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What started at �������� a decade ago is catching on at other universities around the country. From Yale to Berkeley, four-legged friends are filling campuses with their stress-reducing abilities. BarkPost.com highlights eight universities, including ��������, that use therapy dogs to help students calm down, whether it is checking out a dog the way you would a library book, or just petting one while you are studying for finals. Read more about ��������’s Dogs on Campus Pet Therapy Program and what other universities are doing with therapy dogs on BarkPost.com. ...

Retailer bringing cost-saving options and expanded services to �������� students and faculty �������� has named Barnes & Noble College as the new operator of the �������� Bookstore at its eight campuses. The existing bookstore staff will stay on and transition to new management, which took effect May 18 for the Kent and Trumbull campuses and will take effect July 6 for all remaining campuses.  “�������� is very excited to partner with Barnes & Noble College,” said Greg Jarvie, ��������’s vice president for enrollment management and ...

�������� recently received a $330,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to use historical satellite imagery and archival research to study landscapes of mass violence in Cambodia during and after the regime of the Khmer Rouge from 1975 to 1979. The collaborative project, led by �������� Geography Professors James Tyner, Ph.D., and Mandy Munro-Stasiuk, Ph.D., in the College of Arts and Sciences, will focus on the interconnections of environmental degradation, deforestation and mass violence during and after armed conflict.  “This research has important implication...

True or false -- only star athletes and academic all-stars receive funding for college? False! David Garcia, ��������’s associate vice president for enrollment management, talks with WKYC about the misconceptions of financial aid. Watch more here as WKYC explores scholarships for all kinds of students. ...

The college takes enormous pride in the pioneering work of our faculty and students who are constantly creating, discovering and leading the discourse in their disciplines.  Recent work has involved fostering health equity, local health department consolidation and collaboration and Staphylococcus aureus infection in livestock workers, among other topics.  Following are highlights: Madhav Bhatta, PhD, Epidemiology faculty member mentoring Ramos Mboane, MPH ’14, published Influence of a Husband’s Healthcare Decision-Making Role on a Woman’s Intention to use Contraceptives among Mozam...

��������'s Gianna Commito, an associate professor who teaches painting in its School of Art, has been named the recipient of a 2015 Cleveland Arts Prize. Commito will be presented with one of two Emerging Artist Awards at this year’s ceremony, to be held at the Cleveland Museum of Art at 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 25. The award carries a cash prize of $10,000. First awarded in 1961, the Cleveland Arts Prize is “the oldest of its kind in the United States” and “a testament to the standard of excellence and quality of artists in Northeast Ohio,” according to the o...

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