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Ohio University alum Dr. Brent K. Park was sworn in April 3 as head of the U.S. nuclear nonproliferation program in the National Nuclear Security Administration, according to an NNSA news release. Connect with Park on LinkedIn. Park earned a Ph.D. in Physics in 1991 from the College of Arts […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, authored a Forbes column headlined “Why Colleges Need Major Creative Destruction.” Typically it takes about one-half the number of workers to produce any quantity of goods and services in the American business sector today as it did in 1980. As […]

The Athens News quoted Dr. Viorel Popescu, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Bobcat debate still has claws.” Ohio University’s Viorel Popescu, assistant professor of biological sciences, is currently conducting a significant four-year study (started last year) of the bobcat population in the region […]

WOUB Digital quoted Dr. Art Trese, Associate Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, in a story headlined “Local Farmers Unaffected by China Tariffs.” Ohio University Environmental and Plant Biology Professor Art Trese said he also believes in the importance of supporting local farming. “I think the local value is that […]

Waterloo (Canada) Chronicle columnist Marshall Ward cites a favorite book by Dinty W. Moore in a column headlined “Natural curiosity the biggest attribute of a successful writer.” Moore is Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing at Ohio University. My favourite book on writing is The Mindful Writer: Noble Truths […]

U.S. News quoted Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, in a Associated Press story headlined “Small Private Colleges Attracting Fewer Students.” The Boston Globe reports undergraduate enrollment trends at 118 four-year private colleges in the region show one out of five of those colleges have had […]

The Columbus Dispatch quoted Dr. Viorel Popescu, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Decision on bobcat trapping due in May.” Whether bobcat trapping becomes legal in Ohio will be decided next month. That’s more than enough time for activists to muster opposition and support. […]