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A student in Clare Stacey's class discusses a poem in Merrill Hall

Healing With One Stanza at a Time

In a front porch conversation during the height of COVID-19, two ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï professors realized they had something in common beyond their neighborhood proximity: both were turning to poetry to cope with unprecedented stress and uncertainty. Clare Stacey, Ph.D., a professor in ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï St…

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Adedayo Adeagbo (center) volunteering to help older adults at the Tamarack Ridge facility

From Loss to Legacy

For Adedayo Adeagbo, a Ph.D. candidate in medical sociology at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï, working with older adults isn't just a research interest -- it's a promise she made to the grandmother she couldn't save.She says she can still see the bruises. Even years later, even thousands of miles away from w…

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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Ph.D. student Adedayo Adeagbo (left) with a resident at Tamarack Ridge

Bridging Generations

 In an era where social media connections replace face-to-face interactions and political divisions seem insurmountable, one ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï professor has found an antidote: bringing college students and older adults together through simple, meaningful human connection. For over six …

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Will Kalkhoff, a professor and graduate program coordinator in ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State's Department of Sociology and Criminology

Where the Classroom Meets the Field

It's 10:30 on a weeknight. Will Kalkhoff, Ph.D., a professor and graduate program coordinator in ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State's Department of Sociology and Criminology, has just settled in after a long day. Then his phone goes off. A possible drowning. A local lake. The clock starts ticking. Within minutes, he's on his way. And in that moment, everything he teaches in the classroom becomes something else entirely.

Tags: College of Sciences and Humanities , Department of Sociology and Criminology , ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Works , Government/Public Service , Education

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An incarcerated woman from the Northeast Reintegration Center (NERC) speaks to the Women in Crime & Justice class led by Susan Kunkle, Ph.D. in Merrill Hall in November 2025

Beyond the Textbook: When Prison Comes to the Classroom

 On a November afternoon in Merrill Hall, six women walk into a ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï classroom. They're not guest lecturers with advanced degrees. They're currently incarcerated at the Northeast Reintegration Center (NERC) in downtown Cleveland. And for the next couple hours, they'll share the…

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Five ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State physicists among the top 2% most cited scientists world-wide

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Ohio.- Five ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State physicists are recognized among the top 2% most cited scientists world-wide: Veronica Dexheimer, Antal Jakli, Oleg Lavrentovich, Jonathan Selinger, and Deng-Ke Yang. Congratulations to all!  Link to article

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Physics

Sydney Roche, Class of 2025, Political Science major with Criminology minor, currently attending Case Western Reserve University School of Law on full scholarship

Pre-Law Center Propels Graduate to Top Law School

Sydney Roche is thriving as a first-year law student at Case Western Reserve University on a full-ride scholarship, and she credits much of her success to the foundation she built at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï. Originally from Erie, Pennsylvania, the 2025 graduate discovered ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State through a fri…

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Tom Sonnanstine V at NEOMED posing with his sign that reads "I matched in general surgery with Summa Health"

From Introverted Freshman to Confident Resident Surgeon

When Tom Sonnanstine V transferred to ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï as a second-semester freshman from Dublin, Ohio, he was recovering from a hip injury that had ended his football career at Johns Hopkins University. Introverted and unsure of his path forward, he chose ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State for its proximity to family…

Tags: Department of Psychological Sciences , Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , College of Sciences and Humanities

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black redstart bird

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State biologists build genomic roadmap to study how birds adapt to thin mountain air

How do animals cope when oxygen levels suddenly drop? That question is at the center of research led by Sangeet Lamichhaney, Ph.D., associate professor and MA coordinator in the Department of Biological Sciences, whose team has assembled the first complete genome of the black redstart, a s…

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Allyson Tessin with members of her research team in the Gulf of Alaska

From Ice Age to Our Age

Allyson Tessin, Ph.D., assistant professor in ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’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 envir…

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