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Alex Semancik

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Communications Specialist III, Media Relations at Ohio University

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  • 1 month ago | sportsdestinations.com | Alex Semancik

    Photo © Aspenphoto | Dreamstime.comThe following article was originally published by the Ohio University and is being reprinted with permission. March Madness has drawn its best TV ratings in more than three decades this year. Millions of Americans were tuning into the tournaments, and millions more were filling out brackets. Between the Men’s and Women’s  Basketball Tournaments, there were approximately 39 million publicly available brackets submitted in 2025, according to .

  • Feb 3, 2025 | athensnews.com | Alex Semancik |Alex Semancik Ohio

    Greenland is the world’s largest island, but with a population of only around 57,000, it isn’t exactly prone to making global headlines—that is until recently. In the past few months the Arctic territory has been thrust into the spotlight due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s interest in acquiring it. Geoff Dabelko, Ph.D. believes Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of Denmark, is central to the geopolitical and geoeconomic competition in many ways.

  • Jan 13, 2025 | athensnews.com | Alex Semancik |Alex Semancik Ohio

    Biomedical researchers at Ohio University are leading an effort to uncover the clinical significance of a protein that is pivotal in fueling skeletal muscle, regulating exercise endurance, and enhancing insulin sensitivity. This groundbreaking research has been awarded a $2.6 million RO1 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), enabling the team to investigate the previously unrecognized role of fat-specific protein 27 (FSP27)(opens in a new window) in skeletal muscle.

  • Oct 20, 2023 | wtap.com | Alex Semancik

    Fonda O. Holstine, 93, passed away on October 19, 2023. She was born in Eva, W.Va. on August 29, 1930. She grew up in Ritchie County and lived most of her life in Akron, OH. She was preceded in death by her husband William E. Holstine; her parents Columbus and Jessie Reed, and her brothers and sisters and their spouses.

  • Oct 20, 2023 | wtap.com | Alex Semancik

    High school teacher put on leave after school officials discover her OnlyFans page A Missouri high school teacher says she has been placed on leave after officials discovered that she was performing on a pornography website to supplement her salary.

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