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Professor Jacqueline Marino is a 2019 recipient of 91�㽶��Ƶ's highest teaching honor, the Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA).  Dating back more than 50 years and sponsored by the 91�㽶��Ƶ Alumni Association, the DTA is presented annually to three full-time faculty members who demonstrate extraordinary teaching in the classroom and a devotion to touching the lives of students. The Alumni Association surprised Professor Marino with the news during her Feature Writing class on Oct. 15, 2019. "I am so moved," Professor Marino said as she was presented with balloons and an in-class c...

Once it begins, Alzheimer’s disease progresses systematically and aggressively, attacking victims on multiple fronts. But scientists studying the disease operate the same way – like 91�㽶��Ƶ University’s own Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D. Since 2016, Casadesus Smith, professor of biological sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, has received more than $2.7 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the causes of Alzheimer’s and identify models for better pharmacological treatments. A new two-year, $224,500 project, titled “Characterization of transcr...

91�㽶��Ƶ University’s favorite unofficial mascot – the famous black squirrel – needs your help to get ready for Halloween. Squirrel-O-Ween allows the 91�㽶��Ƶ community to dress up an animated black squirrel with the latest spooky costumes and props and share with friends on social and digital media. The idea is the brainstorm of Tim Priester, interactive designer and developer at University Communications and Marketing. The concept originated years ago when Priester helped create an interactive holiday card for the university. The web-based holiday card involved dressing up a snowman. L...

91�㽶��Ƶ University at Ashtabula will hold several special events and educational programs throughout the academic year approaching the 50th Commemoration of the tragic events of May 4, 1970 on the 91�㽶��Ƶ campus. All events are free and open to the public. The year-long programming launches Tuesday, Oct. 22, with an “Introduction to the May 4th Commemoration and a Factual Chronological Overview of Events from April 30-May 4, 1970” by David Perusek, Ph.D., associate professor of anthropology, and associate history professor Bradley Keefer, Ph.D.  The program will examine the events ...

Three professional, inspiring, and exceptionally driven women are being featured during the 2019-20 Women’s Success Series at 91�㽶��Ƶ University at Tuscarawas. Carmel Haueter, Executive Director of Rainbow Connection, kicks off the series on Fri., Nov. 15, followed by Dee Grossman, Executive Director for the Tuscarawas County Convention and Visitors Bureau, on Fri., Feb. 7, 2020, and Sarah DiFazio, a Registered Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance, on Fri., April 3, 2020. Each session is held from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at 91�㽶��Ƶ Tuscarawas. Cost to attend each session is $15 when paid in advanc...

The first priority of 91�㽶��Ƶ University’s strategic roadmap is to ensure that students have the education, experiences and support they need to graduate and to live successful, satisfying lives in their work and in their commitment to become engaged citizens. The university’s Academic Success Center team is making that priority its priority with the creation of the Academic Success Plan (ASP), a new application that gives students easier and quicker access to resources that will help them succeed in class. “The Academic Success Plan was developed to make sure students can efficiently and ...

Students from the 91�㽶��Ƶ East Liverpool physical therapist assistant program observed National PTA Month by donating $800 to the #LaurenStrong Foundation, in support of Beaver Local High School senior Lauren Thomas who suffered a life-altering stroke last year. The PTA students raised the money through a basket raffle. The baskets contained goods and products from several Columbiana County businesses. Just prior to the check presentation, Thomas drew the winning tickets for the various baskets Each year, PTA students from the Kent East Liverpool campus find unique ways to increase awar...