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Thursday, February 15, 2018

BGSU is one of the safest colleges in the U.S. | Songbirds may tune in to mental health treatments

BGSU IS ONE OF THE SAFEST COLLEGES IN THE U.S.
THE UNIVERSITY IS ONE OF TWO SCHOOLS IN OHIO RANKED IN THE TOP 100

Bowling Green State University is ranked 32nd on the 2018 list of Safest Colleges in America, and one of only two universities in Ohio ranked in the top 100.

The ranking was created using the most recent data from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting and the National Center for Education Statistics. The top-ranked colleges boast safe campuses with little or no crime and low overall crime rates (off campus).

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Lauren Riters (left) at work in her lab.

SONGBIRDS MAY TUNE IN TO MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENTS

Dr. Lauren Riters returns to Bowling Green State University Feb. 21 to share her research on how the social interaction of songbirds is relevant to human mental health, and to give a nod to the late Dr. Jaak Panksepp, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of psychology, one of her BGSU mentors.

Riters, who earned master’s and doctoral degrees in psychology from BGSU in 1993 and 1997, respectively, will present the 2018 J. P. Scott Center Panksepp Lecture in Neuroscience. She is a professor in the Department of Integrative Biology and the Neuroscience Training Program at the University of Wisconsin. Her talk, which starts at 6:30 p.m. in the Bowen-Thompson Student Union Theater (Room 206), focuses on “Insights from Songbirds into the Neural Regulation of Positive, Rewarding Social Interactions and Relevance to Human Mental Health.”

MANTRA PERCUSSION TO PERFORM IN KOBACKER HALL

Percussion sextet Mantra Percussion returns to BGSU for a concert at 8 p.m. Feb. 19 in Kobacker Hall at the Moore Musical Arts Center. The group’s performance is part of the Music at the Forefront series sponsored by the University’s MidAmerican Center for Contemporary Music, and is free and open to the public.

Committed to honoring the past and expanding the future of percussion music, Mantra Percussion brings to life new works for percussion by living composers, collaborates with artists from diverse genres and styles, and questions what it means to communicate music with percussion instruments. The group engages new audiences by challenging the standard concert format through evening-length events that look toward a grander artistic vision.

IN BRIEF

March 1 is the deadline for students to apply to the Hoskins Global Scholar program. Each year, the program provides financial awards in the amount of $5,000 for up to three selected students to participate in an international experience. Undergraduate and graduate students may participate.

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