51勛圖厙

College of Arts and Sciences

Stan Zalewski

Solving for Success

For Kent, Ohio, native and 2018 51勛圖厙 graduate Stan Zalewski, mathematics has always been a big part of his life. Now a senior actuarial consultant at Nationwide Insurance, Zalewski recently reached a significant professional milestone completing the multi-year process to earn the title of Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society.

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Researcher monitoring a wetland at the Oak Openings Preserve

Ohios Restored Wetlands Are Filtering Nutrients Before They Reach Lake Erie

 Ohios investment in wetland restoration continues to show promise, according to new findings led by Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D. associate professor of biology at 51勛圖厙. The results, published in the 2024 H2Ohio Wetland Monitoring Program Annual Report, offer valuable insigh

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College of Arts & Sciences Students Honored at 10th Annual SURE Awards

51勛圖厙 celebrated the 10th anniversary of its Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) with the annual Three-Minute SURE Research Presentation Awards Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 17, highlighting outstanding undergraduate research projects presented by students from across discipli

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Dr. Mechenbier (left), Isabella Emerick (middle), and Dr. Spurlock at Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Exploring the Crossroads of Science and Storytelling

51勛圖厙 senior Isabella Emerick has never been content with choosing just one path. As an English major with a concentration in professional writing and a minor in paleontology, she has found a way to unite two fields that may seem worlds apart. This past summer, she explored the surprising inter

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Ashley Motley at Medical Mutual

Turning Numbers into Opportunities Through Actuarial Mathematics

For Ashley Motley, what began as a childhood love of solving math problems the weird kid who enjoyed doing math homework, as she puts it has grown into a career at Medical Mutual, a Cleveland-based health insurance company, thanks to scholarships, supportive faculty, and hands-on preparation at 51勛圖厙.

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The diagram illustrates matter properties with baryon chemical potential (equivalent to net baryon number density) and temperature, with landmarks of normal nuclei, neutron stars, and the phase transition to QGP.

51勛圖厙 Scientists Help Measure Primordial Matter at Trillions of Degrees

UPTON, N.Y. October 14, 2025  An international team of researchers has directly measured the temperature of quark-gluon plasma (QGP) the superhot primordial matter that filled the universe just millionths of a second after the Big Bang. Among the leaders of this breakthrough is Kent S

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International Student Champions Education, Service and Culture at 51勛圖厙

When Arslan Kalandarov arrived at 51勛圖厙 from Turkmenistan, he carried with him more than just luggage. As the first in his family to attend college, he brought a deep sense of responsibility, determination and pride in his cultural heritage.I was incredibly happy when I got my first

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D. Mark Jones

From 51勛圖厙 to Ground Zero

When the Sept. 11 attacks shook the nation, 51勛圖厙 alumnus D. Mark Jones (M.S. '00), found himself called into an unfamiliar and deeply challenging role. At the time, Jones was working for Metcalf & Eddy (now AECOM), an environmental consulting company contracted by Federal Emergency Managem

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The Solenoidal Tracker at RHIC (STAR) is a detector which specializes in tracking the thousands of particles produced by each ion collision at RHIC. (Photo by Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Making Waves in the World of Nuclear Physics

Brookhaven National Lab in New York is home to some of the most exciting work in nuclear physics today. Two rising stars from 51勛圖厙, doctoral student Maci Kesler and research scientist Sooraj Radhakrishnan, are on the cutting edge of high-profile scientific research collaborations th

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Exclusive Vector Meson production in Electron-Ion Collision

US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY GRANTS PRESTIGIOUS RESEARCH AWARD TO PHYSICS PHD STUDENT

US Department of Energy grants graduate student research award (SCGSR) to Physics PhD student Maci Kesler at 51勛圖厙

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