Post Tagged with: "faculty in the news"

Dr. Peter Harrington, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Ohio University, will present live during the second annual Science of Cannabis Online Symposium on Sept. 27. Harrington will discuss “Chemotyping Cannabis by Spectral Fingerprinting.” “The Science of Cannabis 2018 will bring together expert speakers from established testing companies, academia and, […]

The American School & University magazine posted an article quoting Dr. Stephen Bergmeier and headlined “Ohio University breaks ground on new Chemistry building” from the Athens News. The Athens News reports that the 69,000-square-foot, three-story classroom facility is being constructed in a former parking lot on the Athens campus. The architects, […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, was quoted in two stories about higher education affordability. He was quoted in Business Insider for a story about some colleges offering a price-match guarantee headlined “To compete for top students, colleges have borrowed a tactic retailers have been using […]

Dr. Robin Muhammad, Associate Professor and Chair of African American Studies, talked to the Post about “How the Department of African-American Studies plans to celebrate its 50th anniversary.” For the 50th anniversary, she wants the department to continue to do “what it has always done.” She wants to hold film screenings, […]

The Athens News quotes Dr. Dorothy Sack, Professor and Chair of Geography, in a story headlined “Proposed APV trails in state forests spark concerns.” OU professor Dorothy Sack, chair of the university’s Department of Geography, said she has conducted and overseen “a fair amount” of research on the impact of […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, authored a column in Forbes headlined “Higher Education: Then (1965) And Now.” Tomorrow, I begin my 54th year of teaching a class in American economic history at Ohio University. As I prepared my syllabus for the course, I started reflecting […]

Gizmodo cites a study by Dr. Viorel Popescu, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at Ohio University, in a story headlined “A Fight Over Killing Bobcats Is Raging Across the Midwest.” During the impassioned debate in Ohio over whether to allow trapping, proponents argued that a 60-bobcat cap wouldn’t put the animal’s numbers […]