CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 13 -- Cuyahoga County issued the following news release: * * * $500,000 Funding to Expand Youth Employment Opportunities * * * Cuyahoga County and the City of Cleveland announced a combined $500,000 in funding to expand youth employment opportunities for individuals ages 18 and older. This initiative, made possible through a $250,000 contribution from the County's Office of Reentry and the City, aims to empower young adults by providing them with the skills, experience,  more

BEREA, Ohio, Aug. 13 (TNSres) -- Baldwin Wallace University issued the following news on Aug. 12, 2024: * * * Cuyahoga County librarian Bill Kelly '91 crossed paths with James Patterson during a book tour, and everything changed. * * * Being a curious person and an avid reader does not always change the trajectory of a life, but it did for Bill Kelly '91. Growing up in Northeast Ohio, Kelly was always a voracious reader, and his love for a liberal arts education led him to Baldwin Wallace  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 12 -- Cuyahoga County issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2024: * * * County Executive asks the State to take urgent action to support our residents * * * CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OH - Today, Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne called on Governor DeWine to waive the state-imposed threshold requirement to declare a State of Emergency. The administration has declared a state of emergency for Cuyahoga County. The request comes in the wave of ongoing cleanup after to  more

OXFORD, Ohio, Aug. 13 -- Miami University issued the following news: * * * Miami's 36 LEED Gold- and Silver-certified buildings account for 36% of the building square footage on the Oxford campus * * * By Susan Meikle, University Communications and Marketing Miami University recently earned three silver certifications, plus one silver pending, for LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Building Design + Construction by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Miami's new aca  more

PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, Aug. 13 -- Shawnee State University issued the following news: Members of the Shawnee State University Project BEAR (Building Emerging & Achieving Readers) program recently had the opportunity to attend the Elevate Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Focused on promoting literacy among children from birth to age five, Project BEAR members were able to expand their program's skills by attending interactive sessions at the conference. "The sessions at the conference were thorou  more

KENT, Ohio, Aug. 13 -- Wright State University issued the following news: By Dennis Bova Wright State University's Boonshoft School of Medicine is participating in a statewide initiative to better understand the risk factors that trigger mental health problems and how to prevent and treat those illnesses. The Boonshoft School of Medicine accepted an invitation from the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services to participate in the study called the State of Ohio Adversity and Re  more