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December 13, 2019
For generations, Megan Holmes’ family has passed down the tradition of giving children pajamas from Mrs. Claus on Christmas Eve. But last year, when her 5-year-old son asked who “Jammie Claus” was, Holmes, associate professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, k...

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December 06, 2019
Visiting Assistant Professor of History Einav Rabinovitch-Fox research focuses on women and gender in the United States during the 20th century. She analyzes how visual and material culture has shaped and reflected class, gender, and racial identities—especially how women have used fashion as a form...

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December 03, 2019
Pamela B. Davis, dean of ӰƵ School of Medicine, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
The NAI Fellows Program highlights academic inventors who have demonstrated a spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that...

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November 22, 2019
As ӰƵ’s strategic plan takes shape, university leadership will have a unique perspective to draw upon: that of Tyson King-Meadows, associate dean for research and college affairs in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC...

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November 15, 2019
Talk to G. Dean Patterson Jr. even briefly, and you’ll start to see that a central theme throughout his career—and his life—is building meaningful relationships. After a decades-long career at ӰƵ, the associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students is r...

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November 08, 2019
Not all ӰƵ students learn on campus—or even in Cleveland. With five degree offerings available in completely online formats, some students can finish their degrees without ever stepping foot on campus.
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences...

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November 05, 2019
Students and staff in the northside residential areas often got to know Gregory Manuszak when something in a building went wrong. But the plumbing expert, who worked at ӰƵ in the housing maintenance department for four years, was someone everyone counted on to make thing...

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November 01, 2019
Editor's note: This article was updated Nov. 11, 2019, with extended information.
It happens every morning, but for Jim Young, this time was magic.
He was sitting in a 6:30 a.m. meeting at the Health Education
Campus, and as the conversation continued the sun began peeking through its
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October 28, 2019
When Jim Chapman became ӰƵ’s head football coach in 1982, the Spartans had not only suffered losing seasons in 10 of the previous 11 years—they also hadn’t managed a single win in the last 22 games.
But as the coach of an area high school team that won five conference championship...

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October 25, 2019
Beginning last week, those who purchase tobacco products in Ohio must be 21 years old—bumping the minimum age up from 18. But Cleveland was ahead of the curve, when in 2016, the city enacted a law requiring those who purchase such products to be 21.
One of Erika Trapl’s defining career moments was ...