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2016 Shapiro Essay Revision Contest winners announced

March 23, 2016

Fifteen students pocketed some cash thanks to their writing prowess. See who was recognized at this year's Shapiro Essay Revision Contest.


Award-winning Rutgers professor to speak, teach at UT March 17

March 15, 2016

Dr. Carolyn Williams, author of “Gilbert and Sullivan: Gender, Genre, Parody and Transfigured World: Walter Pater’s Aesthetic Historicism,” will give the Richard Summers Memorial Lecture Thursday, March 17.


ToledoView offers local data analysis resource to community

March 11, 2016

ToledoView, a compilation of economic, education, social, health and environmental data for Toledo and the area, will launch Monday, March 14.


Human rights the focus of March 3 program

March 1, 2016

Dr. Joel Pruce of the University of Dayton will give a talk, “What Does Human Rights Look Like? Visual Culture of Aid, Activism and Advocacy," Thursday, March 3.


International women’s rights activist to speak at UT March 3

February 29, 2016

Women’s rights activist and author Charlotte Bunch will visit the University to speak in honor of Women’s History Month Thursday, March 3, in the Driscoll Alumni Center.


Fellow/associate professor to present research Feb. 24

February 22, 2016

Dr. Ami Pflugrad-Jackisch, UT associate professor of history, will discuss “The World of Westover: Gender and Slavery in Revolutionary Virginia” Wednesday, Feb. 24.


Cash awards offered for Shapiro Essay Revision Contest

February 16, 2016

Interested in winning $500 for one or two hours of work? The University of Toledo Department of English Language and Literature and the Composition Program will host the 2016 Shapiro Essay Revision Contest from Monday through Thursday, Feb. 22-25. Fifteen winners will receive a cash prize ranging from $75 to $500, and no advance registration ...


UT student input needed to build downtown Toledo master plan

February 12, 2016

UT students are invited to share their visions for what they'd like to see in downtown Toledo at a special meeting Monday, Feb. 15, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Student Union Room 3018.


Lecturer to teach mindfulness practices Feb. 2

January 27, 2016

Learn about “Zen Mindfulness” during a free, public talk by UT Lecturer Jay Rinsen Weik Tuesday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. in the Center for Performing Arts Recital Hall.


UT Disability Studies Program announces Papenfuse Prize

January 25, 2016

The Disability Studies Program will present the first Papenfuse Prize, named for local advocate Shelley Papenfuse, to a UT student this semester.


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