Archive for June, 2014

“Is that want you want to do with your life?” Sell vintage T-shirts from your parents’ basement? It was a great start, actually, for a Spanish major with a passion for storytelling—through clothing. Ryan Vesler ’05 now has two retail stores called Homage, the newest in Easton Town Center in […]

Ohio University alum Ryan Vesler ’05 gave the Bexley High School graduation address, reported the Bexley News. Vesler is the founder of vintage-style apparel company Homage. He earned a B.A. in Spanish from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Vesler, a 2001 graduate of the Columbus Academy, […]

Amie Parnes of The Hill quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, in an article on “First Lady Flexes Muscles.” First lady Michelle Obama is more aggressively wading into policy fights while expanding her portfolio…. The senior administration official also said the first lady would […]

  Is it time to rethink manned space travel? Dr. writes Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Ohio University Professor of Physics,  in his May 25 Columbus Dispatch column. “Transporting astronauts to the International Space Station has always been a problem,” Hicks writes. “Now, in response to recent economic sanctions from the United […]

Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, was quoted by Newsmax in a May 24 story on “Michelle Obama Tackling Politics in Husband’s Second Term.” Now that her husband is in his second term of office, first lady Michelle Obama is spreading her wings into policy […]

Psychology Today quoted Dr. Mark Alicke, Professor of Psychology at Ohio University, in a “Field Guide to the Goody Two-Shoes: Why tattletales are so annoying.” Alicke specializes in the psychology of the self—including self-enhancement, social comparison, and the self in social judgment—and blame and responsibility. We are harsher judges of […]

The Sentinel-Tribune reports that among the North Baltimore seniors earning college scholarships is Tyler Reed ’18, who will study Biology-Pre-Med in the College of Arts & Science at Ohio University. Reed’s scholarships included: Ohio University Scholarships $18,000, Jorgen Larsen Scholastic Scholarship $1,500,  Robert A. Reed Memorial Scholarship $500, Huntington Spitler […]