Alumni in the News

Ohio University alum Gerald Goodwin ’14Ph.D. recently published “Black and White in Vietnam” in the New York Times. The opinion piece draws on his ongoing research, part of which was completed as his 2014 doctoral dissertation, “Race in the Crucible of War: African American Soldiers and Race Relations in the […]

“Here’s why she’s the perfect person to help put us on the map for reducing poverty,” says the headline on a column by Lucy May at WCPO Cincinnati. May is writing about Ohio University alum Vashti Rutledge ’00. Rutledge earned a B.A. in History from the College of Arts & […]

Ohio University alum Justin E. Herdman ’96, who earned a B.A. in Global Studies Europe from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate Aug. 3 as the new U.S. Attorney for northern Ohio, reports Cleveland.com. He’ll be the top federal prosecutor for […]

Ohio University alum Dr. Jeffrey Willey ’99, ’01M is part of NASA’s Rodent Research-9 mission that will be sending a science payload to the International Space Station on a SpaceX Rocket scheduled for August 10. Willey, who earned both a B.S. and M.S. in Biological Sciences from the College of […]

Tech Ohio writes about ProclaRx, an Innovation Center client based in Athens, Ohio, and with an Ohio University alum as its CEO in an article headlined “ProclaRx Breaks Down Walls to Beat Bacteria.” Dr. Joseph D. Kittle, CEO of ProclaRx, earned a B.S. in Chemistry through the Honors Tutorial College. Chances […]

“President Donald J. Trump today announced his first wave of United States Attorney candidates,” says a June 12 White House news release. And both Ohio senators applauded the nomination. Among the eight nominees is Ohio University alum Justin E. Herdman ’96, who earned a B.A. in Global Studies Europe from […]

Cleveland.com features a study by three Ohio University alumni in a story headlined “College students will take more courses if they don’t have to pay extra, will graduate sooner.” Samuel Kissinger ’16 earned a B.S. in Economics from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Robert Hammer ’17 earned […]