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A sheet, signed by Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« students, employees, alumni and others, is pulled down to reveal the new Center for Architecture and Environmental Design.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Celebrates Grand Opening of the New Center for Architecture and Environmental Design

The new Center for Architecture and Environmental Design is officially open.

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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« President Beverly Warren delivers her first State of the University address last year in the Kent Student Center Kiva.
State of the University Address: Living the Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Promise

Join Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University President Beverly Warren for the State of the University address on Thursday, Oct. 13, at 3 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva.

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Dr. Dowell (left) and Ph.D. student, Sureeporn Suwannaosod (right) networked with worldwide nurse researchers in Cape Town, South Africa.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Professor and Nurse Researcher Works to Improve Health Care for Children with Chronic Illnesses

Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« professor researches ways to better understand the health disparities of low-income, minority children who suffer from a chronic illness.

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Alexander Ceh, 23, an undergraduate exercise science major from Grafton, demonstrates riding an indoor bike with a mask in a controlled low oxygen environment, while Jeremiah Vaughan analyzes his levels.
Ph.D. Student Conducts Research to Better Understand Low-Oxygen Environments

Graduate Student Jeremiah Vaughan is studying how low-oxygen effects the human body. 

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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« master’s student Sarah Burns shows off a tomato from the garden behind Nixson Hall.
Mighty Pack Program: On-Campus Garden Helps Provide Vegetables to Local Students in Need

A graduate student project develops into a countywide program to grow and fill backpacks with healthy foods.

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Students take advantage of reverse loop on campus. By Benjamin VanHoose, Kent Wired
App to Track PARTA Buses Coming Soon

SPOT PARTA allows users to locate any of PARTA’s fixed-route buses anywhere within Portage County.

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Homework Takes on a New Meaning for Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Trumbull Student

Sam Olson makes her final year in the Veterinary Technology program a memorable one.

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Taste of Home Winner
Taste of Home Competition Announces Winning Recipe

Taste of Home Recipe Winner

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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« celebrated the grand opening of the new Center for Architecture and Environmental Design on Oct. 7.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Celebrates Grand Opening of the New Center for Architecture and Environmental Design
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s Academic Success Center has received the Frank L. Christ Outstanding Learning Center Award for its success as an interactive academic space for students to reinforce what they learn in the classroom.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îȫ’s Academic Success Center Receives National Award for Excellence

The Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University Academic Success Center has received the Frank L. Christ Outstanding Learning Center Award for its success as an interactive academic space for students to reinforce what they learn in the classroom.

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The theme for this year's Water and Land Symposium at Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University is "Sustainability and Resilience on the Land-Water Continuum."
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«'s Fourth Annual Water and Land Symposium Focuses on Sustainability and Resilience on the Land-Water Continuum

Keynote speaker extends an invitation to rethink our relationship with water.

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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Prof, Top Researcher in Fashion Marketing

Jihyun Kim, Ph.D., associate professor at Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University's Fashion School, has been identified as one of the top researchers in fashion marketing.

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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Fashion Student Helps WOIO Judge Emmy’s Best and Worst Dressed

Sabrina Pierotti, Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University Fashion School student, joins Romona Robinson and Mark Nolan on WOIO-TV via .

 

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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Researchers Study Climate Change in Alaska

Thanks to a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« professors are researching climate change in Alaska. 

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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Professor Says Money Really Cannot Buy Happiness

If money doesn't make us happy, what does? A Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« professor has a suggestion.

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Wendy Turner has been named executive director and general manager of WKSU, Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s award-winning NPR-affiliated radio station.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Names Wendy Turner as WKSU's New Executive Director and General Manager
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The Florence 15 stand on the stairs of the Palazzo Vettori, along with Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Florence staff members Fabrizio Ricciardelli, director; Andrew Wyatt, coordinator of student engagement and immersion; and Giorgio Ridolfi, student assistant.
First Group of Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Freshmen Start Their College Careers in Italy

Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« has been educating students in Florence, Italy for more than 40 years. But what is new is sending freshmen overseas before they have been introduced to traditional college life.

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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University students studying middle childhood education pose in front of their artwork in their Teaching and Learning class in White Hall.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Celebrates Status as First University in Ohio to Offer International Certificate in Middle Childhood Education

University is one of three in the nation offering program.

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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Students Form New Autism Student Organization

Autism Connections Kent has been created by students with autism spectrum disorder and their allies with the focus that autism spectrum disorder is a diversity issue and not a disability.

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Video: The Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University Aeronautics Fair

The Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University Aeronautics Fair is a free-entrance festival held at Andrew W. Paton Field at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University Airport. The 2016 fair took place on Sept. 10.

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