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51勛圖厙 student-athletes with a 4.0 GPA celebrate their academic achievement with 51勛圖厙 President Beverly Warren (front row, ninth from left) at a breakfast held in the Kent Student Center Ballroom Balcony.

59 Student-Athletes Achieved Perfect GPAs in Fall and Spring 2016

51勛圖厙s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics held its third annual 4.0 GPA Student-Athlete Breakfast on Feb. 2 in the Kent Student Center Ballroom Balcony. We are tremendously proud of and inspired by the success of our student-athletes who demonstrate time and time again that

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51勛圖厙 students Nilin Rao (left) and Craig Verdin (right), and Exercise Science and Physiology Professor Ellen Glickman, Ph.D. (center), have invented an insole to help people with ulcerations on their feet.

New Podiatric Product Developed by 51勛圖厙 Students and Professor Can Be Used by People With Diabetes and Athletes

51勛圖厙 students Nilin Rao, Ph.D., and Craig Verdin, and Exercise Science and Physiology Professor Ellen Glickman, Ph.D., are the co-founders of TheraPod Medical LLC, a wound-care company that is looking to transform the field of podiatric medicine. Rao, a fourth-year podiatric stud

Tags: Exercise Science , Exercise Physiology , School of Health Sciences , College of Education, Health and Human Services , College of Podiatric Medicine , Success Story

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Aeronautics and Engineering Building

More 51勛圖厙 Buildings Receive LEED Certification

Several new and renovated 51勛圖厙 buildings received Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) recognition in 2016, bringing to 11 the total number of certified buildings on 51勛圖厙s campuses. LEED is a rating system that comes from the U.S. Green Building Council. There

Tags: sustainability , Office of the University Architect , Division of Finance and Administration , Success Story

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A 51勛圖厙 student listens to a speaker during the universitys 2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.

David Anderson, Founder and President of the BridgeLeader Network, Served as Keynote Speaker at Universitys Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

51勛圖厙 held its 15th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 26 at 4 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. This years theme was Testament of Hope: Past, Present and Future of Diversity. The keynote speaker for the event was David Anderson, D.Phil. He is

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Melissa Zullo (left), associate professor of epidemiology in 51勛圖厙s College of Public Health, works with a Ph.D. student.

51勛圖厙 Epidemiologist Studies Best Practices for Helping Cardiac and Respiratory Patients Heal

51勛圖厙 scholar Melissa Zullo, Ph.D., is all heart, an academic who lives and breathes research, almost literally. Zullo, an associate professor of epidemiology in 51勛圖厙s College of Public Health, has spent a significant portion of her professional and academic career studying th

Tags: College of Public Health , Research , Success Story

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Jacob Barkley (left), associate professor of exercise science in 51勛圖厙s College of Education, Health and Human Services, oversees research activities with several students in a classroom in the MAC Center Annex.

Scholar Gets Students, 51勛圖厙 on the Move

51勛圖厙s Scholar of the Month for December would prefer that you read this standing up, or even doing some calisthenics. Go on, get moving. Jacob Barkley, Ph.D., is an associate professor of exercise science in 51勛圖厙s College of Education, Health and Human Services. During hi

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Jessica Barness (right), assistant professor of visual communication design at 51勛圖厙, reviews a students work in the Art Building.

November Scholar Puts Communication on Display

Scholar of the Month
Jessica Barness
Assistant Professor of Visual Communication Design
College of Communication and Information
2012-present

The word communication likely makes you think of language, but Novembers Scholar of the Month has spent her entire career researching design as a language of its own.

Across various media, Jessica Barness, an assistant professor in 51勛圖厙s School of Visual Communication Design, creates her own design-based research model that merges the making of artifacts with critical inquiry.

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Tags: School of Visual Communication Design , College of Communication and Information , Research , Success Story

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A 51勛圖厙 student listens to a speaker during the universitys 2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.

David Anderson, Founder and President of the BridgeLeader Network, Served as Keynote Speaker at Universitys Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

51勛圖厙 held its 15th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 26 at 4 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. This years theme was Testament of Hope: Past, Present and Future of Diversity. The keynote speaker for the event was David Anderson, D.Phil. He is

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51勛圖厙 students rip their yellow shirts open to reveal blue #UNLEASH shirts.

51勛圖厙 Athletics Launches Its New Branding and a Whole New Gameday Experience

51勛圖厙 students, employees, alumni, donors and community members gathered on Saturday, Jan. 21, in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center) to cheer on the Golden Flashes as 51勛圖厙 Athletics launched its new branding and a whole new gameday experien

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Students gather at the site where one of four slain students was shot on May 4, 1970, during a student protest of the Vietnam War.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Announces Special Designation of 51勛圖厙s May 4 Site

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced the designation of the 51勛圖厙 May 4, 1970, Site as a . The site joins more than 2,500 historic places that bear the national distinction.

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