Post Tagged with: "faculty in the news"

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, authored a column at Forbes headlined Making Colleges Work Again: Lessons From Adam Smith. In the article, he envisions a “high quality Back to the Basics University.” …We are approaching 250 years since the founder of modern economic analysis, […]

The (Findlay, Ohio) Courier quoted Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, in a story headlined Gas prices hitting highs. Richard Vedder, an emeritus economics professor at Ohio University, said the increase in gas prices needs to be put in the context of broader inflation happening […]

The BBC Profile program interviewed Dr. Akil Houston on the release of Donda, Kanye West’s newest album. I still remember the first time I saw him on MTV. There was something different about the way that he talked about his craft and what he saw on the horizon. He showed the […]

WCPO TV 9 quotes Dr. Jana Houser in a story headlined Matthew 25: Ministries extending relief efforts for Haiti’s recovery after massive earthquake. Houser is associate professor of Geography at Ohio University. “That has the equivalent of about 20 billion kilograms of dynamite, so that is a lot of energy,” […]

WBNS 10 quotes Dr. Nukhet Sandal in an article and video headlined  Two Ohio university professors speak about situation for women in Afghanistan. Sandal is associate professor and chair of Political Science in the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. “I am in shock and I am very […]

Daily Magazine quotes Kevin Spiker, Associate Professor of Political Science, in a story headlined “Mike Carey, Trump-Backed Ohio Republican, Wins Crowded GOP Primary.” Tuesday’s result “might signal that, within Ohio, Trump has a certain amount of support that can be leveraged in the governor’s race, the Senate race and other congressional races,” […]

Science Daily writes about research by Distinguished Professor Emeritus Gar Rothwell in an article headlined “Two new genera and species of conifers discovered from upper Cretaceous in Hokkaido, Japan.” In a recently published paper, a team of American paleobotanists describe two new genera of ancient conifers based on two beautifully […]