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A student flips through a book at the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Press book sale

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Press Has Offerings for Summer Reading

Looking for an interesting book to put in your beach bag this summer? The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Press has plenty of new reads.

Tags: Arts & Culture, Nationally Distinctive, Community Impact

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Cover the Walls at USITT 2024

IN A FLASH: Showcase in Seattle

Students working in the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Costume Shop showed off their designs at a theatre trade conference in Seattle this spring. 

Tags: College of the Arts, School of Theatre and Dance, Nationally Distinctive, Student Life, Theatre

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51³Ô¹ÏÍø won the food waste category in the Campus Race to Zero Waste national competition.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Places First in National Sustainability Competition

51³Ô¹ÏÍø earned first-place honors in the annual Campus Race to Zero Waste, a nationwide college campus recycling competition.

Tags: University News, Student Life, Community & Society, Nationally Distinctive, Community Impact, Organizational Sustainability

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Firefly Numbers Are Dwindling, But You Can Help

51³Ô¹ÏÍø associate professor and population ecologist Christie Bahlai, Ph.D., offers tips to help our little bioluminescent buddies to thrive.

Tags: Department of Biological Sciences, Nationally Distinctive

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Lightning strikes near 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Airport

IN A FLASH: A Flash in the Sky!

A different kind of flash visited the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Airport during a recent spring storm. 

Tags: Nationally Distinctive, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Airport, College of Aeronautics and Engineering

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Daffodil Hill on the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Campus at sunset

IN A FLASH: Remembering the Fallen

Several sites on 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's Kent Campus have been dedicated to remember and honor fallen members of the U.S. military for Memorial Day and every day. 

Tags: Veterans, Nationally Distinctive, Vietnam, Military

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National Park signage for Hopewell Culture National Historical Park

England, Egypt and Now … Ohio

51³Ô¹ÏÍø alumnus and Professor Emeritus help Hopewell earthworks in Ohio earn UNESCO World Cultural Site designation.

 

Tags: Department of Anthropology, Research & Science, Nationally Distinctive

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College of Podiatric Medicine Spring 2024 Commencement

IN A FLASH: Putting Their Best Foot Forward


Ready to serve the community from the ground up, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s College of Podiatric Medicine welcomed 88 new graduates in its spring Class of 2024.

Tags: College of Podiatric Medicine, Community Impact, Community & Society, Nationally Distinctive, Commencement, Spring Commencement, Health care

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Rep. Emilia Sykes, Democrat, 13th District, speaks of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Airport in her support for FAA Reauthorization Act.

Rep. Emilia Sykes Mentions 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Airport in her Support of FAA Reauthorization Act

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act affects millions at airports large and small including in the Akron-Canton Airport, the Akron Fulton Airport and the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Airport.

Tags: University News, Community and Society, Nationally Distinctive

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Have We Learned the Lessons of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø?

Author, attorney and former South Carolina state lawmaker Bakari Sellers, in a recent interview with NPR, questioned whether the country has learned the lessons of the May 4, 1970, shootings at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø.

Tags: Community & Society, May 4, Nationally Distinctive

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