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by Kristin M. Distel Doctoral student Michelle Pretorius’ novel, The Monster’s Daughter, has received many glowing reviews from domestic and international outlets. The novel, Pretorius’s first, was published in July 2016 by Melville House and Audible. The Monster’s Daughter takes as one of its two main characters Alet Berg, a […]

“One of the many things we can be thankful for this weekend is the perfect environment that Earth has provided for life, and the hope that humanity will have the vision to keep it safe,” writes Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, in the Columbus […]

Dr. Brandon Kendhammer, Associate Professor of Political Sciences and Director of International Development Studies Program at Ohio University, was quoted in The Economist in an article headlined “The eyes in Africa’s skies: Taking on West Africa’s terrorists.” The capital of Niger is not known as a hotspot for planespotters. But […]

The Associated Press quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Breaking with tradition, Melania Trump is set to be a long-distance first lady.” DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It will be one of many unusual things about a Donald Trump administration: a […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus at Ohio University and Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, penned a Nov. 10 column in the Wall Street Journal on “The Genesis of Prosperity: What brought about the Great Enrichment? And why did it start in England? It had […]

The Athens News reported that Dr. Loran Marsan, Visiting Assistant Professor of Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies at Ohio University, responded to the presidential election results by getting married. As a local same-sex couple watched the presidential election’s results coming in last week that confirmed Donald Trump as America’s president-elect, […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor of Economics Emeritus at Ohio University and Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity, was quoted by NPR on “Colleges Pressured To Spend More Endowment Funds On Student Aid.” As college tuition continues to rise, some lawmakers and education advocates are calling on schools […]