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Star Tribune Quotes Vedder on University of Minnesota Presidential Pay

Dr. Richard Vedder

The Minneapolis Star Tribune quoted Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, in an article headlined “Can the University of Minnesota get a new president for a bargain?” Vedder and Rita Bornstein, president emeritus of Rollins College in Florida and an author of several books on higher education […]

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October 8, 2018 at 7:47 amFaculty in the News In the News

Associated Press Quotes Jellison on Melania Trump’s Africa Tour

Dr. Katherine Jellison, portrait

The Associated Press quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor & Chair of History at Ohio University, in a Chicago Tribune article headlined “Melania Trump puts on happier face during Africa tour, calls Kavanaugh ‘highly qualified.’” It took Melania Trump’s first big solo international trip for her to show a different side of […]

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October 8, 2018 at 7:39 amFaculty in the News In the News

Hicks in Dispatch | Space Force Would Encourage Weaponizing, Not Exploring

Dr. Kenneth Hicks

Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, authored a column in the Columbus Dispatch headlined “Space Force would encourage weaponizing, not exploring, space.” In 1967, several countries, including the United States, signed the Outer Space Treaty, which provided the basic cooperation principles for the human race […]

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September 26, 2018 at 1:36 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Post Quotes Poggione on Possible Ohio Blue Wave

Dr. Sarah Poggione

Dr. Sarah Poggione, Associate Professor & Chair of Political Science at Ohio University, was quoted in a Post article headlined “Election 2018: Is the ‘Blue Wave’ coming to Ohio?” “While I think there is a lot of evidence, even here in Ohio, that there will be a Blue Wave, or at least […]

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September 26, 2018 at 8:09 amFaculty in the News In the News

Nance Receives Celtic ‘Knighthood,’ Named Bard of Gorsedh Kernow

Nance is welcomed into the College of Bards and given his bardic name by the Grand Bard of Cornwall “Yn lowen ni a’th tegemmer Karrek yn mysk Berdh Gorsedh Kernow” (We gladly admit you, Karrek, among the Bards of the Cornish Gorsedh)

On the first day of September, in a field of ancient Celtic barrows on the wind-swept north coast of Arthurian Cornwall, Dr. Damian Nance, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geological Sciences, was named a Bard of the Gorsedh Kernow, which loosely translates as the “throne” or “high seat” of the Celtic […]

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September 21, 2018 at 6:01 pmFaculty in the News In the News News

Abu-Rish Joins Wilson Center Panel Discussion on Lebanese Spymaster’s Archive

Abu-Rish speaking during the event, flanked by Asseily to his right and Salem to his right. Photo courtesy of Wilson Center and Youmna Asseily.

Dr. Ziad Abu-Rish, Assistant Professor of History at Ohio University, was part of a Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars panel discussion marking the launch of the History and Public Policy Program’s latest addition to its digital archive: The Emir Farid Chehab Collection. According to a Wilson Center announcement, The Emir […]

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September 20, 2018 at 8:19 amFaculty in the News In the News

Poggione: ‘Women Have Different Perspective on Issues’

Dr. Sarah Poggione

Dr. Sarah Poggione, Associate Professor & Chair of Political Science at Ohio University, participated in a “Women in Politics” panel, part of the Ohio University Associated Press Sports Editors “90 Minutes Series,” on Sept. 12. Her Campus reporter Hannah Moskowitz quoted Poggione in coverage of the event: “Women have a different perspective on […]

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September 18, 2018 at 8:04 amFaculty in the News In the News