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.

YSU Excellence at Work publications and honors: Prof's new recording "makes me want to listen again and again!"

October 2, 2019
Dave Morgan YSU faculty publications and honors: Publications Dave Morgan, professor of Jazz Studies and Double Bass, released “Blue Is More Than a Color” from Being Time...
Priscilla Gitimu, Abel Waithaka and Peter Kimosop

YSU Excellence at Work grants and presentations: Engineering prof receives NSF grant

October 2, 2019
YSU faculty grants and presentations: Grants Cory Brozina, assistant professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, and director of the First-Year Engineering Program, has...
Yogesh Uppal

YSU Excellence at Work: Prof links crooked politicians to economic declines

October 2, 2019
Yogesh Uppal Does electing politicians accused of crimes affect economic outcomes? That’s the question Yogesh Uppal, professor of Economics, asks in a new study slated for publication this Fall...
New Asian Studies Program

YSU introduces Asian Studies program

September 20, 2019
Youngstown State University is introducing a new interdisciplinary minor in Asian Studies, based out of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies. "In the globalized world of the 21st...
Headshot of Alyssa Falcone

Italian language/literature expert is YSU's first endowed visiting professor

August 30, 2019
Alyssa Falcone Alyssa Falcone, an award-winning teacher and researcher of the Italian language, literature and culture, has been named the inaugural Ives Visiting Professor in the Humanities at...
From the left, YSU graduate Emily Hawthorn, faculty member Brett Conner and current student Matthew

YSU sweeps top awards at additive manufacturing conference

August 23, 2019
From the left, YSU graduate Emily Hawthorn, faculty member Brett Conner and current student Matthew Heffinger, with their awards from the Ohio Additive Manufacturing Cluster. A student, a faculty...
headshot of Morgan Bagley

Grant funds athletic training camps for city school students

August 23, 2019
Morgan Bagley Youngstown State University’s Kinesiology and Sport Science Master of Athletic Training program is receiving a $3,750 grant from the National Athletics Trainers’ Association to help...

Excellence at Work: YSU staff honors, publications, presentations

August 21, 2019
Amy Cossentino, dean of the Honors College, and Mollie Hartup, editor of the YSU Magazin e and part-time faculty in the Honors College, co-authored "Reimagining the Airport as Classroom—Immediacy,...
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Excellence at Work: YSU faculty honors, publications and presentations

August 20, 2019
Honors, publications and presentations by faculty at Youngstown State University: Honors Nicolette Powe Nicolette Powe, assistant professor of Health Professions, has been selected to be part of the...
Alicia Priet Langarica and Anita O'Mellan

Math faculty earn state and national honors

August 20, 2019
Alicia Prieto Langarica The teaching talents of two faculty in Mathematics are being recognized on the state and national levels. Alicia Prieto Langarica, left, associate professor, has been awarded...

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