College of Public Health
Tara C. Smith, Ph.D., epidemiology professor in the College of Public Health, shares her perspective on the current coronavirus pandemic: "It seems like years have passed since the world first heard of an 'atypical pneumonia' circulating in the Hubei province of China in December 2019. When we’ve seen similar reports in the past, the illnesses have had a variety of causes, but all were eventually containable..."
Â鶹ӰԺ’s College of Public Health is teaming up with the Department of Computer Science to develop and implement drug prevention infrastructure in Portage, Geauga and Lake counties.
Gracen Gerbig and Hayley Shasteen, both Â鶹ӰԺ students in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently received the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, considered the nation’s premier undergraduate award in the natural sciences, math and engineering. They were recognized by President Beverly Warren at the Â鶹ӰԺ State Board of Trustees meeting on May 9.
In its 2020 edition of Best Graduate Schools, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Â鶹ӰԺ in the top 100 of Best Graduate Education Schools.
City rats are unlikely to be on anyone's list of favorite animals, but researching exactly how they are problematic for public health provided a unique opportunity this past summer for Gracen Gerbig, Â鶹ӰԺ State junior majoring in Cellular and Molecular Biology.
A team of Â鶹ӰԺ State students took first place in the seventh annual Mission: Life international competition on November 12, which took place at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas.
