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Dr. Brandon Kendhammer was on a panel on “Rethinking Nigeria’s Response to the Boko Haram Crisis” on Sept. 18 at the Washington Humanitarian Forum. Kendhammer is Associate Professor of Political Science at Ohio University. The forum, hosted by the Center for Strategic & International Studies, focuses “on humanitarian challenges that […]

Dr. Thomas Vander Ven talks about coaching Louisiana State University quarterback Joe Burrow in an ESPN story headlined “The tales of Super Burrow, LSU’s ultra-confident breakout star QB.” Vander Ven is Professor of Sociology at Ohio University. Burrow played on a travel AAU basketball team when he was 9. During […]

Columnist James Windham reviews a new book by Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, in a column headlined “Fixing Higher Education in America” in Education News. But upon digging into it, I was struck by its comprehensive treatment and well-researched analysis of the wide range of […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, wrote a column at Forbes headlined “Intellectual Gerrymandering: ‘E Unum Pluribus’ On Campus.” About two-thirds of the way through (page 373 specifically) his magisterial assessment of contemporary life and its foundations, The Conservative Sensibility, George Will drops a great bon […]

A new book by Dr. Brandon Kendhammer was featured in a Washington Post review headlined “Here are the three new books you need to understand Nigeria.” Brandon Kendhammer and Carmen McCain’s “Boko Haram” narrates and richly contextualizes the story of Boko Haram, the jihadist group based in Nigeria, tying together […]

Science magazine writes about work by a team of scientists led by OHIO Professor of Physics Dr. Saw-Wai Hla in a story headlined “A 2 nm sized nanomachine able to spin and transfer its rotational energy.” With the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing this year, it could […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, wrote a column at Forbes headlined “Majors Matter.” Bankrate.com has just published its latest assessment of the financial attractiveness of 162 college majors. After talking to Bankrate’s Adrian Garcia, I like how they do their analysis. It appropriately puts […]