In the News

The Toledo Blade quotes Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, is a story headlined “Ohio an island among right-to-work states.” “If you looked at 2011-2012, Michigan has had a better recovery, a bigger fall in the unemployment rate, than Ohio has had,” said Richard Vedder, distinguished professor […]

The work of Hugh Martin, doctoral student in Creative Writing, has been featured on The Kenyon Review‘s website. His poem, “This Morning, We Carry Body Bags,” was selected as a Kenyon Review Weekend Read. Hugh Martin is a veteran of the Iraq War and the author of The Stick Soldiers (BOA Editions 2013) and […]

Alternet quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Is Melania Trump the Least Visible First Lady in Generations?” In June, Agence France-Presse reported on the first lady’s “vanishing act” and her “unusual 25-day absence from public view” following her surgery. AFP […]

Dr. Akil Houston, Associate Professor of African American Studies, was quoted extensively in an EdSurge story headlined “#BlackStudentsMatter: Why Digital Activism Is a Voice for Black students.” “There are great conversations happening on social media and people apart of the ‘Black Twitterverse’ are bringing issues to the forefront. It brings a […]

Forbes education editor Susan Adams credits Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, with helping to create Forbes’ top college listing based on “outputs,” not “inputs.” When we started the Forbes Top Colleges list, 11 years ago, in collaboration with a team at Ohio University headed by […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, was quoted extensively in an ABC news story headlined “NYU’s free med school offer stirs debate over student debt.” “You don’t see too much talk about, ‘Let’s make MBA programs free,’” said Richard Vedder, distinguished professor of economics emeritus at […]

Ohio University alum Anthony Will ’04 participated in an Honor Flight at Home, described in a Columbus Dispatch story headlined “No Honor Flight, but emotions soar as veterans honored.” Connect with Will on LinkedIn. Will earned a B.A. in Political Science from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio […]