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51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Common Reading Experience is an opportunity for first-year students to read university-selected books and share a common experience with their peers. The goal is for freshmen to gain an understanding of the university’s values and to build and maintain relationships that foster success with faculty, administration and staff.
Researchers from the University of Washington and Washington University, along with other collaborators, are seeking answers to those questions. They studied the brains of mice to identify what causes them to stop seeking a reward — in essence, what makes them burn out.
Diacon expressed his desire to increase enrollment, keep 51³Ô¹ÏÍø affordable, continue a strong relationship with the city of Kent, honor the legacy of May 4 and advance the university’s Gateway Master Plan for redeveloping the front of campus.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø Associate Professor Molly Merryman, Ph.D., says a Netflix cartoon featuring a transgender character is breaking a new boundary in a positive way.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s makerspaces, which number more than 25 across the eight-campus system, was named the top program in Ohio and entered the top 10 by surpassing programs at schools such as the University of Southern California, Arizona State University, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and Harvard University.
The Kent Creativity Festival, sponsored by the city of Kent and the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø College of the Arts, will present the annual outdoor hands-on arts festival on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on the Lefton Esplanade between 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Rockwell Hall on Lincoln Street and downtown Kent, near Haymaker Parkway.
After years of remote sensing work, Joseph Ortiz, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Geology in the College of Arts and Sciences at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, and his research team recently shared their development of new cost-efficient methodologies that may lead to much safer drinking water for people in Ohio and other municipalities affected by harmful algal blooms (HAB).
Toni Morrison, the bestselling author who died Aug. 5, at one time was offered a job in 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Department of English, recalled English Professor Yoshinobu Hakutani, Ph.D.
Targeted at widening students’ educational opportunities in preparing them for a career in occupational therapy, the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø at Ashtabula Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) Technology program recently announced the creation of a hybrid model, combining online learning with more convenient on-campus laboratory sessions.
A 51³Ô¹ÏÍø researcher with a background in safety training models — and a very personal motivation — has devised a method to help some children with food allergies stay safe, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) just granted him the funding to test it.
The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø alumni network will again grow its ranks this summer as more than a thousand Golden Flashes get their degrees. 51³Ô¹ÏÍø will hold its Summer 2019 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center.
The recent death of one of the remaining members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II has a 51³Ô¹ÏÍø associate professor recalling the vital role the female pilots played during the war.
Note: Gretchen Hoak is a former television reporter/anchor and current assistant professor of journalism in 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Her research survey, , focused on how universities prepare young journalists for the trauma they may endure in covering violence. 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Today asked Hoak to share her thoughts on the impact the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton will have on the reporters assigned to cover these events.
A North Royalton woman whom who will become a 51³Ô¹ÏÍø student in the fall, won first place at the Medina County Fair talent show for performing a song in American Sign Language.
Science is complex, and it’s difficult to discuss it with children under the best circumstances; it’s even more difficult when they are hungry. Two 51³Ô¹ÏÍø researchers may have cooked up a way to solve both of those problems, and the National Science Foundation just awarded them a three-year, $1.3 million grant to determine if their recipe works.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø alumna Shannon Gardiner, BSN ’09, RN, CCRN, always knew she wanted to help people, but also longed for a career that would provide flexibility along the way. After a few years working in Akron Children’s Hospital’s pediatric Intensive Care Unit, followed by some time as a traveling nurse, a Google search for volunteer opportunities led her to Mercy Ships, who own and operate the largest non-governmental hospital ship in the world.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø hosted several dozen high school students from the LeBron James Family Foundation's I PROMISE program for a month of intensive college entrance exam preparation.
Trustees Research Professor Oleg Lavrentovich, Ph.D., a chemical physicist in 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute (AMLCI), just received nearly $1 million between two grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for separate studies with potential applications in biomedical science, commercial electronics and beyond.
Charla Martin-Bloodsaw, director of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's Insurance Studies Program at the Salem Campus, explains the risks of condo dwellers not having enough coverage.
Bridget Mulvey, Ph.D., associate professor of science education in the College of Education, Health and Human Services; and David Singer, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Geology in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently merged real geology research with community service in an effort to show some Akron Public Schools students that science is not just a benefit to their community but a viable career option, too.