Archive for October, 2018

A study jointly authored by Dr. Robert Klein was quoted in an Iowa Farmer Today story headlined “Rural schools show strong graduation rates.” Klein is Associate Professor of Mathematics and Interim Dean of Ohio University Eastern. More than 25 percent of the public schools in America are rural, with one in […]

The Hill quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor & Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Michelle Obama is Dem rock star many wish would run for president.” Katherine Jellison, a professor and chairwoman of history at Ohio University, who has studied first ladies, said it speaks to the […]

Reynolds & Reynolds, a computer software company based in Dayton, Ohio, is looking for two entry-level positions—customer training professional and outside sales trainee. “Reynolds and Reynolds develops and supports software for automotive retailers. We feature the industry’s only Retail Management System. We also manufacture and distribute business forms and promotional […]

As part of the Contemporary History Institute’s fall semester speaker series, three Ohio University alumni recently visited campus to discuss their new book, The Routledge History of World Peace since 1750. Christian Peterson ‘09Ph.D. and Bill Knoblauch ’12Ph.D. co-edited the work with Michael Loadenthal. Joanna Tague ’03M.A. contributed a chapter to […]

You may be more familiar with the name of Barilla from the pasta aisle of your local supermarket. The company, founded in 1877 as a bakery shop in Parma, Italy, by Pietro Barilla, has grown to a multi-national corporation with an annual revenue of more than $450 billion (2015). In […]

Ohio University’s Dysart Woods, the largest old-growth remnant in Southeastern Ohio, was inducted into the Old-Growth Forest Network on Oct. 10. The dedication ceremony took place at the trailhead in Dysart Woods, near Belmont, Ohio, and was followed by a hike into the forest. “In addition to creating a network […]

Graduate student Christine Adams’s essay “Terms of Venery” was selected by judge Carmen Maria Machado as the winner of the Prairie Schooner Creative Nonfiction Contest. Adams is a doctoral student studying nonfiction in Ohio University’s English Department. She will receive a prize of $500, and her essay will appear in […]