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By Dr. Zakes Mda Professor of Creative Writing From the New York Times, Dec. 6 I remember Nelson Mandela. No, not the universally adored elder statesman who successfully resisted the megalomania that comes with deification, and who died Thursday at age 95, but the young lawyer who used to sit […]

“Reports are sketchy about its survival,” wrote Dr. Kenneth Hicks about Comet ISON’s close encounter with the sun. Hicks is Professor of Physics and Astronomy and wrote a Dec. 1 Columbus Dispatch article. “Some early news reports say it didn’t survive the sun’s heat or its strong gravity field. Others […]

An Ohio Public Radio show included comments by Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University’s College of Arts & Sciences. Listen to the report by Karen Kasler on “Effectiveness of Proposed Balanced Budget Amendment Unclear.” “We are […]

Dr. Scott Carnicom ’95, an Ohio University College of Arts & Science alum who majored in Psychology, has been named the founding dean of the College of Natural, Behavioral and Health Sciences at Lock Haven University, reports Gant Daily. Carnicom graduated summa cum laude and was inducted into Phi Beta […]

. Science Café presents Dr. John Kopchick on “Growth Hormone: Too Much or Not Enough?” on Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 5 p.m. in the Baker Front Room. “Hormones do many things to our body starting before birth and continuing until death,”says Kopchick, the Goll-Ohio Eminent Scholar and Distinguished Professor of […]

The Bioinformatics Journal Club presents “Will Sequencing Your Genes Change The Way You Live — And Die?” on Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 4:35 p.m. in the Academic and Research Center (ARC)  321. The discussion leader is Ashwini Naik. View Richard Resnick’s TED Talk on “Will Sequencing Your Genes Change The […]

A Nov. 21 ABC TV 4 report in Utah cites a study by Dr. Charlie V. Morgan, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology. The ABC 4 story on illegal immigration explores whether it is a benefit or burden in Utah. “A recent study says Utah spends 53 million dollars per […]