Since the summer of 2013, YSU Magazine has been inviting married YSU couples to share their love stories in a section of Class Notes that we call Peng...

Freshmen numbers, quality up; retention, graduation are priorities
Larger. Higher test scores. More diverse. Those are the buzzwords around this year’s freshman class at YSU. Preliminary numbers show a 17 percent incr...

On the move: Summer office relocations on campus
Looking for an office on campus and can’t find it? It may have moved. Several offices relocated this summer. Here’s the rundown: Career Services moved...

Roofs to restrooms: Summer campus improvements underway
Crews are busy across campus this summer working on more than $12 million in improvements, from restroom renovations and roof replacements to expansio...

Professor, students study sloths in Costa Rica
Michael T. Butcher, associate professor, Biological Sciences, along with graduate student Dylan Thomas and undergraduate research assistant Zachary Gl...

Across the Miles: YSU Alums Hold Court in ‘Chicagoland’
Judges Mary Seminara Schostok and Laura Liu had been friends and colleagues for years, and they knew they had a lot in common. They’re both attorneys,...

Win-Win – Interns Gain Experience, Create Digital Mapping System for County
The geography of Columbiana County seems to be ideal for Penguins – Penguin Geography majors, that is. They’re creating an essential economic developm...

A seat at the table: YSU engaged in federal rulemaking
When the Obama administration recently announced plans to loosen the credit requirements needed to obtain federal PLUS loans, little did anyone know Y...

YSUPD launches Lunch with a Cop
YSU police are meeting with students over lunch so officers and students can get to know each other better. “It is my sincerest hope that this opportu...

CIAM adds high-temp furnace
A new sintering furnace has been installed in the Center for Innovation in Additive Manufacturing in Moser Hall. The furnace, funded by the Ohio Board...

Prof features her children in new photo exhibit
Five years ago, Joy Christiansen Erb’s son was born with a congenital heart defect. As a first-time mom, Christiansen Erb’s life was turned upside dow...

Select company: Professor receives Governor’s Award
Phil Brady isn’t one of those poets who writes, gets published and then goes and hermits himself away somewhere to ponder life’s mysteries, only to re...