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Time to toss color: Holi Toledo to return for second annual celebration

April 6, 2015

Holi Toledo is back! Celebrate the Hindu religious festival Holi and spring by tossing color Wednesday, April 8, on UT's Main Campus.


Assistant professor receives grant to advance learning, careers in geospatial technology

April 6, 2015

Dr. Beth Schlemper, UT assistant professor of geography, has received a National Science Foundation grant for $500,000 to work with area high school students to improve their scientific inquiry skills.


Psychology graduate student publishes work on Facebook study

April 3, 2015

Erin Vogel led an experiement to see how Facebook affects self-esteem, and the study was published in Psychology of Popular Media Culture.


How Western-educated youth become radicalized topic of Middle Eastern forum

April 2, 2015

“Islam and Muslims in Central Asia: Why Some Western-Educated Muslim Youth Become Radicalized” will be discussed Tuesday, April 7.


Open mic night to promote poetry, sexual assault awareness April 2

March 31, 2015

UT students and faculty members will perform readings at “Poetry in the Attic” Thursday, April 2, to call attention to National Poetry Month and Sexual Assault Awareness Month.


Best-selling author to discuss youth revolt at Imam Khattab Lecture April 1

March 30, 2015

Dr. Reza Aslan, New York Times best-selling author and scholar, will speak on “Youth Revolt: The Future of the New Middle East” at the Imam Khattab Lecture Wednesday, April 1.


Shapiro Essay Revision Contest winners named

March 27, 2015

On its 26th anniversary, the 2015 Shapiro Essay Revision Contest had the largest number of participants ever with 174 students competing for 15 prizes. Students from almost every academic major took part in the writing contest on campus, which was sponsored by the Department of English Language and Literature and the Composition Program. “We were ...


American history, archeology to be discussed at humanities talk March 27

March 25, 2015

Dr. Ami Pflugrad-Jackisch, associate professor of history, and Dr. Melissa Baltus, assistant professor of anthropology, will speak at Humanities Happy Hour Friday, March 27.


UT, Toledo Symphony to present ‘Midsummer Night Mysteries’

March 24, 2015

The UT College of Communication and the Arts and the Toledo Symphony Orchestra will perform “Midsummer Night Mysteries” Friday and Saturday, March 27-28. A related lecture will take place Wednesday, March 25.


Recovery advocacy movement event to be held March 21

March 18, 2015

“The Anonymous People,” a documentary film about Americans living in long-term recovery from substance abuse disorder, will be shown Saturday, March 21.