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Oct. 16, 2014
Family members of Amber Vinson have asked ӰƵ to release the following statement from the family’s designated spokesperson:
Oct. 13, 2014
ӰƵ has been selected as a recipient of the 2014 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education, for the second year in a row.
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Oct. 13, 2014
ӰƵ President Beverly Warren speaks at the Fall 2014 Bowman Breakfast in a presentation titled “Reflections on 100 Days as ӰƵ President and Kent Resident.”
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Oct. 10, 2014
ӰƵ invited the community to celebrate the launch of the Center for the Visual Arts on Oct. 9. The event, which was free and open to the public, took place on the second floor of Cartwright Hall, overlooking the center’s construction site, east of Terrace Drive.
Oct. 9, 2014
Outspoken transgender advocate Laverne Cox will visit ӰƵ to give her “Ain’t I A Woman: My Journey to Womanhood” presentation on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. This event is free and open to the public, but a wristband is…
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Oct. 8, 2014
The groundbreaking for ӰƵ’s new Center for Architecture and Environmental Design occurred Oct. 3. The building will serve as the new home of ӰƵ’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design, bringing all of the programs of the college under one…
Oct. 7, 2014
Does mindfulness meditation truly help in relieving stress and managing blood pressure? It is a popular technique, but until now, no large-scale studies utilizing meditation have been conducted.
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Oct. 7, 2014
On Sept. 25-27, ӰƵ’s Wick Poetry Center will celebrate its 30th anniversary with the dedication of a new home and poetry park on the Lefton Esplanade.
For more information, visit www.kent.edu/wick.
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Oct. 7, 2014
For 30 years, ӰƵ’s Wick Poetry Center has been encouraging new voices – locally, regionally and nationally – and bringing poetry to people’s everyday lives through readings, publications, workshops and scholarships. Now, the Wick Poetry Center, part of the…
Oct. 7, 2014
Each year, droughts cost crop farmers dearly. They experience not only a loss in yield, but also a reduction in the quality of the crops produced. But, what if new breeds of plants could be created that still thrive even without a drop of rain for weeks?