🧠 College athletes partner with Valvoline to champion mental health awareness. During Suicide Prevention Month, student athletes from Ohio State University and University of Tennessee are sharing mental health tips in a campaign themed "Protect What Matters." For every share their posts receive, Valvoline Inc. will donate $1 to children's hospitals in Columbus and Knoxville, up to $5,000 each. The initiative is especially meaningful as auto repair workers face twice the suicide rate of other industries. Valvoline, which employs over 11,000 people across 1,000 service centers, is expanding its mental health partnerships to reduce stigma and improve outcomes.
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🤖 Ohio State sparks debate by requiring AI in all coursework. The university's new "AI Fluency" initiative encourages and requires students to use artificial intelligence in their studies, while Miami University maintains strict prohibitions against it. Miami students interviewed expressed mixed feelings, with some seeing benefits for brainstorming but others worried about its application in fields like nursing and art. A biology major called encouragement "smart" given AI's prevalence today, while a nursing student feared healthcare professionals might rely too heavily on technology instead of developing human connection skills. Miami's academic dishonesty policy continues to classify AI-written papers as major violations.
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🍣 Endless sushi is rolling into Columbus on a conveyor belt. Hokkaido Revolving Sushi Bar will soon open on Bethel Road, offering all-you-can-eat sushi, hibachi, ramen and appetizers for $35.95 during a two-hour dining window. The sleek new restaurant comes with simple rules: no take-out, no customizing orders, and unfinished plates incur extra charges. Operating Sunday through Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. (with extended weekend hours), Hokkaido joins the city's growing conveyor-belt sushi scene that proved wildly popular when Kura opened last year.
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