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Are the new Major League baseballs "juiced"? An article on FiveThirtyEight.com goes to bat on this controversial topic and has drawn interest from several other media outlets, including ESPN, USA Today and CBS Sports to name a few.  Commissioned by ESPN Sport Science, researchers in Dr. Soumitra Basu’s chemistry lab recently collaborated with Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California to conduct research on a variety of Major League baseballs. They cut open the balls to examine the cores using a thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). To read the ful...

Over the last three years, �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ�’s Geauga Campus has had the privilege to serve as a facilitator and host for area middle school students involved in the Arthur Holden Leadership Institute (AHLI).    The institute provides a unique opportunity for students to experience leadership enrichment classes in science and mathematics. Students begin with a recommendation by their teachers in their respective middle schools and apply for a three-year commitment. The program consists of meetings and after-school learning sessions that prepare them for field trip activities at...

Graduate students in the School of Communication Studies have the opportunity to participate in a global scholar exchange program with the Catholic University of Portugal.   Founded in 1967, the Catholic University of Portugal is a private university in Lisbon, Portugal. The Master of Arts in Communication Science offers students a unique opportunity by enhancing the value of their master’s degree by allowing students to participate in an intercultural semester abroad experience.   While studying global media and systems in Lisbon, students will launch their career by building fo...

Permafrost slowly exhales methane Permafrost soils store vast quantities of organic matter that are vulnerable to decomposition under a warming climate. Recent research finds that methane release from thawing permafrost may outpace carbon dioxide as a major contributor to global warming over the next century. Below the cold, wet surface of the Arctic tundra lays a vast store of organic carbon frozen in permafrost. Climate change is warming the Arctic twice as fast ... Read the rest of the nature.com article ...

The Department of Biological Sciences presents......a Field Biology and Conservation Course in South Africa Want to know more? Please join us on April 18th at 6:00pm in Cunningham Hall room 101. ...

Ohio Gov. John Kasich has appointed Robert S. Frost of Lakewood, Ohio, to the �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� Board of Trustees. Mr. Frost’s appointment runs through May 16, 2026. He fills the seat of former Trustee Stephen Colecchi, whose term expired in 2017. “We welcome Robert Frost to our board,” said Lawrence Pollock, chair of the �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State Board of Trustees. “His extensive experience in governmental law and public private partnerships will be an asset to the university’s eight-campus system, and we look forward to his engagement with �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ�.” Mr. Frost serves as an attorney wit...

Social media continues to shape the way people and brands communicate with each other while presenting hidden challenges and opportunities for both. The 11th Annual YouToo Social Media Conference will bring two of the nation’s top communicators, Lee Odden and Shonali Burke, ABC, to discuss best practices and newest trends in this influential media. The conference takes place on Friday, April 20, in �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ�’s Franklin Hall. Register for the conference by April 16 The conference will open with Odden, marketing strategist and CEO of TopRank Marketing, as the morning keyno...

The School of Communication Studies and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting hosted the Spring 2018 Global Issues Forum with the panel discussion, “Advancing Understanding of Climate Change: The Role of Science and Global Communication," on Monday, March 19 in the �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� Student Center Ballroom Balcony. The discussion was free and open to the public. School of Communication Studies professor Paul Haridakis, Ph.D., moderated the discussion with three panelists featuring: Daniel Grossman, Ph.D., Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, print journalist and radio and web prod...