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Who’s cheating?

Who’s cheating?

Meg Perry, Staff Reporter
January 17, 2017
Filed under News

Have you ever wondered if your significant other was cheating? In today’s day and age, it has become easier than ever to discreetly be unfaithful, especially with the use of the Internet. Ashley Madison, an online infidelity matchmaking service, is one of those resources. However, in July of 2015,... Read more »

Project aims to increase diversity in STEM

Emily Lorton, Staff Reporter
January 10, 2017
Filed under News, Top Stories

The University of Toledo is one of seven universities engaging in a project led by Case Western University that enhances opportunities for minorities pursuing doctoral degrees in the STEM field. The National Science Foundation gave $3.1 million to support the Northern Ohio Alliance for Graduate Education... Read more »

Toledoans put their breast foot forward

Emily Jackson, Co-community Editor
September 27, 2016
Filed under Community

Every year, an estimated 14 million people around the world are diagnosed with cancer, and eight million people die from the disease. According to the American Cancer Society, Ohio alone is predicted to have more than 66,000 new cancer cases by the end of 2016. But even in the face of these daunti... Read more »

University of Toledo professor receives $3.38 million grant

University of Toledo professor receives $3.38 million grant

Morgan Kovacs, News Editor
September 27, 2016
Filed under News

Associate professor of psychiatry in the University’s College of Medicine and Life Sciences Dr. Xin Wang received a $3.38 million dollar grant from the National Institute of Health to study the early development of PTSD in trauma victims. The grant will be dispersed over a four-year period, starting... Read more »

Making a difference begins when you lend a hand

Emily Jackson, Community Co-Edior
September 20, 2016
Filed under Community

Human trafficking is one of the fastest-growing criminal industries in the world. According to the International Labor Force, the money illegally acquired through human trafficking is estimated to be more than $35 billion. Ohio has been the site of much of this illegal activity. The state has ranked... Read more »

University of Toledo to study how to increase diversity in engineering

Morgan Kovacs, News Editor
September 20, 2016
Filed under News, Top Stories

A team of researchers was awarded a $123,859 two-year grant to study factors that affect African-American students’ success in engineering, which will start on Oct. 1. The research team is made up of Lesley Berhan, associate professor in engineering and director of engineering diversity initiatives,... Read more »

Researchers at the University of Toledo receive grant to study kidney disorder

Meg Perry, Staff Writer
September 20, 2016
Filed under News

Two researchers in the University of Toledo’s Department of Pharmacology received grants to examine the relationship between kidney disorder and cardiovascular disease. Assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Wissam AbouAlaiwi, received a three­year,... Read more »

Fighting against heart failure

Morgan Kovacs, News Editor
September 13, 2016
Filed under News, Top Stories

Third-year biomedical science Ph.D. student Xiaoming Fan is researching how to limit muscle damage after a heart attack with the help of his mentor Jiang Tian, associate professor in the division of cardiovascular medicine. According to the CDC, one in four deaths are due to heart attacks. The health... Read more »

Research takes flight

Meg Perry, Staff Reporter
September 6, 2016
Filed under News, Top Stories

Gunnar Kramer, a Ph.D. student studying ornithology at the University of Toledo, plans to track endangered Golden-­winged Warblers for a year after being recognized at the North American Ornithological Conference in Washington, D.C. Kramer’s research will focus on identifying their migration routes. “Understanding... Read more »

Researcher at University of Toledo studies male infertility

Emily Schnipke, Managing Editor
September 6, 2016
Filed under News, Top Stories

  Remember studying basic cells in high school biology and trying to memorize each and every piece of what makes up our body and helps us to function? Our body is made up entirely of cells. The very basis of our existence holds the answers for some very relevant problems in human life. Tomer... Read more »

Doctoral students at UT research Pokemon Go

Jessica Harker, Editor-in-Chief
August 16, 2016
Filed under News, Top Stories

Imagine you’re walking down the river path, headed to the Center of Performing Arts for your final class of the day. All of the sudden your phone vibrates, you lift it up and to your great surprise a Dratini appears on your screen. This is the life of any avid Pokemon Go player who also happens to... Read more »

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