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NASA is Reaching Out to Promote and Increase Contracts with Small Businesses
July 18, 2018

Last year, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) spent nearly $5.5 billion dollars on contracts related to small businesses. Some $2.7 billion or 16.5 percent of total procurements involved direct contracts between small businesses and

Current “Hyper-Racial” Culture is Covered Full-time by AP Reporter Errin Whack
July 11, 2018

In November 2017, Errin Whack was appointed to be the Race and Ethnicity Writer for the Associated Press. She works closely with the Race and Ethnicity team dedicated to covering “race, culture and politics” in a changing and volatile America. The As

Get a View from Behind-the-Camera in Cable & Network News: Role of Producer
July 04, 2018

A producer works behind-the-scenes and in the control room helping to write and direct the way the news is presented by the talent. It is an important and vital role to the delivery of broadcast news but it’s a role that is little understood. A produce

Inside the Mind of the Prize-Winning Editorial Cartoonist Jack Ohman
June 27, 2018

Editorial cartoonists, in the heyday of newspapers, were plentiful. Now the group is down to only 50 nationwide and that number is being threatened by slow extinction. One of the survivors, however, is prize winning cartoonist, columnist, editor and autho

Medical School Curriculum is Revolutionized to Keep Pace with Today’s Living
June 20, 2018

Since 2014, the faculty and staff of the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine have been developing a new medical school curriculum called the “Pathways to Health and Wellness Curriculum.” Its design is revolutionary and may lead th

Was N. Korean Summit All Glitz and No Substance? -- TIME Reporter Analyzes
June 13, 2018

The meeting in Singapore between President Donald Trump and N. Korean leader Kim Jong Un was most assuredly historic. It was the first time that a N. Korean leader had met face-to-face with a sitting U.S. President. But, was the meeting substantive and d

Mexico & USA are Coming Together Not Apart says ‘Vanishing Frontiers’ Author
June 06, 2018

As we feel racial tension from the White House and hear immigration horror stories from President Donald Trump’s Administration, it is refreshing to have a true scholar publish a book that is well researched and has an optimistic slant on the same issue

American Politics Through a Camera Lens: Viewpoint of Former NYT Photographer
May 30, 2018

For 25 years, Stephen Crowley was one of two “New York Times” (NYT) photographers stationed in Washington to cover the White House, the President, and Congress. Being a politically-minded guy since childhood, Crowley says that covering politics was n

Cesarean Sections Account for One-Third of the Baby Deliveries in the USA
May 23, 2018

Medical historian Jacqueline H. Wolf, a professor at Ohio University, has just authored a new book tracing the history of the use of Cesarean Section baby deliveries in the United States noting a definite upward trend in the 21st Century. The book, “Ces

The Tangled Trump-Russia Web Ensnares as Attorney Cohen’s Story Unfolds
May 16, 2018

As if the tangled and muddled web of potential Russian collusion and conspiracy with Americans to interfere in the 2016 Presidential Election was not confusing enough, we now have the activities of President Trump’s former attorney and “fixer” Micha