Saturday - November 23, 2024
*Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Ohio Newsletter for Friday November 01, 2024 ( 7 items )  

AU Master's Degree Not Only Helps Graduate With Teaching Career, But Also as Council Member and Now as Mayor
ASHLAND, Ohio, Nov. 1 -- Ashland University issued the following news: Mason Boldizar earned his master's degree in administration in 2007 from Ashland University to help his teaching career, but it has benefited him in many other ways, too. It also has served him well as a Minerva council member since 2018 and he expects that to continue as the village's mayor, which the council named him recently following the September death of Mayor Tim Tarbet. "Learning how to deal with people in respect  more

Cedarville University: Daniel Ormsbee's Innovation Wins "The Pitch" Competition
CEDARVILLE, Ohio, Nov. 1 -- Cedarville University issued the following news: Cross-disciplinary entrepreneurship is sweeping across Cedarville University as student entrepreneurs from diverse majors create innovative solutions that break traditional boundaries. Daniel Ormsbee, a senior mechanical engineering and molecular biology major from Cedarville, Ohio, combined his passions for bioengineering and entrepreneurship to create his revolutionary company, Nutrafuel Bioworks. On September 27,   more

Headline Highlights: Miami and Miamians in the News in October
OXFORD, Ohio, Nov. 1 (TNSres) -- Miami University issued the following news wrap up for October 2024: * * * Our editors' picks provide a snapshot of recent news media coverage * * * Check out our weekly Miami Media Highlights on the Miami University News website (https://miamioh.edu/news/miami-in-the-media.html). * * * Live Science, Oct. 22: 2,000-year-old temple from 'Indiana Jones civilization' found submerged off Italy * Steven Tuck, professor of History, provides insight into an anci  more

Miami University Ecologist Lesley Knoll Part of Emerging Field of Wintertime Lake Research
OXFORD, Ohio, Nov. 1 (TNSres) -- Miami University issued the following news: * * * Thousands of lakes worldwide that historically froze over every winter now experience ice-free years. Knoll is part of international team that contributed to a new review in Science on environmental and societal consequences of winter ice loss from lakes * * * By Susan Meikle, University Communications and Marketing Most of the world's freshwater lakes are rapidly losing ice in response to climate change, wi  more

Nonpartisan 'Defend the Black Vote' Program Launches Final Push in Campaign to Encourage 3.5 Million Black Men to Cast Ballots
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- People for the American Way issued the following news release on Oct. 31, 2024: In the last days before the November 5 election, People For the American Way Foundation's nonpartisan Defend the Black Vote campaign is making its final push to reach 3.5. million Black men, via direct peer-to-peer text messages, for voter turnout in 21 states -- Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Maryland, Michigan, Illinois, Alabama, Louisiana, Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Mis  more

Ohio Wesleyan University: Disruption
DELAWARE, Ohio, Nov. 1 -- Ohio Wesleyan University issued the following news release: * * * Ohio Wesleyan University's 2025 Melvin Van Peebles Symposium to Showcase Black Art and Culture * * * Ohio Wesleyan University will explore the evolution and impact of Black art and culture during its second Melvin Van Peebles Symposium from March 28-30, 2025. The three-day event will include academic presentations, roundtable discussions, screenings and performances, an art exhibition and artist talk,  more

The Buckeye Institute Urges SCOTUS to Protect Free Speech on College Campuses
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 31 [Category: Think Tank] -- The Buckeye Institute, an independent research and educational institution that says its mission is to advance free-market public policy, issued the following news release: On Thursday, The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Speech First v. Whitten and find that Indiana University's bias incidents policy violates students' First Amendment rights. "Civility and inclusion are laudable goals and, undeniab  more