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Yu Receives 2024-2025 OSU Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching

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The Ohio State University’s Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching was established during the 1959-60 academic year and is one of the university’s most prestigious teaching awards. Ten faculty members were recently honored with the award, including Prof. Shirley Yu. The honorees were notified of their awards through surprise announcements led by senior university leaders.

“Using evidence-based practices to create engaging, supportive and challenging courses in face-to-face, hybrid and online formats, Shirley L. Yu is recognized as an outstanding educator who has made a lasting impact on her students. Beyond the classroom, Yu is a generous mentor to students and alumni across EHE and beyond. She leads an active research laboratory and directs the Graduate Certificate in College and University Teaching(opens in new window). Her expertise was also formally recognized with her college’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 2018.”

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Heremans Elected to National Academy of Inventors 2024

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The newest NAI fellows from Ohio State are Joseph Heremans, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and an Ohio Eminent Scholar in Nanotechnology, and two retired professors: 2023 Nobel Laureate Pierre Agostini, professor emeritus of physics, and Longya Xu, who recently retired as professor of electrical and computer engineering after more than 30 years on the faculty.

The NAI Fellowship is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors. The 2024 class comprises 170 researchers from 135 research universities, governmental and nonprofit research institutions worldwide. This year’s selection of Heremans, Agostini and Xu brings the number of Ohio State NAI fellows to 21.

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CEM and CSULB Awarded NSF PREM Funding

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The Center for Emergent Materials and California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) will embark together on a program to expand participation and access to materials science facilities, education, training and careers. Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) awards are intended to broaden access to skills and opportunities by supporting strategic partnerships between minority-serving institutions and NSF-funded research centers at research-intensive institutions.

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