Graduate students from Ƶ Ƶ University’s Net Impact chapter assembled 14 Adirondack chairs made out of recycled plastic on Sept. 7. Net Impact is a nonprofit organization that promotes sustainability in the workforce. Ƶ Ƶ’s chapter, which consists of about 15 members, resides in the College of Business Administration. The parts for the plastic l...
By Kyle McDonald | RecordCourier Published: September 20, 2013 4:00AM Faculty and staff at Ƶ Ƶ University gathered in Risman Plaza on Thursday to walk along the now complete Esplanade connection to downtown Ƶ for a lunchtime break. About 140 people took part in, "Let's Take a Ride/Walk," on the Esplanade, which included free lunch at Bar&...
Esplanade Extension Officially Opened during Partnership Celebration The University Esplanade is built around the economic development of downtown Ƶ, and is a vital connection between the university and downtown projects that include PARTA’s new Ƶ Central Gateway multimodal transit center, private developments from Acorn Alley and Fairmount Properties, and ...
Ƶ Ƶ University faculty, staff and students are invited to walk or ride a bicycle along the Ƶ Ƶ University Esplanade, which is now open, to the downtown Ƶ restaurant, Bar 145, during the third annual “Let’s Take a Ride/Walk” event on Thursday, Sept. 19, at 11:30 a.m. The starting point will be on the ‘K’ at Risman Pla...
Seven students delved into the history, culture and public health systems of Latin America during the inaugural Summer Intersession Course in Colombia and Panama May 20-June 3. Fourteen traveled to Geneva for the third Global Health Immersion Course, focusing on policy, held May 17-June 1. Four students took field study on global access to clean water and sanitation at the Southern Institute for Appropriate Technology (SIFAT) in Alabama May 12-25, the second year of Ƶ Ƶ participation. Panama and Colombia Epidemiology doctoral student Amy R. ...
Shaping the future of health care through building design is the aim of the new Graduate Certificate in Health Care Facilities. The two-sided program, launched just under a year ago, benefits those with a health care background, but no grounding in facilities, as well as those with design and facilities knowledge, but little experience in health care. Appropriate for professionals and master’s students in architecture, interior design, health care and public health, the fully online graduate certificate is a unique way to gain expertise in a specialty area with high market dem...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a three-year, $330,000 National Science Foundation grant to Ƶ’s Atmospheric Research Group for its project titled “Measurements of Amines during the Southern Oxidant and Aerosol Study (SOAS) Field Campaign.” The project will be led by Shanhu Lee, Ph.D., associate professor of environmental health sciences in Ƶ Ƶ’s College of Public Health. Lee’s research is a component of the broad community experiment, SOAS, designed to further investigate the oxidation of the emissions (biogenic volatile organic compounds, or BVOCs...
Take the Internet seriously. As crazy as that sounds, if a threat is made and feels real, report it. That’s the advice Ƶ student Zoë Burch offers as she reflects on her experience. While in her first year at Ƶ Ƶ, Burch, a Pittsburgh native, was online and noted a potential threat of violence directed at a school in Pennsylvania. She reported the information to Ƶ Ƶ Police, which led to the involvement of the FBI in Northeast Ohio and Pittsburgh, and Pennsylvania authorities. The threat was confirmed with authorities in Pennsylvania, and the suspect ...
Posted July 15, 2013 | Danie le DeBord Ƶ Ƶ University has established a community garden on the Ƶ Campus to provide employees, students and community members a plot of land to plant produce of their choice. The shared green space was planned, designed, built and is maintained by community members. The Ƶ Ƶ community garden is located&nbs...
Located on the Ƶ Ƶ University Esplanade, between the Ƶ Student Center and the Kiva, is a Dero Fixit Station, which is a bike repair station. The station provides a repair stand that can hold most bikes, an air pump and basic tools for minor adjustments, and is free and open to members of the Ƶ Ƶ community. There...