Archive for April, 2019

Dr. Betsy Partyka, Professor of Spanish, and three OHIO Honors Tutorial College Spanish majors attended the Cincinnati Romance and Arabic Languages Conference on April 7. Partyka presented a paper on a Paraguayan dictator novel by Renée Ferrer with a focus on the psychopathic features of the main characters and a […]

The Post quoted Dr. Lysa Burnier, Professor of Political Science, in a story headlined “Here’s a look at the candidates for the Democratic Primary.” “I think the overall quality of the field is really high. We have people who are senators, mayors, congressman and people who have state government experience […]

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine appointed Ohio University alum John Carey ’81 as the Director of the Governor’s Office of Appalachia, according to a Feb. 1 news release. Carey served as the Chancellor of the Ohio Department of Higher Education from 2013 to 2018. As Chancellor he worked to align higher […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, authored a column in Forbes headlined “Why Do Progressives Support Elite Universities?” For several years, something has puzzled me: the most elite, selective, expensive American universities are hotbeds of liberal activism. Liberal faculty outnumber conservatives at least five to […]

Ohio University alum Jessica Cyders ’06, curator of the Southeast Ohio History Center, becomes the its executive director on April 15, reports the Athens Messenger. She earned a B.A. in History and Political Science from the College of Arts & Sciences. Jessica Cyders will become the new executive director on […]

Dr. Kim Thompson, Environmental & Plant Biology Lecturer, received a $10,000 Zero Impact Fund award from PepsiCo for her proposed project, Advancing Sustainability at Ohio University with a Green Roof. Thompson also reports that her Green Roof Project budget of $235,000 for the second phase of this project was approved […]

by Kristin Distel Ohio University alum Nate Chapman ’04 has put his Biological Sciences degree to work every day for the past 14 years right here in Athens—at Quidel Corp. on East State Street. Chapman works as the Associate Director of Molecular Manufacturing, a position that requires him to oversee […]