Since the summer of 2013, YSU Magazine has been inviting married YSU couples to share their love stories in a section of Class Notes that we call Penguin Mates. The couples featured here were introduced in the magazine’s Fall 2015 print edition, and you can read their complete stories and see all their photos here. Penguin Mates will be a continuing feature in YSU’s alumni magazine.

In response to the continuing growth of the bioscience industry in Ohio, Youngstown State University is launching a new bachelor of science degree in Biochemistry. “This new bachelor’s program provides our students with educational options to pursue careers in one of the fastest growing sectors of the economy,” said Tim Wagner, professor and chair of the YSU Department of Chemistry. The degree was recently approved by the Ohio Department of Higher Education. Ohio is currently home to 1,300 bioscience-related organizations, half of them in Northeast Ohio.

Youngstown State University’s News Outlet will work with the Akron Beacon Journal, the Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron and the Jefferson Center to study elections and election coverage as part of a $35,000 grant from the Knight Foundation. "We're excited to work on this project with these terrific partners,” said Tim Francisco, YSU professor of Journalism and director of the News Outlet.