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Saturday, April 26th, 2025
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Good morning, Athens. Here's your local news at a glance for Saturday, the 26th of April.
CULTURE NEWS
- ➤ Dr. Ashley Allanson, an Ohio University professor and former coach, talked with Chris Riddle on Conversations From Studio B about how women reach professional soccer through the U.S. university system and other paths. The conversation also covered an Ohio University alumni trip to England (sharing ideas on soccer’s future in the U.S. and abroad). WOUB Public Media
ECONOMY NEWS
- ➤ Ohio farms have faced growing uncertainty as rising costs, inflation and unpredictable weather continue—farmers say the delay in passing a new farm bill leaves small producers vulnerable. Local operations such as R&C Packing in Patriot worry that without updated federal support, these challenges will risk the future of Ohio agriculture. WOUB Public Media
EDUCATION NEWS
- ➤ Ohio University's Scripps PRSSA is planning a trip to Chicago next school year after 11 students visited New York City this month—meeting alumni at top companies and hosting an event at Malt House that helped shape plans for a study away internship set to start in spring 2026. Ohio University
- ➤ Aidan Cagna, a media arts production major, is set to graduate from Ohio University in May and plans to become a newscast director using skills from WOUB’s automated production facility. The senior from Alliance (he has worked on Gridiron Glory and NewsWatch since freshman year) remains excited about his future (he chose Ohio University because it felt like home). WOUB Public Media
- ➤ Ohio University will welcome Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead to campus during the fall semester. He will speak on Oct. 22—details of the event, sponsored by the Libraries, the English Department, and the Honors Tutorial College, will be announced later. Ohio University
- ➤ Three outstanding Ohio University administrators—Terry St. Peter, Rebecca Miller, and Larry Hayman—will be honored at the Administrative Service Awards Ceremony on May 6 from 2-4 p.m. in Baker University Center Ballroom, where the university will also mark service milestones and retirements set for 2025. Ohio University
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