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Rachel Armstrong, of Newcastle University (U.K.) stands near a beach at night.

Internationally Renowned Biodesign Scholar to Headline 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Symposium

Just like the research that goes into understanding and applying a complicated concept like biodesign, holding an entire symposium devoted to it is no small undertaking. So, when a world-renowned scholar on the subject agreed to come do some of the heavy lifting, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø was elat…

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Donald Wayne McLeod with students from 51³Ô¹ÏÍø and Kent city schools

Inspirational Speaker Brings Together Multiple Collaborators

Donald Wayne McLeod, author of Perceptionology 101, spoke in the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø ballroom on Tuesday October 9, to a crowd of local high school students, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø students, staff, faculty, and community business members from all over Northeast Ohio. The event was a collaboration between LaunchNET Kent …

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51³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s Wick Poetry Center Presents the 2014 Symposium on Democracy

51³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s Wick Poetry Center will present the 2014 Symposium on Democracy from April 22-24. The symposium is a three-day event featuring multiple speakers and events. “This year’s Symposium on Democracy, ‘Voices of the American Experience,’ will bring together three key national…

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New Book Traces Local History of the New Deal’s Civilian Conservation Corps

Public lecture by historian Kenneth Bindas on April 8 at Cuyahoga Valley National Park Pictured is the kitchen crew at the Kendall Reserve in 1935. The Kendall Reserve later enfolded into what became the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. (Photo Credit: National Park Service) One of the most pop…

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51³Ô¹ÏÍø Holds Third Annual Hablemos (Let’s Talk) Conference on April 19

51³Ô¹ÏÍø organizations the Latino Networking Caucus (LNC) and the Spanish and Latino Student Association (SALSA) proudly invite the community to the third annual Hablemos (Let’s Talk) Conference in the Kent Student Center on April 19. Registration and check-in for the conference begins …

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Limited Number of Elie Wiesel Tickets Available for April 11 Event at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø

A limited number of $50 tickets for Nobel Peace Prize winner and Boston University Professor Elie Wiesel’s appearance at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø has been released and is available for purchase. Wiesel will speak at the second 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Presidential Speaker Series on Thursday, April 11, at …

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Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins Visits 51³Ô¹ÏÍø

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins visits 51³Ô¹ÏÍø on Thursday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Kent Student Center Ballroom as part of the Wick Poetry Center’s annual U.S. Poet Laureate Reading in celebration of National Poetry Month. The reading is free and open to the public. “Bi…

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