In the News

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, wrote a column at Forbes headlined “Make American Colleges Grade Again!” With all the disruption of academic life and finances by Covid-19 (see my last three epistles), colleges are almost certainly going to need what the late Clayton Christensen […]

The Athens News writes about amphibian research by Dr. Shawn Kuchta along the Route 33 bypass in a story headlined “Bypass, despite avoidance steps, killing lots of little critters.” Kuchta is Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Ohio University. Two Rt. 78 tunnels were built to minimize amphibian roadway mortality […]

From Ohio University News Ohio University Executive Vice President and Provost Elizabeth Sayrs named Ohio University alumna Dr. Carey Busch as the Interim Dean of University College. She replaces Dr. Sayrs, who was named provost effective March 9. Busch earned a B.S. in Forensic Chemistry from the College of Arts […]

Fremont Gold Ltd. appointed Ohio University alumnus Jamie Robinson as a technical adviser for the Griffon gold project, located at the southern end of the Cortez Trend, Nevada, according to a news release. Robinson earned a B.S. in Geology from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University in […]

The Columbus Dispatch interviewed Lauren Elliott-Dorans for a story headlined “Coronavirus: College courses move online, challenging Ohio’s professors, students.” Dr. Elliott-Dorans is Assistant Professor of Instruction in Political Science at Ohio University. She is also the recipient of the Provost Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2019-22.  Dr. Elliott-Dorans is currently […]

Runner’s World interviewed Ian Klein for a story headlined “Can You Use the Elliptical for Recovery Runs?” Klein is Assistant Professor of Instruction in Biological Sciences at Ohio University. …The reason training plans call for so much running is the rule of specificity: “Whatever you want to get good at, […]

An Ohio Today story headlined “Washington, D.C.-area alumni lend expertise to education public policy leadership program” includes Ohio University alumna Kelly Davidson. Davidson earned a bachelor’s degree in English from the College of Arts & Sciences at OHIO in 1992. “I’m a higher education administrator, and it sounded like a […]