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IN A FLASH SPECIAL - Views From PUCPR in Curitiba, Brazil

�������� State students at the American Academy in Brazil are experiencing the country's rainiest season.

Out of Pandemic Isolation, Alumna Creates Short Film Accepted into Cleveland International Film Festival

As a digital media production student, Ailene Joven, '21, began creating the short film “Define” during the early days of COVID-19. Several years later, that film is set to be screened at the Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) on March 28, 2023.

Student Success Priority Exceeds Goal

The Forever Brighter campaign’s Prioritizing Student Success initiative now stands at $142 million, surpassing the $100 million goal set at the campaign’s outset in October 2021. This will enable the university to offer more financial assistance to students in need.

Black Squirrels Have Taken Over the (�������� Kraziness) Brackets

�������� Kraziness is an competition created by University Housing Services to increase social media engagement. The competition, which kicked off on March 14-April 4, is a nod to the NCAA's March Madness.

�������� State Graduate College Asks ‘Who Runs the World?’

Women represent nearly 60% of students in graduate or professional degree programs; however, they are still a minority in certain STEM fields like engineering and computer science. The Graduate College celebrated women’s history month by tackling this tough topic head-on.

Coming Out: Dolores Noll

A trailblazer for LGBTQ+ rights, the late Dolores Noll, Ph.D., was one of ��������’s first openly gay professors when she came out in 1971.

IN A FLASH: Intramural Champs

Players and fans saw great gameplay at the Intramural Sports Basketball Championships this week. 

Breaking Barriers for Parenting Students is Goal of Professor’s Research

Approximately 5.4 million students with dependent children are enrolled in postsecondary education. Those numbers are only expected to rise in the near future, as a too-often overlooked and underserved population increases. Ashtabula sociology associate professor Jessica Leveto, Ph.D., is focusing her research on the needs of those students as part of a fellowship with the Center for Teaching and Learning that culminates with a faculty workshop on April 21.

�������� State, CIFF and ‘Reading Rainbow’ Creators

�������� State connects with the Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) to create opportunities for students.

Pathology Research Seeking to Unlock Mysteries of the Brain

Since completion of her Ph.D. in 2016, Assistant Professor Melissa Edler and her colleagues have secured more than $2 million in research funding for examining aging and neurodegenerative diseases.

Reaching New Heights in Advanced Air Mobility

The Virtual Future of Educating Teachers

Three �������� State professors are developing a solution to a teacher training issue through the use of extended reality (XR) technology and 360 video.