Faculty Success

Welcome to Faculty Success, a webpage that recognizes and celebrates the scholarly work and honors of the faculty and staff at Youngstown State University. Here you will find stories about academic activities and awards, publications and presentations, research grants and media appearances. Make sure to also take a look at the Excellence at Work e-newsletter, as well as the searchable online Faculty Experts List.

To submit items for Excellence at Work, complete the online form.

For more information, contact Ron Cole, director of University Communications, at racole01@ysu.edu or 330-941-3285, or Becky Rose, assistant director of University Communications, at rarose01@ysu.edu or 330-941-2159.

National Institute of Justice

YSU receives award from National Institute of Justice to research violent and accelerationist discourse

February 5, 2024
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), a research, development and evaluation agency of the Department of Justice (DOJ), has awarded $449,897 toward YSU’s “Research and Evaluation on Domestic...
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Chemistry Department granted EAGER Award for Exploratory Research

October 16, 2023
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has granted an Early-Concept Grant for Exploratory Research, otherwise known as an EAGER award, of $300,000 for the continuation of YSU Professor of Chemistry,...

Midwest Microelectronics Consortium Hub awarded funding for Technology Leadership

October 2, 2023
Recently, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks announced the award of $238 million in "Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act" funding for the...

YSU joins network focused on semiconductors, microelectronics

October 28, 2022
Youngstown State University has joined a dozen other universities in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana to collaborate on advancing the United States’ strengths in semiconductors and microelectronics.

FBI recognizes YSU for help in criminal investigations

September 6, 2022
Youngstown State University’s Department of Physics, Astronomy, Geology and Environmental Science received the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award in a ceremony Tuesday, September 6 at the FBI...

Landgraff named Tressel Endowed Chair for leadership of PT program

June 24, 2022
Nancy Landgraff, whose leadership has brought national and statewide accolades to Youngstown State University’s Department of Physical Therapy, is the second President James P. Tressel Endowed Chair...

Excellence @ Work: Honors and Presentations

April 27, 2022
THE LATEST EDITION OF THE YSU EXCELLENCE @ WORK NEWSLETTER INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING SCHOLARLY HONORS and PRESENTATIONS OF YSU FACULTY AND STAFF: *** Vamsi Borra, assistant professor, Electrical and...

YSU Excellence @ Work: Publications

April 27, 2022
THE LATEST EDITION OF THE YSU EXCELLENCE @ WORK NEWSLETTER INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS OF YSU FACULTY AND STAFF: *** “On the first day of class,...

Faculty honored for excellence

April 15, 2022
Faculty members in disciplines ranging from Music, Humanities and Counseling to Chemistry, Engineering and Accounting are among those receiving Distinguished Professor Awards at the annual Faculty...

Excellence @ Work: Research Professorships, Sabbaticals, FILs

February 21, 2022
THE LATEST EDITION OF THE YSU EXCELLENCE @ WORK NEWSLETTER INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING awards for YSU FACULTY: *** RESEARCH PROFESSORSHIPS Additive manufacturing, suicide, Shakespeare, machine learning,...

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