Archive for November, 2014

Dr. Ahmed Faik, Nan Jiang, and Dr. Michael A. Held published “Xylan Biosynthesis in Plants, Simply Complex” in Advances in Plant Biology Volume 4, 2014, pp 153-181. Faik is Associate Professor of Environmental and Plant Biology at Ohio University. Jiang is a doctoral student in the Faik Lab. Held is […]

Valley Star reporter Dave Favila profiled Ohio University alum Kristen Helmsdoerfer ’14 in a story on “Home for now.” Helmsdoerfer earned two Ohio University degrees, a B.A. in Spanish from the College of Arts & Sciences and B.A. in English from the Honors Tutorial College. Ohio is a long way […]

Cincinnatti.com featured Ohio University alum Danielle Arlinghaus ’14,in a story on “Milford woman raising funds for 11-country mission trip.” Arlinghaus earned a B.A. in English from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Twenty-four-year-old Danielle Arlinghaus has lived in Milford her entire life, doesn’t open up easily to people […]

Dr. Stephen J. Scanlan, Associate Professor of Sociology, presents “What Kind of Scarcity and for Whom? Justice, Sustainability and the Global Dynamics of Food Insecurity” in November. Scanlan is presenting at the conference “Coping with Scarcity: Energy Shortages, Food Crises, Drought and Critical Materials in the Modern World (c. 1800 […]

Eric Letourneaux, Lecturer and Listening & Speaking Skill Coordinator in the Ohio Program of Intensive English, was sworn in as a U.S. citizen on Nov. 8 at the Columbus International Festival, reports the Columbus Dispatch. Eric Letourneaux, 42, came to this country from France to attend graduate school — and […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, was quoted in multiple media outlets and websites. The Employment Policies Institute asks “Does the Minimum Wage Reduce Poverty?,” leading with, “This study by economists Richard Vedder and Lowell Gallaway […]

Open to juniors, seniors and graduate students who are majoring or minoring in meteorology, a real-life Storm Chasing Experience takes place May 5-12 in the Central Plains. After completing coursework on supercell thunderstorms and tornadoes or mesoscale meteorology, students will spend one week traveling around Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas where they […]