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Barnes Alford announced that five attorneys, including Ohio University alum David G. Wolff, have been selected by Greater Columbia (AL) Business Monthly as Midlands Legal Elites, reports WFSA 12. The magazine selected the top Columbia-area attorneys in 20 practice areas. The selections were published in the magazines October 2014 issue […]

Dr. Loreen Giese, Professor of Shakespeare and early modern drama at Ohio University, was the featured speaker at the Schreiner University Syers Lecture on Oct. 23, reports the Bandera County Courier. She presented “Uncovering Cruelty in Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew and Early Modern London.” The marriage of Katherine […]

Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has named Ohio University alum Deborah Zmarzly as Interim Director. Zmarzly earned a B.S. in Biological Sciences from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University in 1977. She has been with Birch Aquarium since 1993, devoting more […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, co-authored a guest opinion on “How to make higher ed more affordable” in the Edmondsun (OK) Sun. A new school year is under way, which means many college students (and […]

NBC News quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History, in a story on “Better Half: First Lady Campaigns Where the President Has Not.” Whether or not the president isn’t wanted by candidates in his own party, Michelle Obama has picked up the campaigning baton, attending 14 campaign events […]

High Point University announced Ohio University alum Jillian Davis as a news Assistant Professor of Exercise Science. She will teach undergraduate human anatomy at the North Carolina university. As the anatomy instructor, Davis will work with students from various academic programs, including the health sciences and biology. She also will […]

In a report on “Lockheed’s Fusion Reactor Plan Draws Skepticism,” Voice of America quoted Dr. David Ingram, Professor and Chair of Physics & Astronomy, in response to a Lockheed Martin Skunk Works report that it is pursuing a 3-year program to develop a truck-sized fusion reactor that could be used […]