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��������'s Recreational Services and Residence Services departments have collaborated to open a new fitness facility in the Tri-Towers Rotunda.

Video: ��������'s Department of Physics Welcomes Back Iranian Student

Mansoureh Shasti, an Iranian Ph.D. student studying physics at ��������, recently returned to the U.S. after being blocked by the travel ban. 

Insurance Industry Awards Grant to Rural Scholars Program

The Rural Scholars program at the �������� Columbiana County campuses received $7,500 from the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation.

�������� Rooted in a Commitment to Tree Care

The Kent City Council and mayor dubbed Kent, Ohio, the state’s Tree City. This year marks the ninth year �������� is being recognized by the Tree Campus USA program.

From Alaska to ��������, How Four Students Became Golden Flashes

��������’s unique programs and majors have attracted students from all over the world, including a few from the largest state in the nation. Currently, six students from Alaska – two undergraduate and four graduate – are taking classes from ��������. 

Richard Feinberg, Ph.D., Department of Anthropology

Richard Feinberg, Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, served as commentator on “ASAO Histories” during the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania’s meeting held Feb. 20, 2017, in Lihu’e, Hawaii. On the 50th anniversary of its founding, the association is compiling a history of the association. Several long-term association members presented formal papers. Feinberg’s role was to offer critical commentary, add missing pieces and correct errors, based on his four decades of experience, including many years in a variety of leadership positions.

This past year, Feinberg was elected to the status of Honorary Fellow. At the 2017 meeting, he was formally honored by the association and assumed his new position.

University Is Rooted in Its Commitment to Tree Care

Sixty-eight years ago, the Kent City Council and mayor dubbed Kent, Ohio, the state’s Tree City.

�������� Students to Collaborate With Kyoto University Researchers

�������� students will travel to Japan for collaborative research with the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University, studying evolutionary genetic analysis, Alzheimer’s disease and aggressive behavior.      

Students Turn Smartphone Cases Into Lifesaving Medical Devices

Three �������� students have created smartphone cases that contain vital medication. 

Together, with the help of LaunchNET ��������, the three created Case.MD. Ariella Yager, entrepreneur major in ��������’s College of Business Administration; Samuel Graska, cell and molecular biology major in ��������’s College of Arts and Sciences; and Justin Gleason, graduate student in ��������’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design spent more than a year planning, inventing, designing and 3-D printing smartphone cases that contain vital medication. Wherever your smartphone goes, so does the medication.

�������� Earns Tree Campus USA Designation for Ninth Consecutive Year

University is rooted in its commitment to tree care.

New Podiatric Product Developed by �������� Students and Professor Can Be Used by People With Diabetes and Athletes

�������� students Nilin Rao, Ph.D., and Craig Verdin, and Exercise Sc

Transgender Students Find Home, Security and Support at ��������

For transgender students like Emily Grubb, �������� is home. Grubb and other students have found an inclusive, welcoming environment that offers resources for the transgender community.