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Twelve-year-old Enjoys the Challenge of Coursework at 51����'s Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg

In Ohio, most seventh graders are learning earth and space science, physical science and life science in a middle school classroom. But Jameson Payne is not like most kids his age. 

51���� Student Receives American Red Cross Acts of Courage Award

Joshua Looser, a junior entrepreneurship major, received the Red Cross Acts of Courage Award after successfully performing the Heimlich maneuver on a woman who was choking last year.

Alumni Association Hosts Ninth Annual Alumni Day of Service

What better way can 51���� alumni make a difference in their community than by volunteering with fellow Golden Flashes?

51���� Biologist Awarded $1.8 Million to Advance Alzheimer’s Research

Research shows that women are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than men by a 3 to 2 margin. Some scientists believe this is because when women reach menopause, their bodies cease to produce estrogen, and the pituitary gland begins over-producing another hormone, luteinizing hormone (LH), to try to jump-start the ovaries.

Gemma Casadesus Smith, an associate professor of Biological Sciences in 51����’s College of Arts and Sciences, plans to test those beliefs in mice using a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health.

51���� SLIS Ranked Nationally Among Top 20

New rankings released by U.S. News & World Report (March 14) place 51����’s School of Library and Information Science (iSchool) among the nation’s top 20 graduate programs in library and information science – again.

51���� Fashion School Hall of Fame to Induct Don Witkowski, Michael Kors Executive

UPDATE 4/26/17 - The public lecture by Don Witkowski that was scheduled for April 28 at noon has be

Touched by Migration: Poetry Helps Give Refugees and Immigrants a Voice

A unique poetry partnership is helping to spread the “word” about migration, literally. Powerful and inspiring words are ringing throughout 11 cities in the United States.

51���� Track Star Goes the Distance to Up the Speed of Young Athletes

It all comes down to a fraction of a second. Who can push off the block first? Who can jump the highest?

51���� Alumna Competes for $1 Million on “The Amazing Race”

A 51���� alumna joins "The Amazing Race" team to compete for $1 million on CBS.

51���� Geographers Make Maps to Help Study Youth Violence

51���� researchers use geospatial technology to study youth violence in Akron, Ohio.

51���� Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth

A 51���� professor, his graduate students and researchers from Kyoto University help offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.

51���� Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth

According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases diagnosed and 600,920 cancer deaths in the U.S. in 2017.

These numbers are stark and sobering, and worse yet, we still do not know exactly why cancer develops in its victims or how to stop it.

An online publication in Nature Nanotechnology this week by 51���� researchers and their colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan, however, may offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.