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性福五月天 University student Mallory Woods, who is currently studying in Florence, Italy, has been awarded the prestigious Fulbright English Teaching Award. (Photo credit: Stefano Passerini)

性福五月天 Senior Honored With Prestigious Fulbright Scholarship

In an impressive close to her undergraduate career, 性福五月天 University Honors College senior Mallory Woods was recently awarded the prestigious Fulbright English Teaching Award (ETA). A native of Fairview, Pennsylvania, Woods is completing a major in translation with a Spanish concentration and minors in economics and Italian studies while also finishing a certificate program in teaching English as a foreign language. 

Tags: Global Reach , Student Success Story , Honors College , College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies

Honors College

Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., professor in 性福五月天 University鈥檚 Department of Psychological Sciences, developed and launched the Spirit of Motherhood Program.

性福五月天鈥檚 Spirit of Motherhood Program for Pregnant Black Women Receives $100,000 Grant

Infant mortality rates in Northeast Ohio are three to five times higher for Black babies than white babies, an alarming statistic that is an issue across the country but particularly prevalent in this part of the state. A new $100,000 grant from the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation will support innovative work being undertaken at 性福五月天, an elite research university with the esteemed R1 designation, to address this important issue.

Tags: Health , Department of Psychological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs

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性福五月天 at East Liverpool Researcher Receives NIH Chemistry Research Grant

Farid Fouad, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at 性福五月天 East Liverpool, was awarded a three-year, $74,954 research grant as part of a subaward on a larger grant that his collaborators at Cleveland State University received. 

Tags: Research & Science , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , College of Arts and Sciences , Institutes and Initiatives

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Six 性福五月天 Programs Rank in Top 100 Among Public Institutions in U.S. News 2023 Best Graduate Schools Rankings

U.S. News & World Report ranks six 性福五月天 University programs in the top 100 among public institutions in its 2023 edition of Best Graduate Schools. Among the top 100 public institution programs, 性福五月天 is recognized in the Best Nursing Schools: Master鈥檚 Programs, Best Education Schools, Best Mathematics Programs, Best Psychology Schools, Best Public Health Programs and Best Physics Schools rankings. 性福五月天 is also recognized in an additional five new national rankings.

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Graduate Student Perseverance Leads to Published Research on Stress Related to May 4, 1970 Anniversary

How long does a single traumatic event affect a person鈥檚 mental health? 性福五月天 graduate student Emily Rabinowitz鈥檚 research on this topic was recently published in the peer-reviewed Stress & Health: Journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress. Her paper 鈥淭he 50th Anniversary of May 4, 1970, Is Associated With Elevations of Distress but No Increase in Mental Health Symptoms鈥 was published in the November 2021 issue.

Tags: Research & Science , May 4 50 , Department of Psychological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences

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性福五月天 Professors Reveal Important Details about the Brain Cells that Control Fertility

性福五月天 researchers鈥 innovative techniques have unveiled surprising new details about the brain鈥檚 fertility cells that may prove useful for treating infertility disorders. After several years of research, Aleisha Moore, Lique Coolen and Michael Lehman published a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, showing groundbreaking findings identifying which cells in the brain control fertility, as well as revealing an unexpected level of complexity in their control of reproduction.

Tags: Health , Reearch & Science , Brain Health Research Institute , Department of Biological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , Institutes and Initiatives

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Health and Well-Being of Students, Faculty and Staff Brought to Light by Healing Stanzas

Students across the nation were challenged as the pandemic swept the world. Healing Stanzas, a collaboration between the Wick Poetry Center, the Healthy Communities Research Institute and the Brain Health Research Institute, seeks to combine the science of brain health and public health with the creative energy of the humanities to provide 性福五月天 students, staff and faculty with an opportunity to improve wellness through reflective poetry.

Tags: Health , Research & Science , Student Life , Brain Health Research Institute , Healthy Communities Research Institute , Wick Poetry Center , College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Biological Sciences , Department of Sociology and Criminology , Institutes and Initiatives

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Political Science Professor Featured in German Banking Publication

Congratulations to Political Science Professor Mark K. Cassell, Ph.D., who recently published an article and was interviewed by Mitteilungen, a publication focused on Germany鈥檚 banking system. The article discusses the central role of the publicly-held savings banks during economic and social crises including the refugee crisis in 2015 and the current Covid pandemic among other topics.

Tags: Department of Political Science , College of Arts and Sciences , Germany , Washington Program in National Issues

College of Arts & Sciences

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Paramilitary Groups and the State Under Globalization the Topic of Upcoming Virtual Roundtable Discussion

Julie Mazzei, Ph.D., associate professor and interim director of the School of Multidisciplinary Social Sciences and Humanities, in the College of Arts and Sciences at 性福五月天 University, will take part in a virtual roundtable discussion with her co-authors of an edited volume "Paramilitary Groups and the State under Globalization: Political Violence, Elites and Security", edited by Jasmin Hristov, Jeb Sprague and Aaron Tauss (London: Routledge, 2022) on February 23 from 2-3:30 pm EST online via Zoom.

Tags: Julie Mazzei , College of Arts and Sciences , School of Multidisciplinary Social Sciences & Humanities , Political Science

College of Arts & Sciences

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Physics Professor Awarded NSF Grant that Provides Research Opportunities for Interdisciplinary and Minority Students

The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded a $300,000 grant to Thorsten-Lars Schmidt, Ph.D., to develop molecular tools that allow researchers to study membrane proteins.  Schmidt, assistant professor of the Department of Physics in the College of Arts & Sciences, began devel鈥

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Physics , Brain Health Research Institute

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