Virgil Smith's bad weekend, Ball State's good weekend, zombie tracking in Buffalo

Thanks to the University of Akron, you can now obtain a degree in corrosion engineering. The program is the first of it's kind, 9 of the 10 who participated in the May 9th commencement have already landed jobs, and one is headed to grad school to get his master's in rust management. Ok, that's a joke.

The field has been set. Your Ball State University Softball Cardinals of Delaware County will play Friday in the South Bend Regional against in-state rival and No. 16 national seed Notre Dame in the NCAA Softball Tournament.

A 26 year old Bowling Green graduate shot a 26.9 pound turkey in Lenawee County, Michigan. Yes you need to see it.

A University of Buffalo professor is tracking the geographic locations of Wikipedia contributors and how that influences the content in the encyclopedia. Also, zombies. She's mapping zombies.

Dumping traditional cigarettes for their electronic counterparts? Better check out this research being done at Central Michigan.

Three female Eastern Michigan professors were the subjects of lewd public posts, complete with imagery, thanks to a social media app called Yik Yak.

Former Kent State University standout Travis Shaw was called up from Pawtucket on Friday to start at first base for the Boston Red Sox.

A Glen Cove, New York high school senior won a caddie scholarship and will not pay towards tuition or housing for four years when she attends Miami University.

USA Today has provided a list of "10 essential experiences at Ohio University."

5 ex-NIU fraternity members will not serve jail time following the 2012 hazing death of a freshman pledge.

Two University of Toledo buildings were evacuated last Thursday following a report of a chemical reaction in a campus lab.

State Senator and Western Michigan alum Virgil K. Smith is suspected of firing 10 shots into his ex-wife's Mercedes Benz on Sunday.