Stories tagged with: Magazine Features

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.

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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.

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.

Pete Souza sitting at a table with former colleague Marcia Nighswander, conducting a radio interview

Pete Souza: Behind the images

June 15, 2017 1 min

What’s one of your first stops after spending eight years photographing the leader of the world’s most influential nation? For Pete Souza, it was to return to Ohio University and deliver his first presentation of work from his past life as the former President Barack Obama’s chief official White House photographer.

Child running in front of a building with a painted mural, with a painter standing on scaffolding in front of it

Art across America

June 5, 2017 2 min

Three alumni artists featured in the print issue of Ohio Today tell the stories behind select pieces of their artwork.

Get creative, be happy

June 2, 2017 5 min

Ohio Today asked faculty expert Danny Twilley, Ph.D., senior lecturer of recreation and sports pedagogy in The Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of education, to take a serious look at the creative ways Bobcats have fun. His reflections follow, shedding light on recreation, a crucial element to a full life.

Generosity gets the creative treatment

June 2, 2017 3 min

Creativity is not a word often associated with financial planning. Belpre, Ohio, native and OHIO alumnus Jeffery Chaddock, BSC ’88, and his partner Mark Morrow are determined to change that.

Now we're rolling

June 1, 2017 6 min

There are many ways to move from point A to point B. For commuting to and from work, Athens resident Dave Wooster, BSED ’02, pedals his bike along Athens County’s Hockhocking Adena Bikeway.

The beauty of mathematics

May 31, 2017 1 min

Gurgen (Greg) Hayrapetyan doesn't just teach mathematical concepts by writing formulas on a chalkboard; he’s changing the way people think about the field through creative cultural examples like Legos© and self-driving cars.

Last word

May 21, 2017 3 min

Assistant Professor of Art Melissa Haviland answers Ohio Today’s questions about what makes her tick.

OHIO’s friends include generations of Malaysians

March 6, 2017 2 min

Some 2,500 Malaysian Bobcats benefit from an OHIO education and, in the process, better their home country of about 31 million people—and the world.

Purba Das standing among statues in Kolkata, also known as Calcutta, in the West Bengal state of her native India.

Against type

March 6, 2017 5 min

Purba Das, associate professor of communication studies at Ohio University Southern Campus, answered questions about her work on stereotypes, identities, media, and hegemonies.

collage of photographs taken by featured photographers featuring a view of campus, a person walking down a sidewalk, and a person in a painting studio

Exposures and touchstones: Athens from behind a camera

December 22, 2016 6 min

“OHIO Photo Renga” unfolds as a series of interrelated portraits of Athens, Ohio, the campus and/or the city. This six-part photo essay is inspired by the ancient Japanese linked verse, renga, in which two or more poets alternate penning sections of a poem.

Vintage photo of the Marching 110 performing at an Ohio University Football game

When it comes to teamwork, OHIO’s Marching 110 strikes up the band

December 21, 2016 13 min

In hindsight, it maybe wasn’t the best idea I’ve ever had to try to write about Ohio University’s Marching 110. My personal experience with the topic—I was in the band’s flag section from 1990 to ’93—makes it an easy topic to report on; but, being so close to the material makes objectivity challenging.

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