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Timothy Beal’s The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and the Arts recently won the Library Journal’s award for Best Print Reference/Best Reference work for 2015 in the humanities category. Beal, the Florence Harkness Professor of Religion and chair of the Department of Religious Studies, is…

President Barbara R. Snyder recognized four staff members for their exemplary service and commitment to ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ during the university’s annual staff awards brunch on Wednesday. Rachel Begley, Dwayne Bible and Diane Domanovics received this year’s President’s Award for…

The Bill of Rights Defense Committee/Defending Dissent Foundation recognized Rhonda Y. Williams, founder and director of the Social Justice Institute, as its June 2016 Patriot Award winner. Williams was recognized for her work to respond to racism, police violence and systematic injustice. She…

Sarah Shick, a PhD candidate in sociology, was selected for a Byron Fellowship, a five-day program for emerging leaders who are making an impact on their communities and attuned to global challenges. Fellows work with academic teachers and active practitioners to achieve transformative inquiry.…

Yunmei Wang, assistant professor of medicine, and Philip A. Cola, adjunct assistant professor of medicine and management, won the best overall manuscript at the 21st International Academy of Management and Business Conference held in Montreal, Canada, May 18-20. Their paper, “Socio-Cultural…

Kathy Kwiatkowski, director of Math and Science for the Leonard Gelfand STEM Center, was named the Most Valuable Trainer for 2016 for her work with the Population Education program. Population Education, a program of Population Connection, trains a broad audience of K-12 educators to deliver its…

Working in collaboration with the university’s Technology Transfer Office (TTO), four ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ faculty recently secured state funding awards to help them move their research from the campus to the marketplace. The awards involve three projects that could bring significant benefits to…

Olivia Ortega spent the summer between her junior and senior years crashing in the living room of a place she found on Craigslist in order to make interning at the immigration department of the International Rescue Committee in Oakland, California, a reality. While many would have balked at such…

ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ faculty and staff logged exercise minutes for the final time May 8 in HealthTrails, a 12-week exercise incentive competition. Sponsored by the Wellness Program, HealthTrails participants were asked to exercise 30 minutes a day, five times a week and to count their…

The Environmental Education Fund awarded the Leonard Gelfand STEM Center a $45,633 grant for the Kelley's Island Collaborative. This grant provides professional development for Cleveland Metropolitan School District teachers at the new Kelley's Island Field Station and at the West Creek Reservation…