Alumni

Recent Physics & Astronomy graduate Desiree Cotto-Figueroa ’13Ph.D. is a postdoctoral research assistant at Arizona State University. Her dissertation was on “Radiation Recoil Effects on the Dynamical Evolution of Asteroids. Her Ohio University adviser was adviser Dr. Tom Statler, Professor of Physics & Astronomy. “My primary research was to study […]

Recent Physics & Astronomy graduate Rakitha Sanjeewa Beminiwattha ’13Ph.D. did his dissertation on “A Measurement of the Weak Charge of the Proton through Parity Violating Electron Scattering using the Qweak Apparatus: A 21% Result.” His work on software development and data analysis for a major physics experiment conducted at the […]

By Amber Damiani ’15 Two Ohio University alumni and close friends—Marc Houk and Mike Swiger—talked about their careers in the criminal justice system to students in Dr. Nicole Kaufman’s Criminology and Criminal Justice classes in April. Over the past 27 years, Houk has worked in the area of criminal justice, […]

The April edition of Restaurant Hospitality magazine features Ohio University’s Food Studies theme in a story on Food Across the Curriculum. The magazine’s executive food editor, Gail Bellamy ’71, is an Ohio University alum. She earned a bachelor’s in English from the College of Arts & Sciences at OHIO. Tomorrow’s […]

Ohio University alum Shea Daniels ’12 has been awarded a National Board for Certified Counselors Foundation scholarship created to encourage students from rural areas to practice close to home, reports the Chillicothe Gazette. Daniels earned a B.A. in English—Creative Writing from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. […]

Ohio University alum and Nobel laureate Sir Venkatraman (Venki) Ramakrishnan has been confirmed as President Elect of the Royal Society. He earned a Ph.D. in Physics from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. The result of a ballot of the Fellowship was confirmed at a meeting of […]

By George E. Mauzy Jr. From Compass The Ohio University Department of English hosted its second annual Futures in English Symposium on Friday in Alden Library to demonstrate to its students that anything is possible with an English degree. Organizers said the event lets students know that there are many […]