Archive for September, 2014

Ohio University alum Christopher Denhart ’14 wrote a Sept. 2 blog at Forbes about the “Revenge of the Nerds: Athletic Scholarships for Video Gamers.” Denhart is administrative director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity. He earned a B.S. in Economics from the College of Arts & Sciences at […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, wrote an Aug. 25 article for National Review on “Subsidized Decline: Federal tuition-support programs harm students, colleges, and the economy.” “A political storm is brewing in Washington over the consequences […]

The Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics (INPP) presents Scott Bogner, of Michigan State University, presenting “Ab-initio calculations of medium mass nuclei with the in-medium similarity renormalization group” on Tuesday, Sept. 2, at 4 p.m. in the Roger W. Finlay Conference Room located in the Edwards Acclerator Laboratory. Abstract: The […]

By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy Nikolay Kornilov, a visiting scholar in the Department of Physics and Astronomy has written a monograph, ‘Fission Neutrons: Experiments, Evaluation, Modeling and Open Problems,’ recently published by Springer Publishing. ‘Fission Neutrons’ provides methods for precise measurement of neutron spectra, methods of data evaluation and […]

Dr. Amritjit Singh, Langston Hughes Professor of English at Ohio University, is on a Fulbright-Nehru Award at the University of Delhi in India this academic year. Singh is working on a personal and historical book tentatively titled “At Home Abroad: The Making of Minority Consciousness in India and the United […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, will speak at the National Press Club on Sept. 10. His topic for the NPC Newsmakers program will be: Why are college and university costs escalating so rapidly? He will […]

Ohio University alum Steve Pellathy ’94 is the new assistant principal at Hampton High School, reports the Pittsburgh Tribune. Pellathy, who earned a B.S. in Physics from the Honors Tutorial College at Ohio University, brings a strong science background to the administrative team at Hampton. “I really do look forward […]