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The Ohio Senate voted unanimously on March 25 to designate a stretch of Interstate 480 in Cuyahoga County as the Officer Jacob J. Derbin Memorial Highway, honoring the Euclid police officer who was killed in the line of duty in May 2024.

�Ը������� University has earned the Military Friendly^® School designation for 2026-2027, its 17th consecutive year. Marine Corps veteran and �Ը������� senior Richard Hlavaty shares how �Ը�������’s veteran support services have shaped his academic and professional journey.

Thanks to nearly $2.3 million in grant funding from the Ohio Department of Education, �Ը������� is training and endorsing K-12 teachers in computer science instruction across every grade level and subject area. The teachers arriving in these courses are not who you might picture. And what they leave with has started to surprise even their instructors.

Lauren Cohen, a senior journalism major from Twinsburg, Ohio, has already made an impact during her internship, producing many front-page stories for the Akron Beacon Journal and Signal Akron. 

Around 200 students from �Ը�������'s College of Nursing explored opportunities with visiting hospitals and healthcare facilities at the Spring 2025 Nursing Job and Career Fair.

Psychological Sciences Professor Karin Coifman, Ph.D., has been named the new director of �Ը������� University’s Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI).

Students at �Ը������� University's Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship got an honest look at the impact of imposter syndrome and, more importantly, what to do about it.

A group of �Ը������� University students spent their spring break learning in Italy and Greece and attending the 2026 Milano Cortina Paralympics as part of the Business of the Olympics, an advanced sports administration course.

Rwanda's Minister of Health was part of a delegation that visited �Ը������� to meet with administrators from �Ը�������'s Office of Global Education and Rwandan students currently studying at �Ը�������.

Homecoming 2026 is Oct. 3. Get ready to welcome alumni back to campus, celebrate �Ը������� traditions and cheer on the Golden Flashes as they take on the Ohio University Bobcats in the Homecoming football game.

Journalism is not often perceived as an emotionally challenging career, but journalists can experience any number of traumatic stress symptoms from stories that they cover, especially those involving death or human suffering. These are the topics Gretchen Hoak, Ph.D., associate professor of journalism at �Ը������� University, explores in her new podcast “Informed Reporting,” which launched March 16.  

More than 450 students in grades 5-12 from public and private schools and homeschools will exhibit science projects and compete in the Ohio Academy of Science’s 2026 Regional Science Day on Saturday, March 21, at �Ը������� University. 

Networking, a gallery exhibit and a new director were all part of a celebratory event at �Ը�������'s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative on Feb. 24.

London-based designer and artist Adam Nathaniel Furman, celebrated for his vibrant approach to space, color and identity, visits �Ը������� University for a lineup of events this March as part of the Thomas Schroth Visiting Artist Series.

The A.I.D. training — which stands for Awareness,  Interaction, and Direction — was created in 2019 by the Center for Public Policy and Health in the College of Public Health, teaches participants how to recognize signs of mental distress, engage in compassionate and effective conversations with someone who may be struggling and connect that person with the resources they need.

Meet Rushitha and Ruhitha Chinchalapu, twins from India, both pursuing their master's in business analytics. As they are in the same graduate program, the sisters reflect on how being twins has contributed to their experience at �Ը������� University.