Faculty in the News

Dr. Janet Duerr, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Ohio University, is a co-author on a paper titled “Whole-animal connectomes of both Caenorhabditis elegans sexes” in Nature. Duerr joined researchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Columbia University, and Google in describing and modeling all neural connections in this simple […]

Dr. Chester Pach, Associate Professor of History at Ohio University, was quoted in a PolitiFact story headlined “Did Eisenhower say a military parade would make U.S. look weak? Not in so many words.” As President Donald Trump was preparing a July 4 celebration in Washington, with tanks and other armaments […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, wrote the “pro” side of a column in the Daily Astorian headlined “Pro-Con: Should colleges foot the bill when students default on loans?” His column, run in many newspapers, was headlined “Taxpayers shouldn’t get stuck with a $1.5 trillion […]

From Compass The Ohio University Press welcomes esteemed poet and Professor of English J. Allyn Rosser as general editor of the annual Hollis Summers Poetry Prize. David Sanders, founder and general editor of the poetry prize, is retiring after 20 years of devoted service. Named for the distinguished poet who […]

The College Fix writes about a new book by Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Renowned economist offers more than a dozen solutions for fixing higher education.” For six decades, Dr. Richard Vedder has been observing the politics and economics of higher […]

Personal Liberty founder Bob Livingston reported on research by Dr. Tadeusz Malinski, the Marvin & Ann Dilley White Chair and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Ohio University, in a story headlined “The one vitamin you need to prevent heart attacks.” I have been writing about this for years, […]

The Morning Call featured Dr. Jana Houser, Assistant Professor of Geography at Ohio University, in story headlined “Emmaus grad is changing what we know about tornado formation.” Dr. Jana Houser, who grew up in the Lehigh Valley, is literally turning what we know about tornadoes upside down. Houser, a faculty […]