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The progression and growth of downtown Cleveland continues as the grand opening of The Lumen building reflects the historic beauty of the city.  The Lumen is a new luxury and pet-friendly apartment building in Cleveland located near Playhouse Square. Terry Schwarz, director of the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC) at ����������������, spoke with News 5 Cleveland about the excitement surrounding the construction of the building and the impact it will have on downtown, despite the pandemic.  The Lumen was constructed not far from the CUDC, and Schwarz has watched its progr...

The ���������������� Board of Trustees has approved a new three-year Collective Bargaining Agreement between the university and the ���������������� Employees Local 153, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).   The university and AFSCME will now execute a Collective Bargaining Agreement that is retroactive to Oct. 1, 2019, and will run through Sept. 30, 2022. Under the agreement, represented employees will receive a 2.5% wage increase retroactive to Oct. 1, 2019; 0% increase in year two (Oct. 1, 2020, through Sept. 30, 2...

The second ���������������� Columbiana County Volleyball Classic took place Oct. 3, when the East Liverpool Potters hosted the Salem Quakers for a full day of volleyball action. The day featured freshman, JV and varsity games between the cross-county rivals, In a hard-fought varsity match, East Liverpool High School defeated Salem High School, earning the right to keep the traveling winner’s plaque until next year’s battle.  It took five games to determine the winner, but the Potters came out on top 25-22, 10-25, 25-23, 22-25, 19-17. The ���������������� County Classic represents the strong foun...

This week, Alexis Harris is back to talk about study tips and test prep for midterms! It’s midterm time! Let’s talk about study tips and test prep. Studying is going to be different for every student because not everyone learns the same, but here are a few study tips for all types of students. Over the last four years, I have developed some really awesome study tips, but I’ve also had a lot of failures along the way. First and foremost, find your safe space to study! For some students, this may be a quiet room by themselves while for others it may be a restaurant or in a large study...

Climate change can now be measured on a global scale using multiple weather variables, according to new research from ����������������. In 2018, Cameron C. Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Geography at ����������������, began researching how weather types have changed over a 40-year period. Lee’s published research “Trends and Variability in Airmass Frequencies: Indicators of a Changing Climate” can be found in the American Meteorological Society’s Journal of Climate.  Air masses, or multivariate weather situations like hot and humid, or cold and dry, take into acc...

The Kent City Health Department has notified 57 residents of Fletcher Hall, fourth floor, on ����������������’s Kent Campus that they must quarantine until Oct. 20 due to possible exposure to the communicable disease COVID-19. Only students who live in Fletcher Hall will be permitted to enter during this quarantine period. The 57 students will remain in a separate section of Fletcher Hall. Meals will be provided along with other university resources through the quarantine period. Anyone testing positive has been moved to isolation. The university will work with the students and thei...

The Kent City Health Department has notified 53 residents of Fletcher Hall, third floor, on ����������������’s Kent Campus that they must quarantine until Oct. 19 due to possible exposure to the communicable disease COVID-19. Only students who live in Fletcher Hall will be permitted to enter during this quarantine period. The 53 students will remain in a separate section of Fletcher Hall. Meals will be provided along with other university resources through the quarantine period. Anyone testing positive has been moved to isolation. The university will work with the students and their...

���������������� is proud to announce its 2020 Alumni Award recipients. Recipients are chosen based on their exceptional contributions in their chosen profession, in their communities and at ����������������. Sponsored by the alumni association, the Alumni Awards are the university’s most prestigious honors given to alumni. “We were once again delighted with the overwhelming number of outstanding nominations we received for this year’s awards,” said Meg May, president of ����������������’s National Alumni Board of Directors. “These nominations remind us of the diversity and success of our graduate...

The ���������������� Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting at 11:15 a.m. Friday, Oct. 9, which will be conducted electronically as permitted under Amended Substitute House Bill 197. The sole purpose of the special board meeting is to consider a proposed Collective Bargaining Agreement between ���������������� and ���������������� Employees Local 153, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). The Board will retire into executive session during the meeting to consider specific topics as provided for under Ohio’s “Sunshine Law.” No committee meetings will ...