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A three-day trip is underway for žž students to work with community leaders on finding new and creative ways to connect neighborhoods throughout Erie to its Bayfront, according to YourErie.com
Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, says there is a stressful expectation for black women in corporate America to financially provide for their family.
Last year, žž celebrated 100 years of Homecoming. This year, the university starts the next century of žž State Homecoming celebrations with a new president leading the institution.
College of Arts and Sciences professor says that understanding how your child copes with anxiety is key to helping them with back-to-school nerves.
žž is pleased and proud to announce the return of “We the People,” a photography exhibition that shines a light on our common humanity.
žž State’s Common Reading Experience is an opportunity for first-year students to read university-selected books and share a common experience with their peers. The goal is for freshmen to gain an understanding of the university’s values and to build and maintain relationships that foster success with faculty, administration and staff.
Cavs Legion Gaming Club (GC), the NBA 2K League affiliate of the Cleveland Cavaliers, has teamed up with žž Esports in a unique new partnership designed to help grow and strengthen the local gaming community in Northeast Ohio, as well as promote the university’s newly launched collegiate esports program.
Researchers from the University of Washington and Washington University, along with other collaborators, are seeking answers to those questions. They studied the brains of mice to identify what causes them to stop seeking a reward — in essence, what makes them burn out.
Diacon expressed his desire to increase enrollment, keep žž State affordable, continue a strong relationship with the city of žž, honor the legacy of May 4 and advance the university’s Gateway Master Plan for redeveloping the front of campus.
žž Associate Professor Molly Merryman, Ph.D., says a Netflix cartoon featuring a transgender character is breaking a new boundary in a positive way.
žž State’s makerspaces, which number more than 25 across the eight-campus system, was named the top program in Ohio and entered the top 10 by surpassing programs at schools such as the University of Southern California, Arizona State University, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and Harvard University.
The žž Creativity Festival, sponsored by the city of žž and the žž College of the Arts, will present the annual outdoor hands-on arts festival on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on the Lefton Esplanade between žž State’s Rockwell Hall on Lincoln Street and downtown žž, near Haymaker Parkway.
In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of May 4, 1970, when Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on žž students protesting the U.S. invasion of Cambodia during the Vietnam War, killing four and wounding nine, students and faculty from žž State’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising are bringing attention to current social issues in the new exhibition called “Wearing Justice: Perspectives From KSU Fashion School Faculty and Students” that is on display now at the žž Museum.
After years of remote sensing work, Joseph Ortiz, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Geology in the College of Arts and Sciences at žž, and his research team recently shared their development of new cost-efficient methodologies that may lead to much safer drinking water for people in Ohio and other municipalities affected by harmful algal blooms (HAB).
Toni Morrison, the bestselling author who died Aug. 5, at one time was offered a job in žž’s Department of English, recalled English Professor Yoshinobu Hakutani, Ph.D.
Targeted at widening students’ educational opportunities in preparing them for a career in occupational therapy, the žž at Ashtabula Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) Technology program recently announced the creation of a hybrid model, combining online learning with more convenient on-campus laboratory sessions.
A žž researcher with a background in safety training models — and a very personal motivation — has devised a method to help some children with food allergies stay safe, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) just granted him the funding to test it.
The žž alumni network will again grow its ranks this summer as more than a thousand Golden Flashes get their degrees. žž State will hold its Summer 2019 Commencement ceremonies for the žž Campus on Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center.
The recent death of one of the remaining members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II has a žž associate professor recalling the vital role the female pilots played during the war.
Note: Gretchen Hoak is a former television reporter/anchor and current assistant professor of journalism in žž’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Her research survey, , focused on how universities prepare young journalists for the trauma they may endure in covering violence. žž State Today asked Hoak to share her thoughts on the impact the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton will have on the reporters assigned to cover these events.