University News
May 07, 2021
Today marks ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµâ€™s Day of Remembrance, which features a series of events and activities to encourage reflection and renewal as the end of the pandemic appears to be drawing closer. The observance includes an 11 a.m. Virtual Roundtable Discussion featuring Interim President Scott…
May 06, 2021
Inspired by a new College of Arts and Sciences program designed to spur interdisciplinary research, alumni Edward Hemmelgarn (WRC ’76, MGT ’80) and Janice Hammond (WRC ’75; GRS ’98, social welfare) have announced a $1 million pledge to support it. The couple’s pledge, to be fulfilled over a…
May 06, 2021
A new book sheds light on 50 innovative nurses who had a significant impact on health science and nursing practice. Written by two nurses and ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ alumni, Mary Beth Modic and Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, Luminaries of the Past: Stories of Fifty Extraordinary Nurses shares the…
May 04, 2021
With COVID-19 cases falling and the fully vaccinated population climbing, phrases like “return to normal’ are increasingly commonplace in Northeast Ohio. Yet these improving conditions cannot erase the pandemic’s profound impact on each member of the ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ community. Some have…
April 30, 2021
How a jazz pianist started in pre-med and pivoted to entrepreneurship at the university, then launched Cleveland startup companies that garnered national attention and investment As a high school senior in Kalamazoo, Michigan, 16 years ago, John Knific struggled with a choice familiar to many in…
April 29, 2021
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµâ€™s work to bring university breakthroughs to the public received a recent boost from the Ohio Third Frontier Commission through two of its programs—the Pre-Seed Capitalization Program and the Technology Validation and Start-Up Fund (TVSF). The state’s first award of $2 million…
April 28, 2021
Former U.S. Poet Laureate to present at university’s fall convocation Tracy K. Smith, a Pulitzer Prize-winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate, is ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµâ€™s 2021 Elaine G. Hadden Distinguished Visiting Author. ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ is announcing her selection in April in honor…
April 26, 2021
By John Garcia While students' focus might be on the end of spring classes, the fall semester will be here soon enough. Undergraduate registration for the fall semester starts today (April 26); depending on the school, graduate program registration may already have started or may begin in the…
April 26, 2021
The University Technology ([U]Tech) team at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ is helping bridge the digital divide in East Cleveland through a public-private partnership aiming to extend affordable, reliable, high-speed internet to as many as 2,000 low-income households. Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt.…
April 22, 2021
Art. History. Music. University Circle offers world-class access to all of this and more in just one square mile. For all its offerings, USA Today is recognizing University Circle as one of 20 arts districts in the United States in consideration to be named America’s Best Arts District. Members…