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Alumni News | Schneider Named Emporia State Distinguished Professor

Dr. Gregory L. Schneider

Ohio University alum Dr. Gregory Schneider earned Emporia State University’s highest faculty honor, reports the Emporia Gazette. Schneider, Professor of History at Emporia State in Kansas, earned an M.A. in History and a Certificate in Contemporary History from the College of Arts & Sciences at OHIO in 1992. Gregory Schneider is […]

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April 24, 2019 at 4:48 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Vedder in Forbes | Does Attending Elite Colleges Make You Happy?

Dr. Richard Vedder

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, authored a column in Forbes headlined “Does Attending Elite Colleges Make You Happy? Lessons From The Admissions Scandal.” The Ivy League schools have announced their acceptance rates for the class of 2023, ranging from a low of 4.5% at […]

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April 22, 2019 at 4:29 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Vedder in Wall Street Journal | College Wouldn’t Cost So Much If Students and Faculty Worked Harder

Dr. Richard Vedder

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, authored an op-ed column in the Wall Street Journal headlined “College Wouldn’t Cost So Much If Students and Faculty Worked Harder.” The subhead is “I assign far less reading, demand less writing, and give higher grades than I did […]

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April 22, 2019 at 10:34 amFaculty in the News In the News

Alumni News | Brown Brings Women’s Health Care to Rural Montana

Elizabeth Brown

KPVI TV reports that Ohio University alum Dr. Elizabeth Brown ’95, an obstetrician and gynecologist, was hired by Glendive Medical Center in Montana. She earned a B.S. in Biological Sciences Pre-Medicine from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. “I am excited to begin practicing at Glendive Medical […]

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April 22, 2019 at 9:44 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Hicks in Dispatch | Telescope Network Helped ID Black Hole

Dr. Kenneth Hicks

Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, authored a column in the Columbus Dispatch headlined “Astronomy: Telescope network helped ID black hole, shed light on galaxies’ formation.” How do you take a picture of a black hole, which, of course, is black against the background of […]

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April 22, 2019 at 8:42 amFaculty in the News In the News

The Hill, Newsmax Quote Jellison on Democrats’ Concern about ‘Electability’

Dr. Katherine Jellison, portrait

The Hill quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor & Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Dems obsess over finding candidate to beat Trump.” “Electability seems to be Democrats’ greatest concern, so even if many of those touting white male candidates have no problem themselves with voting for […]

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April 22, 2019 at 8:36 amFaculty in the News In the News

Spriggs’s Poem Tops List of 600 Social Justice Publications

Dr. Bianca Spriggs (Photo Credit: Brian Campbell)

Split This Rock, a national literary organization “dedicated to fostering greater roles for poets in public life by using art to promote social activism,” maintains a searchable database of over 600 social justice-related poems as a resource for educators, readers, and writers. Since its launch in 2015, poems in this […]

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April 21, 2019 at 4:52 pmFaculty in the News In the News