13 that Ohio University alum Dr. Janelle Pryor, who earned a Ph.D. in Plant Biology, was awarded the college’s Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award. PIPPA PASSES, Ky. — Each year, Alice Lloyd College honors outstanding members of the campus community with awards that reflect […]

Twin brothers came to Ohio University. One majored in Psychology. The other in History. What are they doing now? David and Jonathan Bennett are working on being popular—and helping others be successful  and popular. They decided to study the science behind popularity, test the theories—and write a practical book to […]

What happens when a writer discovers that she’s being written about? Author M.J. Iuppa noticed a surge in online interest in her essay “Daylight Savings Time,” and then she discovered that her essay was assigned reading for a creative nonfiction class at Ohio University—and the students were publishing reviews of her […]

Will Ohio University Plant Biology students bring colorful wildflowers and biodiversity to Radar Hill, planting seeds on a pasture-like hilltop little changed over the decades? “One of the problems is there aren’t seeds up there, and it’s not like good plants are going to get up on Radar Hill, invasive […]

Ohio Gov. John Kasich named alum John Carey ’81 chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents. A former Ohio state representative, Carey earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science at Ohio University’s College of Arts & Sciences. “Chancellor Carey has been a key mover in Ohio’s higher education and K-12 education reform […]

Dr. Fernando Operé, Professor of Spanish and Director of the Latin American Studies program at the University of Virginia, read selected poems from his book, “La vuelta al mundo en 80 poemas” at the 17th annual Spring Spanish and Latin America Colloquium, “Sculpting the Future: Career Paths after Ohio University,” March […]