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Air Force awards $12.5M grant to University of Toledo to develop solar energy sheets

February 17, 2021

Dr. Randall Ellingson, professor in the UToledo Department of Physics and Astronomy and member of the UToledo Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization, discusses the $12.5 million the U.S. Air Force awarded to his team to develop photovoltaic energy sheets that would live in space and harvest solar energy to transmit power wirelessly to ...


Mike O’Brien Announces Retirement

January 29, 2021

Mike O’Brien, vice president and director of athletics, announced he will retire from his position at the end of his contract.


NASA extends University of Toledo project that brings hands-on research to schools

January 26, 2021

Dr. Kevin Czajkowski, professor of geography and planning, discusses NASA’s investment of an additional $11.4 million in support of his project developing new K-12 science curriculum that relies on helping learners of all ages conduct real science using more hands-on experiments and the resources of NASA and education partners nationwide.


$1.4 million in funding for cancer research at UT

January 26, 2021

Dr. Amit K. Tiwari, associate professor in the UToledo College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, discussed the three-year funding award of $1.4 million from the U.S. Department of Defense for a pre-clinical study of promising new chemotherapy aimed at triple negative breast cancer.


UToledo Lake Erie Center to Outfit Floating Laboratory for Science Cruises

January 22, 2021

Dr. Thomas Bridgeman, professor of ecology and director of the UToledo Lake Erie Center, discusses the new federal grant that helps the Lake Erie Center and its scientists engage local teachers and hundreds of middle and high school students in hands-on learning on a new floating laboratory on the Maumee River.


University of Toledo honors Martin Luther King Jr. for Unity Day 2021

January 19, 2021

The University of Toledo and city of Toledo recognized Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a virtual celebration honoring the civil rights leader.


Annual MLK Day Celebration Will Be Virtual

January 15, 2021

The University of Toledo and city of Toledo will recognize Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a virtual celebration honoring the civil rights leader.


University of Toledo offering free COVID-19 tests to students, faculty, staff

January 14, 2021

Beginning Tuesday, Jan. 12, and continuing throughout the month of January, The University of Toledo will offer students, faculty and staff the opportunity to register for a free, rapid COVID-19 test as part of the University’s ongoing surveillance testing program.


UTMC Among First Hospitals Participating in National COVID-19 Drug Study

January 6, 2021

Dr. Michael Ellis, an infectious disease specialist and chief medical officer at UTMC, talks about the importance of developing new COVID-19 therapies and how UTMC is playing a role by participating in a nationwide NIH study of experimental treatments.


University of Toledo police, state troopers cut ribbon on merged office building

December 18, 2020

UToledo Police Chief Jeff Newton discussed how the new Public Safety Center enhances public safety and strengthens UToledo’s partnership with the Ohio State Highway Patrol.