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Ecosystems in today's world are responding to a wide variety of environmental changes. What happens when these changes interact? That was the topic of a paper published by David Ward, Ph.D., the Art and Margaret Herrick endowed professor of Plant Biology in ��������’s Department of Biological Sciences, and international colleagues and graduate students in the journal Scientific Reports. In their new paper, Ward and colleagues asked whether this encroachment of woody shrubs into grasslands in South Africa would increase or decrease the amount of carbon stored in the soil under the plants. A...

A special screening of the award-winning documentary “Suicide The Ripple Effect” will be presented by the Ashtabula County District Library on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020 at 12:15 p.m. in �������� at Ashtabula’s Main Hall Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public and hosted by �������� Ashtabula Counseling Services and the �������� Ashtabula Library. The film chronicles the story of Kevin Hines, who at age 19 attempted to take his life by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge. Since then Hines has been on a mission to use his story to help others find recovery and stay al...

�������� has opened the gates of opportunity for all eligible students in the LeBron James Family Foundation’s (LJFF) oldest I PROMISE Network class by guaranteeing free tuition for four years, and one year of free room and meal plan. The free tuition program was born out of an existing partnership between �������� and the LJFF in which I PROMISE students attend summer enrichment college preparation programs at the university; those existing programs will continue. “We are so pleased to take our partnership with the LeBron James Family Foundation to this next level and welcome...

Fans of the �������� Golden Flashes looking to follow their favorite players on the court will have to look for their jersey numbers and not their names at a special men’s basketball game later this week. Players will be wearing student-designed uniforms with the space on the back that is usually designated for their names instead displaying the phrase “1 in 59” to promote autism awareness and education. One in 59 The “1 in 59” statistic refers to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study that found that one in 59 children is diagnosed as being on the autism spec...

�������� invites educators of students in grades 6-12 to apply by March 1 for its Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop, “Making Meaning of May 4: The 1970 �������� Shootings in U.S. History.” Co-directors Laura Davis, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of English and former founding director of the May 4 Visitors Center, and Todd Hawley, Ph.D., associate professor of social studies teacher education, were awarded $170,000 in funding by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to create this workshop that serves as a capstone to the yearlong 50th commemoration of the e...