Youngstown State University’s Department of Art announces that visual artist Lorri Ott will provide a free public lecture 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16,...

Best-selling novelist Wally Lamb gives Skeggs Lecture Oct. 22
Wally Lamb, author of four New York Times best-selling novels, presents the Youngstown State University Skeggs Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22...

Head of environmental legal defense fund lecture Oct. 8
Thomas Linzey, executive director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund presents “ A Community Revolution: Elevating the Rights of People ...

“Soldier of Change” lectures Oct. 3 in Kilcawley Center
Stephen Snyder-Hill, a decorated Gulf War veteran and author of “Soldier of Change: From the Closet to the Forefront of the Gay Rights Movement,” pres...

Medal of Honor recipient to speak Sept. 17 in Stambaugh Auditorium
Sal Giunta, recipient of the Medal of Honor for his actions in combat in 2007 in Afghanistan, is the featured speaker at the James and Coralie Centofa...

Lecture series on Energy and the Environment on Wednesdays
Youngstown State University is hosting a Fall Semester Speaker Series on Energy and the Environment, organized by Ray Beiersdorfer, professor of Geolo...

OfficeMax co-founder visits YSU Sept. 18
Michael Feuer, co-founder and former chief executive of OfficeMax and current chief executive of Max-Ventures private equity and consulting firm, will...

YSU Community Diversity Program Series announced
A symposium featuring Medal of Honor recipient Sal Giunta, a simulation of what it’s like to live in poverty and a concert featuring Indian Classical ...

Lecture this week focuses on China’s emergence
Craig Seidelson, chief engineer for Timken Corp. in China, lectures on “How ‘Made in China’ Became the World’s Most Recognized Brand” 6:30 p.m. Wednes...

Expert to speak on DNA forensics
Dan Krane, professor of biology at Wright State University and one of the world’s foremost DNA experts, presents “The Science (and Pseudos...
Civil War medicine is topic of lecture
Betsy Estilow, a professor emeritus of biology at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland, and a lecturer in Civil War history, presents “Overlooked and U...

Expert on China’s economic and financial reforms lectures on campus
“Will Scarcity Derail China’s Reform Agenda in 2014?” is the topic of a conversation with Bill Adams, co-author of In Line Behind a Billion Peop...