ABS materials, the company founded by Associate Professor of Chemistry Paul Edmiston, has received a $250,000 venture grant from JumpStart, which is a Cleveland-based state-funded group that encourages the development of new Ohio technologies. The investment, which is part of a larger $2.4 million capital …
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Provost candidates leave impact on campus
The search for Woosterís first Provost is winding down as the search committee brings its three final candidates onto campus for two-day visits.† The visits come after an extensive interview process conducted in Cleveland mid-December.
IR professors honored with teaching award
In February three International Relations professors, Kent Kille, Jeff Lantis and Matt Krain will be receiving the International Studies Association Deborah Gerner Innovative Teaching award in New Orleans. The award is fairly new but Krain stated, ìItís the highest teaching award the association can bestow.† …
Local
Massillon man serves time for local robberies A Massillon man was sentenced to eight years in prison on Tuesday. Ryan Shaheen, 23, was charged with three counts of robbery in the second degree for robbing two pharmacies in Orville and the Wooster Dollar General with …
National
Mass. Republican wins vital Senate seat Republican Scott Brown was declared the victor in a bitter election battle Tuesday for the Massachusetts Senate seat.† Brown won the special election over Democrat Martha Coakley for the seat left vacant by late Senator Ted Kennedy. Brown trumped …
World
Al-Quaeda leader ambushed by Yemen Yemeni war planes launched an attack on the rural home of al Qaeda leader† Ayed al-Shabwani on Wednesday. Details of the strike, including if Shabwani was successfully targeted, were unknown as of press time. Yemen declared war on al Qaeda …