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YSU Ethics Bowl Team wins Central States Regional Championship

November 18, 2024
The Youngstown State University Ethics Bowl Team secured first place at the 2024 Central States Regional Ethics Bowl, held at Marion University in Indianapolis, Indianna. This victory marks the team'...
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Sokolov Honors College students selected to showcase research at national conference

November 12, 2024
Eight undergraduate honors students and a professional staff member from the Sokolov Honors College presented academic posters showcasing their research last week at National Collegiate Honors...
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Pioneering Progress: YSU student showcases master’s thesis at Innovation Day 2024

November 4, 2024
Student Spotlight Innovation Day 2024 was host to a wide variety of extraordinary innovators and entrepreneurs. One of which was Joshua Porter, a second-year electrical engineering master’s student...
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Revving Up: YSU racer uses communications skills to engage community

October 28, 2024
Student Spotlight Vivian Jones, a Youngstown State University student majoring in Communications with a minor in Employee Relations, is speeding her way to success both on and off the track. As an...
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YSU professor receives Mon Valley Initiative Community Partner of the Year Award

October 7, 2024
Dawna Cerney, a broadly trained geographer and professor at Youngstown State University, has received the Mon Valley Initiative Community Partner of the Year award for her extensive efforts to...
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Project Pass students show improved reading scores

December 6, 2016

Youngstown City School second- and-third-graders tutored by YSU Project PASS students showed a 29 percent...

Hate all of those meetings? Take a walk!

December 5, 2016

Ah, the dreaded meeting. Hunched around a table, shuffling uncomfortably in awkward office chairs. Sedentary...

Fabricae Vniuersitatis: Chris Yankle

December 5, 2016

Fabricae Vniuersitatis, Latin for "The Fabric of the University," is an occasional series of stories...

Look, in the sky...

December 5, 2016

…It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s….well, it’s another wind turbine. A third wind turbine...

"Blue Is More Than a Color" for Dana jazz professor

December 5, 2016

Night and day, Dave Morgan has music on his mind. Now the YSU professor of...

YSU grant funding hits five-year high; faculty and staff honored

December 5, 2016

Youngstown State University faculty and staff were awarded $7.5 million in grants this past fiscal...

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December 5, 2016

POYSU extension The YSU Board of Trustees approved a contract extension for President Jim Tressel...
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YSU Board of Trustees summary, Nov. 30/Dec. 1

December 2, 2016

Youngstown State University Board of Trustees Wednesday, Nov. 30, and Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016 A...

Covelli speaks at YSU's Fall commencement, receives honorary degree

December 2, 2016

Sam Covelli, whose company is the world’s single largest franchisee of Panera Bread restaurants and...

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