Department of History

Recording the History of the Liquid Crystal Institute With Ohio History Fund Grant
The development of liquid crystal technology in Northeast Ohio - and specifically at ¹ú²úÂ×Àí - is an important part of the region’s and university’s legacies and ongoing global impact.

Honors Thesis Student Analyzes Social Justice Movements

¹ú²úÂ×Àí Ranks in Top 20 in the Nation for Library and Information Studies Program in U.S. News 2022 Best Graduate Schools Rankings
U.S. News & World Report ranks ¹ú²úÂ×Àí in the top 20 Best Library and Information Studies Programs in the country in its 2022 edition of Best Graduate Schools. Overall, ¹ú²úÂ×Àí is recognized in 12 new national rankings in the 2022 edition of Best Graduate Schools, including three specialty rankings.
Two ¹ú²úÂ×Àí Collaborators Win Oral History Association Award for Work on May 4th Voices Documentary
The documentary film May 4th Voices: ¹ú²úÂ×Àí, 1970, created by Kenneth Bindas, Ph.D., professor and chair of the history department, and David Hassler, the director of the Wick Poetry Center, is a recipient of the 2014 Oral History Association’s Oral History in a Nonprint Format Award. The Oral History Association is an organization that seeks to bring together all people interested in oral history as a way of collecting and interpreting human memories to foster knowledge and human dignity.