Stories tagged with: Magazine - Fall 2017

You asked, we answered

October 31, 2017 1 min

ohiowomen interviews 15 alumnau across America

Though Grasselli Brown retired from Standard Oil Company in 1989, her scientific ambitions and philanthropic support for multiple organizations remains.

Dig deep

October 30, 2017 3 min

When Jeanette Grasselli Brown, BS ’50, HON ’78, embarked on her career with Standard Oil Company in 1950, she had few women to look to for professional advice. Self-taught ambition, determination, and a relentless work ethic formed the foundation of her success.

Distinguished humor

October 29, 2017 4 min

The Distinguished Professor Award, OHIO’s highest recognition for faculty, has been bestowed since 1959. Of the fifty-six who have received it, four are women. Judith Yaross Lee, an interdisciplinary Americanist, became the fourth in 2016.

Aiming high

October 25, 2017 1 min

Throughout her twenty-four-year career with the Air Force, Lt. Col. Layla Sweet has aimed high, taking on leadership roles and challenging her minority status as a woman in the military.

Not alone

October 25, 2017 1 min

A photo series on the historic Monument Quilt at Peden Stadium

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Golden rules

October 19, 2017 5 min

Fifty-four years ago, in 1963, nine fresh-faced, very naïve young women gathered on the third floor of Bryan Hall to claim three very small rooms.

Design, build, live

October 12, 2017 3 min

Leanne Ford counts going to Ohio University as “one of the top five best decisions” she’s made in her life.

Common ground

October 12, 2017 4 min

When Ashley Ferguson, BSJ ’06, and Sam Grier, BSVC ’05, met on a recent late-summer evening in Cincinnati, their first question for each other came naturally and immediately: Who do we both know?

Turning the tide in tech

October 12, 2017 7 min

The tech industry is male-dominated at best, and a chauvinist hub at worst. At least that’s what headlines churning about Silicon Valley would suggest.

Framing a friendship