The Blade


UToledo Enrollment Continues Downward Slide; Owens, BGSU Trend Upward

September 11, 2024

Interim President Matt Schroeder discusses UToledo’s strategic enrollment plan and efforts to diversify enrollment and improve student success.


Study Underscores Low Risk to Kidney Donors as Toledo Prepares for Annual Walk

September 9, 2024

Dr. Obi Ekwenna, a UToledo Health kidney transplant surgeon, discusses the process of living kidney donation and recent developments that have made the procedure even safer.


UToledo Receives $4 Million for Alzheimer’s Research

September 6, 2024

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded UToledo a five-year grant worth nearly $4 million to study the mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease


UToledo to Receive up to $15 Million to Study Space-based Solar Energy Tech

September 5, 2024

The project led by Dr. Randall Ellingson, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and Wright Center for Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization Endowed Chair, explores new ways to harvest solar energy in outer space. Read: UToledo to Receive up to $15 Million to Study Space-based Solar Energy Tech


Editorial: UToledo Athletic Success

September 5, 2024

The Blade’s editorial board praises Rocket Athletics for its continued competitive success and for becoming the first program to win the Mid-American Conference’s Cartwright Award four times. UToledo has earned the award for excellence in academics, athletics and citizenship in three straight years. Read: Editorial: UToledo Athletic Success


How a Common Amino Acid Supercharges Sliminess in a Deadly Bacteria

September 4, 2024

Brooke Ring, a doctoral student in the College of Medicine and Life Sciences’ Biomedical Science Program, writes about her study of Klebsiella pneumoniae, a bacterium that can cause hard-to-treat infections.


UToledo Health Launches New Mobile Health Unit, Partners With Library

September 3, 2024

Dr. Hoda Shabpiray, an internal medicine specialist and medical director of the UToledo Health mobile health unit, and Kim Steele, the mobile unit’s lead nurse, talk about the mobile clinic’s partnership with the Toledo Lucas County Public Library.


Multitude of Issues Affecting Lake Erie Discussed at Annual Workshop

September 3, 2024

Dr. David Kennedy, an associate professor of medicine, and Dr. Christine Mayer, a professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences, discuss their research into harmful algal blooms and invasive grass carp.


Rockets’ Opening-night Bash is Roaring Celebration of Football in Toledo

August 30, 2024

Columnist David Briggs writes about the contributions of Toledo’s homegrown talent in the Rockets' season-opening win over Duquesne.


Photo Gallery: Toledo Yoga Practice at the Glass Bowl

August 28, 2024

Toledo Yoga and Friends of Rocky, a Name, Image and Likeness collective supporting Rocket student-athletes, organized a yoga session in Glass Bowl Stadium on Tuesday, Aug. 27.