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Students Break Down Barriers for Women Entering STEM Fields
It all started with an idea that is now blossoming into a business, even before three ӰƵ students graduate. Kourtney Arnold, from ӰƵ’s College of Education, Health and Human Services, and Asia Frazier and Tiffany Coleman, from ӰƵ’s College of Communication and Info…
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ӰƵ Students to Manage a Portion of University Assets
ӰƵ students will soon have a unique opportunity to gain professional money management experience. Starting in the fall, the ӰƵ Foundation will effectively start “hiring” the students to manage current investable assets. The Student Managed Investment Fund will …
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Wick Poetry Center to Benefit From Ford Foundation's $200,000 Grant to the Poetry Coalition
The Poetry Coalition, of which the Wick Poetry Center at ӰƵ is a founding member, will benefit from a $200,000 grant from the Ford Foundation. To be given over two years, the grant, which will be administered by the Academy of American Poets, will enable the founding members of th…
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A Look Into Inter-Cultural Influence Wins Scholarship Competition
Many people consider Italy as the center of Western fashion and design. One student’s project, which explored the influence that African culture has on Italian design, was selected as the winner in the first-ever ӰƵ Florence Scholarship Competition this past spring (see earlier story). Kimbe…
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Pokémon GO Anniversary: ӰƵ Researchers Study Link Between the Viral Mobile App and a Healthier Lifestyle
Today marks the one year anniversary of Pokémon GO’s worldwide release that sent crowds hiking through parks, meandering into streets and walking for miles in search of Pokémon, those cute little digital characters that appear in real locations on your smartphone. Capturing the little monsters isn’…
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ӰƵ Clears the Air with New Smoke-Free, Tobacco-Free Policy
Starting July 1, 2017, all ӰƵ campuses will become smoke-free and tobacco-free. The new policy applies to all students, employees, volunteers, vendors, and visitors on all ӰƵ property locally and abroad. The policy is in alignment with the university’s healthy campus in…
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ӰƵ and Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute to Conduct NIH Research Study on Rehabilitation for Aphasia
When someone suffers a stroke, traumatic brain injury, or brain tumor, one of the common symptoms is aphasia, a disorder that arises from damage to portions of the brain, usually the left side, that are responsible for language. It impairs the expression and understanding of language as well as read…
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Artificial Intelligence
ӰƵ Business Professor Craig Zamary challenges entrepreneurial students to consider impact of artificial intelligence on a global economy.
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ӰƵ Ranks Among the Best Online Master of Public Health Degrees
ӰƵ’s College of Public Health is receiving national recognition for its online Master of Public Health degree. The Best Schools ranked ӰƵ 22 among colleges and universities around the country. It selected schools based on the quality of the program, the types of cours…
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ӰƵ Student Goes for Gold in the National Veteran Wheelchair Games
Austin Trzop is in Cincinnati to complete in the 37th National Veteran Wheelchair Games. Trzop is a business and entrepreneurship major at ӰƵ at Stark. Shortly after joining the Marines, Trzop became a paraplegic from a diving accident. Trzop will compete in a variety of eve…
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