Bringing Toledo to Market

UT Alumna Lori Dixon and her Team at Great Lakes Marketing Have Made Their Presence Felt Around the World

By Patty Gelb Toledo area adults have opened, closed and evaluated everything from gas cans to eye-droppers and pill packages to five-gallon buckets. Area children have sampled the flavors and textures of cough syrup, vitamins and pain medications – with none of the actual medicine included in the samples – to help major pharmaceutical companies decide which flavors are the most palatable. Even those flammable lighters you might use – the ones with the thumb-lock safety feature - were tested in Toledo before their approval by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Read more »

Putting On Her Best Face

When you hear ‘Vampire Facial,” especially this time of year, you probably have visions of some sort of Halloween costume. However, the Vampire Facial is the more commonly known as PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) therapy in aesthetic medicine. This cosmetic procedure promotes collagen production – while resurfacing the skin. Platelets that are rich in collagen are transferred to treatment areas in an effort to rejuvenate the face and other parts of the body. Julia Smirnov, a two-time UT alum, was the first in Toledo to offers this cosmetic service. Read more »

Class Notes/Obits

Please submit your class notes to: Amanda.schwartz@utoledo.edu ’60’s *John L. Straub (Law ’69) has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2015, one of the most highly-regarded referral publications in the legal profession. Straub is employed at the law firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP in Toledo. **Francis K. (Joe) Holtzman […] Read more »

UT in the News

Human Trafficking Conference at UT UTMC Ebola Training New Accounting Lab at UT Engineering Career Expo 2014 Banned Books Vigil Therapy Dog Casts Her Spell On Cancer Patients Tricia Maassel was getting anxious as the bag of saline fluid being pumped into her arm slowly emptied. The Oregon resident knew the drugs were next. Read […] Read more »

UT’s Cellular Program

Rocket Wireless your cellular headquarters The University of Toledo owns and operates a cellular program for its students, staff and alumni. Did you know that we offer similar yet unique plans, different than those that you will find at your local AT&T, Sprint or Verizon Stores? For a full listing of our current plans please […] Read more »