WOOSTER, Ohio, Dec. 9 (TNSper) -- The College of Wooster issued the following news: Anne E. McCall, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Xavier University of Louisiana, has been named the 13th president of The College of Wooster. The Board of Trustees unanimously approved McCall's appointment following a 10-month nationwide search conducted by a presidential search committee comprised of trustees, alumni, faculty, staff, and students. McCall begins her role as president on   more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- Case Western Reserve University's School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Colon cancer pioneer and neural engineering innovator join nearly 20 others from Case Western Reserve in last decade on list * * * Case Western Reserve University researchers Sanford "Sandy" Markowitz and Dustin Tyler have been elected fellows of The National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The honor highlights the overall career and impact individual inventors have h  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following news release: Case Western Reserve University researchers Sanford "Sandy" Markowitz and Dustin Tyler have been elected fellows of The National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The honor highlights the overall career and impact individual inventors have had in their field and society. Markowitz, a Distinguished University Professor, is the Ingalls Professor of Cancer Genetics at the Case Western Reserve School o  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 9 (TNSper) -- Cleveland State University issued the following news release: Nigamanth Sridhar, Ph.D., a higher education leader with extensive administrative and research experience, and a long history of service to Cleveland State University has been named the University's Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs. Dr. Sridhar had been serving in the role in an interim capacity since May. "CSU will benefit substantially from Dr. Sridhar's years-long dedicatio  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 8 (TNSres) -- Case Western Reserve University issued the following news release: With a new $3 million-plus grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Case Western Reserve University researchers are examining the next level of treatment for Candida auris (C.auris), a multidrug-resistant yeast that causes serious infection and, in some cases, death. This fungus was discovered in Japan and has spread internationally, including to the United States. The five-year g  more

AKRON, Ohio, Dec. 9 -- Goodyear Tire and Rubber issued the following news release: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company today announced a new addition to its Wrangler highway tire portfolio, the Goodyear Wrangler Steadfast HT. Representing Goodyear's strongest performing highway tire to date, the Wrangler Steadfast HT is an all-season tire with strong wet performance, enhanced ride comfort and the peace of mind that Kevlar offers - giving drivers the confidence to enjoy every drive. Backed with   more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 8 (TNSfund) -- Franklin University issued the following news release: Franklin University, a leading educator of working adults, is pleased to announce that the Ohio Department of Public Safety's (ODPS) Office of Criminal Justice Services (OCJS) has awarded the University Edward J. Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) funding to support its promising program, "Every Officer is a Leader" which was founded to help advance the criminal justice system. The University   more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Dec. 9 (TNSper) -- The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center issued the following news: After an extensive national search, Jimmy Duncan, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, has been selected as the inaugural chief human resources officer for OU Health, Oklahoma's only integrated, comprehensive academic health system. Duncan comes to OU Health from UC Health in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he has served as Senior Vice President/Chief Human Resources Officer since 2020. UC Health is the  more

KENT, Ohio, Dec. 9 (TNSpro) -- Kent State University issued the following news: The Kent State University Board of Trustees approved the establishment of a new master's degree that will help meet two decades of sustained growth in the broad field of conflict studies. The new Peace and Conflict Studies major within the Master of Arts degree will be offered in person on the Kent Campus and will prepare students for careers as practitioners in the fields of peace and conflict management and for do  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 8 (TNSres) -- OverDrive, a company that says it delivers a digital catalog of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines and other content through apps, posted the following news release on Dec. 7, 2022: As academic libraries pivot to meet the needs of a digital-first student population, many libraries are shifting their digital collections to include more popular fiction and nonfiction digital materials. To better understand ebook collection development in academic libraries, Choice,   more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 9 (TNSper) -- The Ohio State University Libraries issued the following news: Karla Strieb, The Ohio State University Libraries Associate Dean for Content and Access, has accepted a three-year assignment as the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) Visiting Program Officer for Shared Collections. Strieb will continue as a University Libraries faculty member, but will report to Maurice York, Director of BTAA Library Initiatives, throughout her appointment which begins Jan. 3, 2023  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- Ohio State University issued the following news: Two Ohio State University health sciences professors have been elected as members of the National Academy of Inventors 2022 class of fellows. Jianrong Li, professor of virology in the College of Veterinary Medicine Department of Veterinary Biosciences, and Peixuan Guo, holder of the Sylvan G. Frank Endowed Chair in Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery in the College of Pharmacy, are among the 169 academic inventors   more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 8 (TNSjou) -- Ohio State University issued the following news: * * * Researchers aim to determine microbial risk factors * * * Researchers aiming to predict which staph-infection patients might develop a related kidney disease have found a high frequency of gene mutations in the infecting bacteria of affected patients, which suggests these variants may play a role in the body's initiation of the renal damage. The kidney disorder is a fairly uncommon autoimmune complicat  more

FINDLAY, Ohio, Dec. 8 (TNSres) -- The University of Findlay issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2022: Three University of Findlay seniors presented their capstone research projects to faculty, staff, and fellow students on Tuesday, Dec. 6. They spent the past semester conducting independent research projects, and today everything was shared with the public. Andrew Boulton turned his focus to the hot topic of elections, researching "Electoral College and Voting Power." As a senior poli  more