Archive for March, 2018

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, was a guest March 6 on “Air Talk” on 89.3KPCC radio on the topic “Should it be easier to wipe out student debt in bankruptcy?” “Last Thursday, the new chairman of the Federal Reserve questioned why struggling borrowers can’t discharge their student […]

Students from Dr. Keith Milam’s Planetary Geology class visited the Flynn Creek impact structure to examine the mostly buried, but partially exhumed, 3.8 km diameter crater in north central Tennessee. The students spent much of their time above ground, where they stopped at several locations along the crater rim and were […]

Dr. Peter de B. Harrington, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, was quoted in an Analytical Cannabis article headlined “Chemotyping: Classifying cannabis strains by chemical composition.” An approach to optimizing the chemotyping of cannabis strains has been outlined by researchers at Ohio University and Chemistry Mapping Inc. Specifically, they evaluated the […]

Dr. Steven Remy earned a Ph.D. in History, as well as a Contemporary History Certificate, from Ohio University in 2000. He is currently Professor of History at Brooklyn College and has recently completed his second book, The Malmedy Massacre: The War Crimes Trial Controversy (Harvard, 2017).  The Contemporary History Institute […]

Food Matters hosted a workshop on “Bragging Rights: Creating the Perfect Resume and Cover Letter” through the Career and Leadership Development Center on March 6. Students were given inside tactics on how to present themselves the best way possible to future employers. The workshop focused on topics such as job […]

Ohio University Honors Tutorial College physics major Jack Bruno spent the summer as an intern based in the coastal city of Sheboygan, Wis., where he was a member of a scientific team studying the drift of pollution over Lake Michigan. Research since the early 1990s has shown the area has […]

By Amanda Biederman NQPI editorial intern Dr. Saw-Wai Hla was awarded the 2017 Samuel D. Bader Prize for Exceptional Achievement from the Nanoscience and Technology division of Argonne National Laboratory. “Dr. Saw Hla has been instrumental in establishing the Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne as a (Department of Energy) […]