Dr. Jeffrey Weidenhamer, professor of chemistry, was quoted in a Popular Science article dealing with black plastic e-waste. The article was titled "You could be eating a side of e-waste with your take out." Weidenhamer has done much research involving the contamination of consumer products with heavy metals such as lead and cadmium.
Science magazine ran an article about a new initiative -- dubbed “Psychological Science Accelerator” -- that is led by AU's psychologist Christopher Chartier. Dr. Chartier, who is an associate professor of psychology at AU, has established an International Collaboration Research Center that has so far forged alliances with more than 170 laboratories on six continents in a bid to enhance the ability of researchers to collect data at multiple sites on a massive scale.
Crain’s Cleveland Business interviewed Jason Ellis and Carla Abreu-Ellis, associate professors of education, and a couple of AU students for an article on how teacher education students worked with local manufacturer Rain Drop Products LLC to give the water park product maker suggestions on how to make the company’s products more inclusive. The students also trained the Rain Drop sales team on the best language to use.
The October issue of Campus Safety magazine featured an article on AU education associate professor Amy Klinger's research on School Bomb Threats. The article was titled "Study Reveals Sharp Increase in School Bomb Threats." A school safety expert, Klinger earlier this year released research that shows a dramatic increase in school-based bomb threat incidents both over the last few years and specifically during the 2015-16 academic year.
Crain's Cleveland Business featured an article on Ashland University and its enrollment growth this year. The article, titled "Second Chance is Beneficial for Ashland," discussed the increase in Ashland's enrollment numbers for this year and highlighted the Second Chance Pell Pilot program that has increased the numbers in AU's prison outreach program.
Newsweek magazine printed an opinion piece article by Roger Beckett, executive director of the Ashbrook Center. Beckett wrote the article, titled 'Where Did Christopher Columbus Land in the New World," for Columbus Day. The article features a series of questions and tests people's knowledge of Columbus and other explorers who ventured into the unknown and changed the course of history.
AU President Dr. Carlos Campo wrote an article that has appeared in the magazine Christianity Today on July 21.
The article is titled “Why Neither Candidate Has Hispanic Christians Convinced This Election” with the subtitle of “Leading evangelical explains how both Trump and Clinton fall short.” The article appears in the Speaking Out section of the ma
The July 4 issue of Time Magazine has an article on Carlin Isles, who was an AU student athlete for two years and is now on the U.S. Olympic Rugby team. The article, titled "Rugby? Yes, Rugby," talks about the sport of rugby and how Carlin Isles and his "rocket shoes" are making the U.S. an unlikely contender in the Olympic sport. The article notes that Isles played football and ran track at Ashland University.
Dr. Amy Klinger, associate professor of educational administration at AU, was interviewed by Security Management Magazine, a publication of the non-profit ASIS International.
While Dr. Klinger was at the Ohio Promoting Wellness and Recovery Conference in Athens, Ohio, last week, she was interviewed by an Associated Press reporter out of Columbus who was doing a story on bomb incidents in schools.
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