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“The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for Friday’s attacks in Paris. It also claims responsibility for bombing a Russian plane in Egypt, which killed more than 220 people, and twin bombings in Beirut, which killed at least 40 and wounded more than 200 others,” writes says Dr. Jennifer Fredette, Assistant Professor […]

Ohio University alum Carrie Claytor has been chosen to lead Copper Development Association’s Health, Environment and Sustainable Development program, reports roofingmagazine.com. The Copper Development Association Inc. is the market development, engineering and information services arm of the copper industry, chartered to enhance and expand markets for copper and its alloys in North America. […]

Ohio University alum, attorney and veteran Jason K. Wright joins Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., LPA (WWR), a creditors’ rights firm now in its 85th year of client service, in its its Brooklyn Heights, OH, office, reports insideARM.com. Wright, who earned a B.A. in Political Science from the College of Arts & Sciences, recently returned from […]

Ohio University alum Keith James ’94 has been named Chief Executive Office of AccessData Group, according to a news release. James earned a History Pre-Law degree from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. LINDON, UT — (Marketwired) — 11/11/15 — AccessData Group, a leading provider of integrated […]

An Ohio University alum who became a well-known feminist scholar died at the age of 83, reports the Bartlesville (OK)  Examine-Enterprise. Helen Astin earned an M.S. in Psychology in 1954 from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. LOS ANGELES — Helen “Lena” Astin, a feminist scholar and […]

Ohio University alum Kristi Fickert ’99 has been named vice president of marketing & training by 30 Lines. Fickert majored in Public Administration/Political Science at Ohio University. In this newly created position, she will drive all sales, marketing and training initiatives, and she will act as the agency’s brand ambassador, […]

“Imagine shoveling soil to create a backyard garden plot and unearthing a rock embossed with the fossil remnant of a creature you’ve never seen before. It looks like something out of the ocean, but you live in the Midwest. Is it a rare fossil from hundreds of millions of years ago or […]