From staff reports
STUDY ROOM OPEN Among those participating in the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Totus Tuus Maria Group Study Room at the Franciscan University of Steubenville were, from left, Clement Harrold, senior; the Rev. Dave Pivonka, TOR, university president; and Justine Smykowski, senior. Contributed
STEUBENVILLE After a semester studying in Austria, three Franciscan University of Steubenville students seniors Justine Smykowski, Jacob Schmiesing and Clement Harrold wanted to bring some European beauty back to the main Steubenville campus. With thought, research, and fundraising, they transformed a study room in the St. John Paul II Library.
What was once a simple room with table and chairs is now the Totus Tuus Maria Group Study Room, located on the ground floor of the library. It boasts a Baroque-like coffered ceiling, wooden wainscoting, Renaissance and ancient depictions of Our Lady, and chandelier lighting.
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STEUBENVILLE Urban Projects Director Chris Petrossi told City Council Tuesday the nationally known retailer eyeing the old Grant School site before the pandemic is back in the picture.
Petrossi said the company, which has never been identified, “put (its) search on hold for the pandemic but they’re back, actively looking at the community again.”
In October 2019 before the pandemic council agreed to rezone the property to central business district (B-1), paving the way for that unidentified retail developer to come forward with plans for the 0.94-acre site.
Petrossi said a 1-acre site is the developer’s sweet spot.
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American Life League proudly supports herd immunity study
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April 28, 2021
American Life League is honored to announce that we are providing grant funding to support a research study at Franciscan University of Steubenville that will determine the extent to which the campus has reached herd immunity. The project, led by biology professor Dr. Kyle McKenna, will evaluate immune responses to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus utilizing testing procedures that specifically do not use materials produced in cell lines derived from aborted children.
In March, Dr. McKenna and his students, in conjunction with the schools nursing program, began drawing blood from over 300 students, faculty, and staff on campus. McKenna indicated that immune responses in the student population are particularly interesting because this age group has only recently been eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines. Correspondingly, immune responses in this population are primarily through natural exposure to coronavirus