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.

Excellence @ Work: Presentations, Awards, Appointments

February 18, 2022
THE LATEST EDITION OF THE YSU EXCELLENCE @ WORK NEWSLETTER INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING SCHOLARLY Presentations, awards and appointments of YSU FACULTY AND STAFF: *** Adjunct Jessica Basile, Associate...

Excellence @ Work: Publications

February 17, 2022
The latest edition of the YSU Excellence @ Work newsletter includes the following scholarly publications by YSU faculty and staff:

YSU names Sweeney Professor in Nursing

December 17, 2021
Amy Weaver, an associate professor in the Centofanti School of Nursing at Youngstown State University, was designated the inaugural Patricia McGovern Sweeney Professor in Nursing at a ceremony this...

YSU gets $2.3M for hybrid manufacturing initiative

December 17, 2021
Youngstown State University will receive a $2.3 million research and development award from the Air Force Research Laboratory to create a hub-and-spoke consortium on hybrid manufacturing. The...

Excellence @ Work: Publications and Presentations

December 7, 2021
PUBLICATIONS Johanna Slivinske, part-time faculty, Social Work, recently had three poems accepted for publication in the journal Blue Collar Review. The poems are "Juilliard," "Ghost," and "The Voice...

Excellence @ Work: Grants, Awards, Performances/Exhibits

December 7, 2021
GRANTS Ewelina Boczkowska, associate professor of Music, was awarded a $4,000 New York Public Library Short-Term Research Fellowship for an archival project on composer Jerzy Fitelberg. Boczkowska is...

YSU names new director of Dana School of Music

October 18, 2021
Joseph Carucci, former head of the School of Music at Eastern Kentucky University, has been named the new director of the Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University. “We are very excited for...

YSU grant activity hits 12-year high

October 17, 2021
Youngstown State University earned nearly $11 million in research and service grants this past fiscal year, the most in more than a decade. “The level of grant activity across campus this past fiscal...

Prof talks about new book on Israel

October 8, 2021
Adam L. Fuller, YSU associate professor of Politics and International Relations at Youngstown State University, talks about his new book, Israel and the Neoconservatives: Zionism and American...

Warren Young honored with endowed chair at planetarium

October 1, 2021
From the left, YSU President Jim Tressel; Professor Patrick Durrell; Warren M. Young; and his son, George Young. Patrick Durrell, distinguished professor of Astronomy and one of the region’s foremost...

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