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While teaming up with The Academy of American Poets, the Wick Poetry Center at ӰƵ created a national contest where poems were submitted to honor the 50th commemoration of May 4, 1970. Director David Hassler reported to KentWired that over the span of three months, nearly 600 submissions were sent in.
ӰƵ field hockey coach Kyle DeSandes-Moyer has one mantra that not only fueled, but bonded, both her first successful season guiding the Golden Flashes and the team she inherited. “We have to honor the women who came before us,” she said.
ӰƵ is proud to announce the May 4 50th Commemoration Benefit Concert featuring Joe Walsh (with Barnstorm – Joe Vitale and Kenny Passarelli) and David Crosby (with his touring band), two Rock & Roll Hall of Fame members with strong musical connections to the events of May 4, 1970.
While ӰƵ prides itself on providing a diverse and inclusive community for students, faculty and staff, Main Street Kent is showing how the city of Kent also embraces the same sentiment.
A recent study about a new infection control program was recently piloted that strategically placed hand sanitizers and a surface disinfectant spray throughout athletic training rooms in two high schools and two colleges in Northeast Ohio, including ӰƵ.
ӰƵ hosts STARTALK Foreign Language Academy, where 20 accepted high school students in Northeast Ohio are immersed into either Russian or Chinese language and culture. The Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies received federal funding for the 12th year to host this academy on campus.
Rachel Pike-Lee and Zachary Wehr, two veterans share their stories about how the Center for Adult and Veteran Services has helped them transition to university life and has supported them along the way.
For the second year in a row, ӰƵ has the distinction of ranking among the top 20 companies nationwide in Forbes’ recently released list of .
Ecosystems in today's world are responding to a wide variety of environmental changes. David Ward, Ph.D., the Art and Margaret Herrick endowed professor of Plant Biology in ӰƵ’s Department of Biological Sciences, and international colleagues and graduate students want to know what happens when these changes interact?
ӰƵ invites educators of students in grades 6-12 to apply by March 1 for its Landmarks of American History and Culture workshop, “Making Meaning of May 4: The 1970 ӰƵ Shootings in U.S. History.” Co-directors Laura Davis, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of English and former founding director of the May 4 Visitors Center, and Todd Hawley, Ph.D., associate professor of social studies teacher education, were awarded $170,000 in funding by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to create this workshop.
Foot ulcers are one of the most prevalent problems facing diabetic patients, but new technology developed at ӰƵ may soon help doctors better understand and treat them. The ӰƵ podiatry device took top prize at a Northeast Ohio innovation contest.
After months of planning, ӰƵ’s May 4 50th Commemoration Advisory Committee has released details of programs scheduled for the 50th Commemoration of the May 4, 1970, shootings at ӰƵ. The commemoration represents a significant milestone in the history and legacy of May 4, 1970.
Fans of the ӰƵ Golden Flashes looking to follow their favorite players on the court will have to look for their jersey numbers and not their names at a special men’s basketball game later this week. Players will be wearing student-designed uniforms with the space on the back that is usually designated for their names instead displaying the phrase “1 in 59” to promote autism awareness and education.
ӰƵ’s Center for Adult and Veteran Services (CAVS) has been selected as the outstanding undergraduate program for adult learners by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, a leading professional association in student affairs.
It was a defining moment for 35-year-old N.J. Akbar, Ph.D., on the day the Detroit native turned Akron resident was publicly recognized for earning his doctoral degree. A moment that almost didn’t happen, he tells WKYC.
A team of ӰƵ researchers has proposed a new method of contraception that may soon be accessible for both men and women, with an emphasis on inhibiting sperm fertility.
The Eren Lab at ӰƵ’s Department of Anthropology is among the university’s busiest and most prolific. Because of the lab and guidance from Metin Eren, Ph.D., two students have achieved great accomplishments in archaeology.
What’s a must have for U.S. universities overseas? A Florentine palace, according to a recent Times Higher Education article. Fortunately, ӰƵ has one, and students have noticed.
ӰƵ’s College of Nursing will welcome its first nursing cohort into the Ph.D. in Nursing revised program in the fall semester 2020.
The School of Art is proud to announce alumna Jennifer Ling Datchuk has been awarded the coveted United ӰƵs Artist Fellowship in Crafts. USA Fellowships are unrestricted awards recognizing the most compelling artists working and living in the United ӰƵs, in all disciplines, at every stage of their careers.