Alumni and Friends

    Japanese-style house with rock garden and maple trees in the fall

    From Japan, with love

    October 21, 2019 5 min

    The connection between Japan's Chubu University and Ohio University endures and prospers, a strategic partnership that began 45 years ago.
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    Notable Alumni | Emily Dunlap Advocates for Trafficked and Exploited Persons

    October 21, 2019 4 min

    As a Staff Attorney at Advocating Opportunity, Emily Dunlap provides free legal services and advocacy to trafficked and exploited persons in Ohio.
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    Notable Alumni | Aaron Reid Quantifies Consumer Emotional Response for Global Brands

    October 21, 2019 3 min

    Aaron Reid is the CEO of Sentient Decision Science Inc., which he founded in 2007, taking his graduate research on how “physiological emotional responses can be combined with symbolic information
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    Notable Alumni | Dean DellaPenna Looks for ‘Vitamin Genes’ in Corn

    October 20, 2019 3 min

    Dr. Dean DellaPenna says it’s a “golden period” for researchers as genome studies shed new light on plant metabolism.
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    Notable Alumni | James Parobek: A Life of Law and Influence in Lorain

    October 20, 2019 5 min

    James S. Parobek keeps a scrapbook of photos and newspaper cuttings that tell the tale of a lawyer and politician who gave his all to his hometown. And he also gave a legacy of three more Bobcats
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    Notable Alumni | Zainuriah Hassan Pioneers Scientific Advances in U.S., Malaysia

    October 20, 2019 4 min

    Dr. Zainuriah Hassan was an important member of the wide band gap semiconductor effort in condensed matter physics during her time at Ohio University. Now she is a leading researcher in Malaysia
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    Notable Alumni | Alan Rom Focuses on Employment Law, Civil Rights, with a Nod to Shakespeare

    October 20, 2019 5 min

    Alan Jay Rom is a lawyer focusing on employment law and civil rights, has taught at several law schools, and served in the Peace Corps.
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    Notable Alumni | Andreas Weichselbaum Models Quasiparticles That Could Be Future of Quantum Computing

    October 20, 2019 4 min

    Dr. Andreas Weichselbaum is working on tiny correlated puzzles in material science that could have a giant impact on the future of computing.
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    Notable Alumni | Mark McKibben Specializes in Determining, Applying Randomness

    October 20, 2019 2 min

    Dr. Mark McKibben, Professor of Mathematics at West Chester University in Pennsylvania, is an international recognized mathematics scholar specializing in randomly determined processes
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    Notable Alumni | LeKeisha Grant Embodies Entrepreneurship, Empowers Young Women

    October 20, 2019 4 min

    Lekeisha Grant is an entrepreneur. She started her first business in 2012, Ambition Magazine. Transformers Fitness and Ambitious and Annoyed would follow.
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    Notable Alumni | James Rodehaver Pursues Human Rights at Hot Spots Around the World

    October 20, 2019 2 min

    James E. Rodehaver has directed field missions for some of the largest human rights field presences in the world—including Syria, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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    Notable Alumni | Michael Richard Fights Money Laundering, Financial Crimes

    October 20, 2019 3 min

    Michael Richard specializes in finding patterns within data, patterns that can shed light on money laundering and other financial crimes.
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    Notable Alumni | Patrick Lang, from Student Politician to Athens County Common Pleas Court Judge

    October 20, 2019 3 min

    The proud son of an immigrant mother, Patrick Lang grew up in rural Appalachia before attending Ohio University. During his first stint in Athens, he worked as a file clerk at Chubb Hall
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    Notable Alumni | Irving Berkowitz Dedicated to Human Rights and Dignity

    October 20, 2019 3 min

    Irving Berkowitz received the award in Palm Beach County for a lifetime of leadership, scholarship, advocacy and service fighting racism, antisemitism, hatred and discrimination
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    Notable Alumni | Jack Marchbanks Is Jazzing Things Up in Ohio’s Music, Transportation Scenes

    October 20, 2019 5 min

    Jack Marchbanks is Director of the OHIO Department of Transportation and part of Columbus’ Smart City initiative—and a longtime role co-host of Jazz Sunday, a weekly, three-hour radio program on WCBE
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