The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded Youngstown State University a $100,000 grant to launch a public arts project in Youngstown. The award ...

$1 million gift establishes visiting scholar at YSU
The estate of former faculty member David S. Ives and his wife, Helga, is donating $1 million to Youngstown State University to expand several scholar...

Increase Excellence: Youngstown State University faculty and staff achievements
From art exhibits in Valkenswaard, Sweden, to new textbooks and scholarly articles on human anatomy, Watergate Babies and Scottish poet Robert Burns, ...

Mission College celebrates two YSU success stories
Mission College, a program Sister Jerome Corcoran founded four years ago to help college students from working poor families complete their degrees, i...

Foster Parenting Inspires a New Career Path
Twenty children have called Kim Anderson “Mom” since she became a foster parent eight years ago, and the experience has radically changed her retireme...

Judge’s Memoirs Span Civil Rights Movement
Nathaniel R. Jones was nine years old, sitting front-and-center in what was then known as Youngstown’s “colored” YMCA, when he first...

Next Assignment: Psychological Operations in Qatar
Uncle Sam put his first call in to a young Kevin Petro in the 1970s, in a small corner of Ohio’s Trumbull County. A Hubbard native, Petro was a freque...

YSU introduces new emergency alert system for students and employees
Youngstown State University is introducing a new and improved emergency alert system for students and employees. “After much research, we have decided...

Enrollment increases at YSU for first time since 2011
While there was a significant increase in new students this past Fall semester, total enrollment is now up at Youngstown State University for the firs...

Faculty and staff achievements
Five YSU faculty members were among 100 college and university educators across Ohio recognized with Excellence in Education honors by Ohio Magazine. ...

Biology student wins prestigious scholarship to study in Japan
Craig Higham of Boardman, Ohio, a senior at Youngstown State University, has been selected to receive the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International...

Increase Excellence: Youngstown State University faculty and staff achievements
From scholarly presentations in Paris to serving on a national panel that advises the U.S. Post Office, Youngstown State University faculty and staff ...