In the News

An OHIO Today profile headlined “To serve & to heal” features Ohio University alumnus Dr. Frank Papay ’75 and the merits of servant leadership he learned through the teachings of revered Professor Rush Elliott. Papay earned a bachelor’s degree in Biological Science from the College of Arts & Sciences at OHIO. […]

Akron’s Summit Metro Parks honored its first naturalist, Ohio University alum Bert Szabo, by naming Dec. 4, his 99th birthday, “Bert Szabo Day” and temporarily renaming a parkway for him, according to an Akron.com. story headlined “Summit Metro Parks recognizes first naturalist for 62 years of service.” Szabo earned two […]

Max Eden of the Manhattan Institute reviews Restoring the Promise: Higher Education in America by Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, in a Claremont Review of Books article headlined “Not Worth It.” Higher education is perhaps the most regressive government redistribution, providing a benefit primarily […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, wrote a column for the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal headlined “New Research Shows Federal Student Aid Is Worse than We Thought.” For years I have railed against the dysfunctional federal student loan program. The availability of […]

The Linguistics Colloquium series presents Rickey Larkin and Tanya Tytko discussing “A Corpus-Based Analysis of This/These in L2 Student Writing” on Friday, Feb. 21, from 12:55 to 1:55 p.m. in Gordy 301. Larkin and Tytko are MA Linguistics students at Ohio University Abstract:  Interested in using corpus methods? In this colloquium, we talk […]

Romance in Marseille, a Claude McKay novel unearthed by Dr. Gary Holcomb, was reviewed by Publishers Weekly. Holcomb Professor of African American Literature Harlem Renaissance writer McKay’s poignant, previously unpublished novel of 1920s black life in the French port city of Marseilles strengthens the legacy built by his novels Banjo […]

Dr. Donald Miles was quoted in a South Africa Today story headlined “Heat stress is causing desert bird populations to collapse.” Miles is Professor of Biological Sciences at Ohio University. Birds cool themselves by panting or vibrating their throat muscles. Both of these actions consume water. Past research has suggested […]