In the News

The  Athens News wrote April 14 about Diane Ackerman’s dual roles: full-time author and full-time caregiver to her husband of 34 years—and their journey from a stroke that deprived him of language to the day he found the words to express his love and began 100 days of nicknames for her, […]

The Atlantic quoted Dr. Stephen J. Scanlan, Associate Professor of Sociology, in an April 2 article on “Why the Guantanamo Bay Hunger Strikes Probably Won’t Work; Starving is surprisingly effective form of prison protest. But only if your cause is sympathetic to begin with.” Scanlan teaches in the College of […]

The Athens Messenger reported May 3: “Athens native Christopher Denhart has been inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society at Ohio University. A junior at Ohio University majoring in economics and mathematical statistics, he is the son of Nancy and Daniel Denhart.”

WKSU’s Statehouse Bureau Chief Karen Kasler interviewed two economic experts about “one of the most fundamental debates over the Ohio state budget”—whether income tax cuts  create jobs. Richard Vedder is a professor of economics at Ohio University and testified in favor of Gov. John Kasich’s budget, which featured a 20 […]

Columbus Business First reported April 18 that the Ohio Hospital Association has hired Ohio Assistant Secretary of State Scott Borgemenke, an Ohio University alum who earned a bachelor’s in economics, to a newly created role as senior vice president of advocacy. That means the longtime Republican Party strategist, who was […]

“Sarah Green has an artistic energy that inspires her to write both for the page and the stage. The doctoral student in English is a nationally award-winning poet and songwriter,” write Karen Fatula in Compass. “My music influences my poetry by giving my poems an awareness of rhythm, tone, and […]

Join the Friends of Ohio Barns and the Ohio University Department of Geography on a daylong bus tour through Athens County to see and explore a handful of wonderful historic barns on Friday, April 26. Stops will include White’s Mill and the Lance Barn, according to a news release White’s […]