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A Pittsburgh Post-Gazette review of Patrick O’Keeffe’s novel The Visitors describes ” the story of two contemporary Irish immigrants. Graduate student Jimmy Dwyer and real estate investor Kevin Lyons were never friends, but their families were linked by the friendship between their two fathers in rural Ireland. All four men’s […]

“Every year, a set of Ohio twins is chosen to receive $1,000 each from the Twins Days Scholarship Fund, while two Twinsburg High School graduates receive $500 each. Twinsburg High School graduates Mary Claire Chester and Meghan Ulisse took home $500 each for their Twins Days Scholarships,” reports the Twinsburg Bulletin. […]

Dr. Jennifer Fredette, who joins Ohio University this fall as Assistant Professor of Political Science, wrote a July 29 article for the Washington Post on “Are French Muslims integrated? Depends on what you mean by integration.” Her book, “Constructing Muslims in France,” was published by Temple University Press in 2014. […]

Ohio University alum Tracy Griffin Langlais ’07 was appointed Assistant Principal in Schaumburg, IL, the July 25 Daily Herald reports. Langlais earned a B.A. in Political Science-Public Administration from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. “The District 54 School Board appointed the new assistant principal at Aldrin […]

Kathryn Potraz ’13, an editorial intern at Sierra, writes about “Plastic Permanence: Our litter is now part of the geologic record.” Potraz earned two degrees from Ohio University, a B.A. in English from the College of Arts & Sciences and a B.S.J. in Journalism. She is a also a graphic designer […]

William Edward English, 87, of Marietta, died Thursday, July 24, 2014, at Cleveland Clinic, according to a July 26 Marietta Times obituary. “Dr. English had received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Ohio University. He had worked as an assistant superintendent for Marietta City Schools and had been Educational Management Consultant […]

A WMAR report on “Maryland terrapin population fighting development, predators and crab pots” quotes Dr. Willem Roosenburg, Professor of Biological Sciences, on his research on the terrapin. “Diamondback terrapins—the official reptile of Maryland—already have a lot stacked against them,” says the article that tells residents how to install turtle-excluder devices […]