Community & Society

Drugs and Behavior: How Societal Trends Impact Addiction
Since the beginning of the pandemic, few disciplines have seen as many changes as psychology. In order to help students address these emerging challenges, ½ÄÏÌåÓý’s Department of Psychological Sciences is offering a slate of courses relevant to the changing trends impacting mental health today.

Taking in the Sights, Sounds and Tastes of Rwanda
Over the past several weeks, ½ÄÏÌåÓý faculty and staff, along with a select group of students, have traveled to Kigali, Rwanda, taking part in a host of educational programs and cultural exchange.

Love of Aviation Inspires ½ÄÏÌåÓý State Students and Alumni to Volunteer for Props and Pistons FestivalÂ
The Props and Pistons Festival has been held since 2013 and is planned and funded by Inspire Aviation, a non-profit organization whose goal is promoting aviation and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education. To learn more about the event or to volunteer go to https://www.flyohio.org/.

Interior Design Professor Focuses on ‘Empathetic Moments’
Tina Patel leads with empathy in the classroom, the design studio and every space in between.

½ÄÏÌåÓý State Paves the Way for First-Generation Student Success
½ÄÏÌåÓý State is one of 21 institutions that has advanced to the First Scholars phase of the First Scholars Network. Faculty and staff are hard at work to provide a higher-quality experience for first generation students.

½ÄÏÌåÓý State Research on Full Display at Peace Conference in Rwanda
A host of ½ÄÏÌåÓý faculty and students took center stage at a global peace conference on July 12 in Kigali, Rwanda, sharing their knowledge and research with delegates from more than a dozen countries and as well as the U.S.

Visit to Kigali Genocide Memorial Sets Stage for ½ÄÏÌåÓý State-Sponsored Peace Conference
On July 10, ½ÄÏÌåÓý State students visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, which serves as a place of remembrance and education, during the ½ÄÏÌåÓý State Kigali Summer Institute, a three-week education-abroad experience that includes the course Rwanda After the Genocide Against the Tutsi.

Showing Students How to Soar
As the first Black woman to graduate from ½ÄÏÌåÓý’s flight program in 1991, Capt. Stephanie Johnson knows what it takes to aim high for a dream and reach it. Now, she wants other young students from diverse backgrounds to be able to envision and achieve their biggest dreams as well.

IN A FLASH: Smokey the Squirrel?
Smoke from the Canadian wildfires created hazy scenes like this on campus last week.

Ohio Educators Heading to ½ÄÏÌåÓý State Peace Conference in Rwanda
Jeffrey Hartmann, Ph.D., principal of Stow-Munroe Falls High School, said he was interested in attending the conference to learn skills to deal with his school district’s changing landscape.