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"AIR" movie poster

YSU alum’s career is focus of ‘AIR’

March 31, 2023
YSU Foundation hosts special pre-screening of movie Youngstown State University alum John Paul Vincent "Sonny" Vaccaro and his career at Nike are the focus of the new major motion picture “AIR” which...
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YSU's Jazz Combo

Student Feature: Jazz students making history

March 20, 2023
The students in Youngstown State University’s Dana School of Music are blazing new trails and making history along the way. At a recent concert, the jazz ensemble and one of the school’s jazz combos performed three original student compositions and one original arrangement.
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Jia Jiang

Jia Jiang presents YSU Skeggs Lecture April 19

March 6, 2023
Tickets are available starting Monday, March 6, for the next event in Youngstown State University’s Skeggs Lecture Series, featuring Jia Jiang, owner of Rejection Therapy, a website that provides...
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YSU Board of Trustees Summary, March 1 and 2, 2023

March 3, 2023
A variety of approaches to help stabilize enrollment, from online classes and international recruitment to facilitating the success of readmitted students, were discussed in depth as part of the YSU...
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Women's History Month March 1- 31

Women's History Month events planned on campus

February 24, 2023
Youngstown State University’s Women’s and Gender Studies program, the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Cliffe College of Creative Arts, YSU Student Activities and YSUnity offer a full slate...
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Dana Faculty Trio opens Music at Noon season at Butler

August 21, 2015

Alice Wang The Dana Faculty Trio, featuring Dana School of Music faculty members Joseph Kromholz...

YSU Board of Trustees sets quarterly meetings Sept. 3, 8, 24

August 21, 2015

ysu-seal-large1.jpg The Youngstown State University Board of Trustees conducts its next set of quarterly meetings...

Freshman class larger, academically stronger, more diverse

August 19, 2015

Youngstown State University today welcomed a freshman class that’s significantly larger in number and more...
YSU Math Team

YSU MathFest team continues winning streak at D.C. competition

August 14, 2015

Youngstown State University’s MathFest team continued its torrid pace of success, earning five awards for...

PT grads post perfect passage on national exam

August 14, 2015

No one is perfect, except for Youngstown State University physical therapy graduates. All 23 students...
Soledad O'Brien

Award-winning journalist Soledad O'Brien presents Centofanti Symposium

August 14, 2015

Soledad O’Brien, award-winning journalist, documentarian, news anchor and producer, lectures 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16,...
YSU Pride

"Meet the Marching Pride" Aug. 29 in Stambaugh Stadium

August 14, 2015

Get in the Penguin spirit at the annual “Meet the Marching Pride” celebration 7:30 to...

This Week at YSU, Aug. 17, 2015

August 14, 2015

ysu-calendar-1024x7682.jpg Saturday, Aug. 15 to Tuesday, Sept. 1 . YSU opens the 2015-16 academic year...
Deborah Mower

YSU professor co-directs National Endowment for the Humanities grant

August 7, 2015

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a $155,747 grant to establish a summer...
Youngstown State University opens the 2015-16 academic year with Penguin Paradise Welcome Week, feat

Puppies to karaoke: Penguin Paradise Welcome Week opens 2015-16 academic year

August 7, 2015

Youngstown State University opens the 2015-16 academic year with Penguin Paradise Welcome Week, featuring 18...

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