CSU in the News: January 2018

CSU is making headlines. Check out the latest roundup of newsworthy stories and engaging buzz from the home of Engaged Learning.

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Harlan M. Sands Named 7th President of CSU

Harlan M. Sands will become the seventh president of Cleveland State University on July 1, 2018. With nearly two decades of experience as an administrator and faculty member at urban research universities, Sands is a highly regarded and widely respected higher education leader. He comes to CSU with a proven track record of advancing academic excellence, elevating faculty endeavors, championing research and aligning strategies and operations to meet the emerging needs of higher education in the 21st century.

Welcome Back!

Spring 2018 semester got off to a great start:

Research to Watch in 2018

The cutting-edge work of CSU faculty may someday cure deadly diseases and make it possible for paralyzed children to walk.

A research team led by Dr. Anthony Berdis of CSU's Center for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease is making inroads in the fight against brain cancer.

The Shape of Things to Come

A $1.75 million grant from the Cleveland Foundation will help attract top academic talent and create research labs for the Internet of Things Collaborative between Case Western Reserve University and CSU. The grant caught the attention of Cleveland.com and Crain's Cleveland Business.

Cultivating Sales Excellence at CSU

A $1 million gift from CSU Board of Trustees Chair Bernie Moreno will create a hub for innovative research and education in sales management in CSU's Monte Ahuja College of Business. Checkout more info from Cleveland.com and Crain's Business Cleveland.

A Bright Future After Foster Care

A $500,000 gift from Thomas and Marsha Hopkins will enhance academic support services for former foster youth at CSU:

Viking Creed Unveiled

All together now: "As a Cleveland State Viking, I will practice personal and academic integrity...."

More CSU in the News

U.S. News & World Report ranked the CSU School of Nursing's Online Master of Science in Nursing program at No. 45 in the nation and No. 3 in Ohio:

In his latest book, prolific CSU professor Richard Klein examines the history of drugstores in Cleveland.

Alumnus Ben King, founder of 1487 Brewery, is bringing authentic German beer to central Ohio.

For CSU students, the cleveland.com/Plain Dealer series "A Greater Cleveland"provides food for thought:

Alumna Annie Camin, owner of Sit 'N Stay Pet Solutions, is styling. Checkout more about her fashion for a busy lifestyle.

Bill Barrow and his team at the Cleveland Memory Project in CSU's Michael Schwartz Library are the keepers of yesteryear. See how they are connecting Cleveland to its past.

Hilary Plum, assistant director of the CSU Poetry Center, won a Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award for her nonfiction book "Watchfires":

Alumna Najeebah Shareef is one of Cleveland Magazine's Most Interesting People of 2018:

Damien Johnson, a history teacher at MC2STEM High School on the CSU campus, won the Ohio Civil RIghts Commission's Excellence in Teaching Diversity Award:

Milenia Sterio, professor and associate dean in the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, spoke to NPR about the legalities of U.S. military involvement in Syria.

77 CSU student-athletes were named to the Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll.

Governor John Kasich appointed alumna Mary DeGenaro to the Ohio Supreme Court:

CSU President Ronald M. Berkman and CSU Board of Trustees Chair Bernie Moreno are among the movers and shakers on Cleveland Magazine's 2018 Power 100 list:

WalletHub turned to Monte Ahuja College of Business lecturer Roger Klee for advice on building credit.

"By presenting an information environment with greater exposure to positions that challenge an individual’s attitudes, Facebook could increase open-mindedness," CSU professor Richard Perloff wrote in a letter to The New York Times.