Archive for February, 2017

Sophia Boothby, Environmental Biology major, is a new member of the Margaret Boyd Scholars Program, Ohio University’s first and only women’s scholars program. In Her Words: Siyo! My name is Sophia Grace Boothby and you just learned how to say “hello to all” in Cherokee. I am an environmental biology […]

By Zulfa Rizqiya From Compass Sometimes in college, you meet a professor who ignites a passion within you, changing your life forever. For Ohio University alumni Ralph Quatrano, Bob Goldberg and Dean DellaPenna Jr., that professor was undoubtedly Norman “Norm” S. Cohn. When they discovered the news of Cohn’s passing […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus at Ohio University and Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, penned a column headlined “Universities Are A Neutral Marketplace Of Ideas” Feb. 2 in Forbes. The riots at the University of California at Berkeley protesting the speech that the Campus […]

Ohio University alum Matthew A. Wisecup ’05 was named partner at Kentucky’s eighth largest law firm, reports the Times Journal. Connect with him on LinkedIn. Wisecup double majors in Political Science–Pre-Law and Spanish from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. GREENUP, KY— McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland, […]

The Associated Press quoted Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Ivanka Trump Plays Big Role Even Without White House Title.” Ivanka Trump has tried to end speculation that she will serve as a fill-in first lady, which has only been heightened […]

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development and NYC Housing Development Corp. are seeking applicants for the 2017-19 HPD-HDC Housing Fellows class. The HPD-HDC Housing Fellowship is a two-year program designed to bring talented young professionals to HPD and HDC to expose them to inner workings of […]

A story widely distributed by the French news service AFP quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Melania Trump, America’s low-profile first lady.” Never in modern times — when Americans are accustomed to having visible and active first ladies — has a […]