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Just one more year at ����ֱ�� State University and 19-year-old twin brothers Ray and Will Maynard of Green, Ohio, expect to be graduating and, hopefully, off to medical school.

����ֱ�� State University celebrated Earth Day with a campus-wide series of events that blended hands-on education, student research and community partnerships. From the Earth Fest on Risman Plaza to the scientific posters at the Environmental Science and Design Research Institute Research Showcase and the Electric Vehicle Showcase, the day’s activities highlighted how sustainability is woven into academic life.

April showers have caused delays and presented challenges for ����ֱ�� State's annual prairie burn.

The Undergraduate Symposium for Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors provides an opportunity for undergraduate students and recent graduates to showcase their hands-on involvement in research and creative endeavors to a larger audience. ����ֱ�� 212 faculty mentors guided the student presenters in their endeavors.

����ֱ�� State University is partnering with Osh State University in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, to help reduce rising cancer rates in the Central Asian nation.

As graduate student Delonte Goodman nears the completion of his doctoral program in Mechatronics, he completes work on several projects and sets his sights on research and landing a job at NASA. 

Psychological Sciences Professor Karin Coifman, Ph.D., has been named the new director of ����ֱ�� State University’s Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI).

Journalism is not often perceived as an emotionally challenging career, but journalists can experience any number of traumatic stress symptoms from stories that they cover, especially those involving death or human suffering. These are the topics Gretchen Hoak, Ph.D., associate professor of journalism at ����ֱ�� State University, explores in her new podcast “Informed Reporting,” which launched March 16.  

More than 450 students in grades 5-12 from public and private schools and homeschools will exhibit science projects and compete in the Ohio Academy of Science’s 2026 Regional Science Day on Saturday, March 21, at ����ֱ�� State University. 

While many students spent the spring break traveling or having fun in the sun, twin brothers Ray and Will Maynard spent the week studying.

Nearly 10% of all ����ֱ�� State University undergraduates are participating in the groundbreaking ����ֱ�� State Student Life Study, providing the university with concrete information about what it’s like to be a modern-day college student.

The chemistry was perfect when young minds from ����ֱ�� State's Child Development Center visited the university's chemistry labs for fun and educational demonstrations.

Two ����ֱ�� State University undergraduates brought national-level research experience to campus this year as featured presenters at the 2026 Exercise Science Summit. Liliana St. Germain and Olivia Snedeker delivered their work after using performance and biometric data collected from the ����ֱ�� State women’s soccer team.

����ֱ�� State University's research impact continues to expand, with many faculty members recognized among the top 2% of the most-cited scientists worldwide, according to research metrics compiled by Stanford University scholars.

 The College of Nursing has introduced AI-powered virtual reality (VR) simulation – a first-of-its-kind application in nursing education that standardizes clinical practice while giving each student individualized feedback on their performance.

Allyson Tessin, Ph.D., assistant professor in ����ֱ�� State University’s Department of Earth Sciences, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award to support her research on how the seafloor and ocean interact in rapidly changing Arctic environments.

Whether you call them roundabouts or traffic circles, this increasingly popular feature on American roadways can have some drivers spinning. But while roundabouts are considered safer than traditional intersections for vehicle traffic, how safe are they for pedestrians?

Three Minute Thesis competitions, like the one that took place recently at ����ֱ�� State, are held at institutions nationwide and help student researchers practice presenting complicated research data briefly and simply, in a way that's easy for non-academics. 

Student groups and classes celebrated Halloween in creative ways as unique as their majors.