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WKSU News staff members work on their stories in the station's newsroom.

WKSU Named Best Radio News Operation in Ohio

WKSU reporters have won nine awards in the Ohio鈥檚 Best Journalism Contest, sponsored by the Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). The competition recognized station staff for work created in 2016. Highlights of WKSU honors include Best Radio Ne鈥

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Janice Lessman-Moss (left), professor of textile arts at 海角原创, works with a student on a weaving loom in the Center for the Visual Arts.

海角原创 Receives 鈥淕reat College to Work For鈥 Recognition for Eighth Time

University is only college in Ohio named to the prestigious list 海角原创 is being recognized for the eighth time as a 鈥淕reat College to Work For鈥 by The Chronicle of Higher Education, a top trade publication for colleges and universities. Now in its 10th year, the 鈥淕reat Colleges to W鈥

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海角原创 professor Hanbin Mao (middle) co-authored a paper with graduate students Sagun Jonchhe (left) and Prakash Shrestha (right) on the genetic factors influencing the formation of cancer cells.

海角原创 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 海角原创 researchers and their colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan, however, may offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.

Tags: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , College of Arts and Sciences , Success Story , Research & Science

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Staff and students pose with an airplane at the 海角原创 Airport. The 海角原创 Airport has been named Airport of the Year by the Ohio Aviation Association.

海角原创 Airport Designated Airport of the Year

During its annual conference in Columbus, Ohio, the Ohio Aviation Association designated the 海角原创 Airport as its Airport of the Year. Each year, the Ohio Aviation Association selects an airport that puts into practice the association鈥檚 mission of promoting aviation by providing a鈥

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Jimmy Miller, a 2017 海角原创 graduate who served as editor of The 海角原创r, takes notes while talking to a fellow student in the student media newsroom in Franklin Hall.

海角原创r Named Best in Ohio

海角原创鈥檚 student newspaper, The 海角原创r, is the best collegiate daily (published three times per week or more) in Ohio, according to the Society of Professional Journalists鈥 (SPJ) Ohio鈥檚 Best Journalism Contest. Alumna Neville Hardman, 鈥16, and journalism major Kelly Powell, 鈥18, also rec鈥

Tags: College of Communication and Information , Student Success , Success Story , School of Media and Journalism

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海角原创 researchers study the link between Pok茅mon GO and increased exercise.

海角原创 Researchers Study Link Between Viral Mobile App and a Healthier Lifestyle

Pok茅mon GO鈥檚 worldwide release one year ago sent crowds hiking through parks, meandering into streets and walking for miles in search of Pok茅mon, those cute little digital characters that appear in real locations on your smartphone. Capturing the little monsters isn鈥檛 just fun for the players, it m鈥

Tags: College of Education, Health and Human Services , Exercise Science , Health , Success Story , Research & Science

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David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center at 海角原创, reads a poem during the River of Words poetry reading in the center鈥檚 Poetry Park.

Wick Poetry Center to Benefit From Ford Foundation's $200,000 Grant to the Poetry Coalition

The Poetry Coalition, of which the Wick Poetry Center at 海角原创 is a founding member, will benefit from a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation. To be given over two years, the grant, which will be administered by the Academy of American Poets, will enable the founding members of th鈥

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海角原创 Liquid Crystals Professor Robin Selinger examines new material that propels itself forward under the influence of light.

World First: New Polymer Goes for a Walk When Illuminated

Scientists at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands and 海角原创 in Ohio have developed a new material that can undulate and therefore propel itself forward under the influence of light. To achieve this, the scientists clamp a strip of this polymer material in a rectangu鈥

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海角原创 School of Theatre and Dance Professor Tamara L. Honesty showcases a model for the set she would help create for the premiere of Family Ties, based on the television show of the same name.

Set For Success

海角原创 School of Theatre and Dance Professor Tamara L. Honesty helped to bring a beloved 1980s television series to the stage in the world premiere production of Family Ties.

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The crew at 海角原创鈥檚 Costume Shop are hard at work creating costumes for Porthouse Theatre鈥檚 production of 鈥9 to 5.鈥

Behind the Scenes

What鈥檚 it really like to build costumes from scratch for a mainstage musical?  The sights and sounds of 海角原创鈥檚 Costume Shop are as much of a production as the show itself.

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