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Multiple family generations make up Paula FitzGibbon’s lineage at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ. Degrees accrued in the past century include those earned by her grandmother from The Teacher’s College (1927); her mother from Flora Stone Mather College for Women at Western Reserve College (1957) and...

SAGES teaching fellow and lecturer in English Narcisz Fejes says she’s deeply inspired by Catholic priest, theologian and professor Henri J.M. Nouwen, who considers teaching and mentoring a form of hospitality. In her work as a full-time instructor at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ since 2006, Fej...

Jason Mears recognizes his students come from diverse backgrounds and, as such, have unique needs. To best support them, he works to create a learning environment in which each student can thrive based on where they are in their scientific, academic and personal development. This value-driven leade...

Xiong (Bill) Yu often draws parallels between his mentoring style and his engineering research. As the Opal J. and Richard A. Vanderhoof Professor and chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yu applies insights from his degrees in civil engineering, computer science and ele...

Andrew Pieper strives to influence his students far beyond their days at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine. As the Rebecca E. Barchas, MD, Professor in Translational Psychiatry, Pieper views mentorship as a key component of the academic experience. “I still carry my previous mento...

To fully recount the many achievements and accolades Sandra Walker Russ earned in her nearly five decades at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ would be no easy feat. She’s a Distinguished University Professor and has been interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences—twice. She was chair of the Dep...

During her 37 years on the humanities faculty of ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ, Jenifer Neils acquired an international reputation for her original, thought-provoking writings on classical art and culture. As an archaeologist, curator and teacher—and most recently as director of the American Schoo...

School of Medicine students Elliot Crooks, Sean Li and Pratheek Makineni earned third place in an international, neurosurgery-focused pitch competition (mission:brain Hackathon) hosted by Harvard Medical School. The competition involved more than 200 participants from over 50 countries. The Case We...

The University Center on Aging and Health at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing selected Piper Sereno, a student in the Master of Social Work program, for the 2023 Marie Haug Award. The Marie Haug Award is presented annually to a graduate student who has shown exemplary performance in their...

In mammalian genome, enhancers are sequences that are often far away from their target genes. They play a key role in transcription regulation through long-range DNA loops. It is now widely accepted that genetic variants within enhancers may cause gene mis-regulation and human diseases. However, an ...