College of Arts and Sciences
President’s Medal Recipient
Educator, pioneering scientist and visionary Owen Lovejoy receives the highest ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University honor.
University Commemorates May 4, 1970, Tragedy
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University held its 47th annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with events taking place May 3 and 4. The annual commemoration, hosted by the May 4 Task Force, provides an opportunity for the university community to gather and remember those who were lost and injured during the tragedy and …
College of Arts and Sciences Honors its Distinguished Student Leaders, Teachers and Advisors
The College of Arts and Sciences held its annual awards banquet to recognize and honor its distinguished student leaders, teachers and advisors on April 20. James Blank, Ph.D., dean of the College of Arts and Sciences gave the welcome and closing remarks and presented the awards, along with Matthew …
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì’s Wick Poetry Center Creates Science Stanzas, Participates in Inaugural March for Science
At the inaugural , a global demonstration centered in Washington, D.C., a special edition of the Wick Poetry Center's Traveling Stanzas titled Science Stanzas will provide an opportunity for participants to discover the intersection of expressive writing and scientific inquiry.
Researcher Receives Five-Year Grant From the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì's Gemma Casadesus Smith is studying why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's.
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University’s Ohio Employee Ownership Center Hosts 31st Annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University’s Ohio Employee Ownership Center (OEOC) will host the 31st Annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference on Friday, April 28, 2017, at the Hilton West in Fairlawn, Ohio. This year’s keynote speaker is Cindy Turcot, Chief Operating Officer of Gardener’s Supply Co. in Burlington, …
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Prof Weighs in on Liberal Arts Degrees and a Future Career as CEO
GoodCall talked with professors around the country about the use of liberal arts degrees and the skills that students use as a springboard to the next step in their education and career path.
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Student Proves Height and Weight Do Not Determine Strength
Weighing in at barely 100 pounds, Brooke Mullins summoned every ounce of strength she had, and even more she didn’t. Her muscles were shaking; her mind – exhausted. The ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University junior had one last shot at overcoming the most grueling portion of a physical exam. If she could pass it, Mu…
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Geographers Make Maps to Help Study Youth Violence
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University researchers use geospatial technology to study youth violence in Akron, Ohio.
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth
According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases diagnosed and 600,920 cancer deaths in the U.S. in 2017.
These numbers are stark and sobering, and worse yet, we still do not know exactly why cancer develops in its victims or how to stop it.
An online publication in Nature Nanotechnology this week by ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University researchers and their colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan, however, may offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.