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Ohio University alum Laura Brege ’78 has joined the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of Dynavax Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: DVAX), according to a news release. Brege is an Honors Tutorial Graduate with bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Political Science. Denise Gilbert, a director and the Chair of the Audit […]

The Canton Repository quoted Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, in a story on “New year, new you: The future of Social Security.” “There is no question that something is going to have to be done […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, wrote what he called a “prejoinder, which means ‘an answer to some statement or event that has not yet occurred’” at Forbes online on Jan. 19, before President Barack Obama’s […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, wrote a tribute to the Founding Dean of George Mason University’s Law School, Henry Manne. A giant in the field of law and economics, Henry Manne, died Saturday after a […]

A Jan. 3 New York Post editorial on “Overpaying for College” quotes Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University. If millennials today think transitioning out of their parents’ basements and into adulthood is difficult, wait until they […]

By Gretchen Gregory From Compass A unique new course is enabling Ohio University students to become philanthropists in a venture designed to teach them ways to effectively contribute to their communities. The Economics of Altruism class, taught by OHIO Associate Professor Dr. Julia Paxton, has partnered with Warren and Doris […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, was quoted in multiple media outlets and websites. The Employment Policies Institute asks “Does the Minimum Wage Reduce Poverty?,” leading with, “This study by economists Richard Vedder and Lowell Gallaway […]