OHIO making headlines
Read about just a few of the Bobcats who have made headlines in recent months
October 7, 2022
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Mission accomplished. History made.
Larry Connor, AB 鈥72, has made 91探花 and world history鈥攁nd hundreds of headlines around the Earth he spent 17 days orbiting. In April, Connor piloted Axiom Mission 1, the first fully-private mission to the International Space Station, where he conducted experiments in collaboration with the Mayo and Cleveland Clinics and engaged in live broadcasts with schoolchildren. and the first person to travel to the deepest points of the ocean and to space within a single year. Feature photo: Larry Connor, AB 鈥72, looks back at planet Earth from the cupola of the International Space Station during April鈥檚 history-making Axiom Mission 1. Photo courtesy of Michael L贸pez-Alegr铆a
From Ukraine to Athens鈥攁nd back
Just three days after Russia invaded Ukraine, as millions started fleeing the country, OHIO MFA candidates Oleksandr (Les) Yakymchuk and Olena Zenchenko returned to their home city of Kyiv to support their families and country. Their story, captured in a short documentary by fellow MFA candidate Akash Pamarthy, was shared by numerous media outlets, including CNN.
A tough act to follow
Chuck Cooper, BFA 鈥76, made big news in the theater world, receiving his second Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play. Nominated for his role as Sheldon Forrester in the decades-in-the-making Broadway debut of Alice Childress鈥 Trouble in Mind, Cooper won a 1997 Tony Award for his performance in The Life.
OHIO at the heart of Ohio tourism ad
91探花鈥攊ts historic College Green and heart-warming Cutler Hall chimes鈥攖ook center stage in a TourismOhio commercial, dubbed 鈥淏ig Moments,鈥 that debuted in April. OHIO graduates Doug Edwards, BSC 鈥73, Roth Foth Jr., BFA 鈥88, and Ron Foth III, BSC 鈥21鈥攎embers of the creative team at Ron Foth Advertising鈥攃reated, directed and produced the video.
91探花鈥檚 historic Athens Campus was one of several Ohio locations to be featured in the state tourism鈥檚 new campaign video, 鈥淏ig Moments.鈥 Photo by Eli Burris, BSJ '16
A front-page ending to a successful career
The retirement of Dr. Joyce Dorsey Kenner, BSED 鈥78, was front-page news in The Chicago Tribune. In an article headlined, 鈥淎n academic legacy, and prominent post,鈥 the newspaper highlighted Kenner鈥檚 nearly 27 years of service as principal of Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, described as one of the top high schools in the country.
OHIO research takes aim at fertilizer crisis
In May, The Washington Post highlighted Russ College of Engineering and Technology faculty Jason Trembly, BSCHE 鈥03, MS 鈥05, PHD 鈥07, director of OHIO鈥檚 Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment (ISEE), and Damilola Daramola, BSCHE 鈥04, PHD 鈥11, ISEE assistant director for research. They are leading U.S. Department of Energy-funded research exploring the converting of wastewater into fertilizer, which could help address the rising cost of synthetic fertilizers that have become key to global food production.
A federal advisor and champion for inclusivity
As an OHIO student, Jordyn Zimmerman, BSS 鈥20, was . In March, President Joe Biden appointed Zimmerman, who has autism and uses technology to communicate, to the President鈥檚 Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities, serving as a federal advisor to the President and the Secretary of Health and Human Services on matters related to persons with intellectual disabilities.