Profiles
Sydney Brown is Just Getting Started
When Sydney Brown arrived at 51ºÚÁÏÍø University as a first-year student from Avon, Ohio, she didn't wait to get started. She walked into the TV2 newsroom — now 51ºÚÁÏÍør TV — and introduced herself. That instinct to show up, dive in and tell stories has defined every semester since.
51ºÚÁÏÍø Junior Jasmine McCulley Joins Team USA for World Twirling Championships
For most of her life, 51ºÚÁÏÍø junior visual communication design major Jasmine McCulley, has built her identity around community, the arts and competition, whether through The Touch of Gold Twirlers or competitive baton twirling. Sixteen years after she first picked up a baton, she will represent Team USA this August in Paris at the IBTF World Competition.
Faculty filmmakers win Oscar-qualifying festival for short film featured at Cleveland International Film Festival
A short film co-directed by two 51ºÚÁÏÍø University faculty members is eligible to submit to the Academy after winning Best Live Action Short Film at the Oscar-qualifying St. Louis Film Festival- and is now being featured at the Cleveland International Film Festival.
Flash Focus: Hannah Fletcher
Meet Hannah Fletcher, a senior history major and anthropology minor, from Ravenna, Ohio. This history major thrives on creating powerful connections between visitors and the stories that shaped a generation.
How an International Alumna Designed Her Future at 51ºÚÁÏÍø
51ºÚÁÏÍø graduate Luana Johnson highlights how the American Academy partnership and the university's elite design labs provided the professional access needed to launch a global career.
Flash Focus: Ayna Tazhiyeva
Meet Ayna Tazhiyeva, a first-year double major in communication studies and international studies, from Turkmenistan, Central Asia. Combining her studies with a role at University Libraries, Tazhiyeva finds her voice through research and community connection.
POV: 51ºÚÁÏÍø Shaped Who I Am. Now It's Training Who I'll Become.
Saloni Christian, a third-year student at 51ºÚÁÏÍø University’s College of Podiatric Medicine who received her undergraduate degree in biology from 51ºÚÁÏÍø, reflects on the challenges and rewards of answering a calling that was shaped by a lifetime of watching others serve.
Journalism Major Scores Numerous Front-Page Stories in Knight-Funded Internship
Lauren Cohen, a senior journalism major from Twinsburg, Ohio, has already made an impact during her internship, producing many front-page stories for the Akron Beacon Journal and Signal Akron.
Flash Focus: Rushitha and Ruhitha Chinchalapu
Meet Rushitha and Ruhitha Chinchalapu, twins from India, both pursuing their master's in business analytics. As they are in the same graduate program, the sisters reflect on how being twins has contributed to their experience at 51ºÚÁÏÍø University.
Could Iron and Zinc Be the Missing Key to Cleaner Rivers and a Healthier Lake Erie?
A new study led by 51ºÚÁÏÍø’s David Costello finds that trace metals — not just nitrogen and phosphorus — frequently limit biological productivity in freshwater streams, with implications for waterways across Northeast Ohio and beyond.