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Aeronautics Expo

Aeronautics and Engineering Expo Promises Fun For All Ages

¾«¶«Ó°Òµ University will host the Aeronautics and Engineering Expo (A&E Expo) on Saturday, Sept. 7, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ University Airport. This event offers a day of aviation excitement, hands-on STEM experiences, and family-friendly activities for all ages.

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New ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ Votes Banner

Working to Get Student Voters Informed and Engaged

¾«¶«Ó°Òµ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ Votes initiative is working with organizations and departments across campus to help engage and inform student voters in advance of the coming elections. 

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White Coat Ceremony Kent Campus 2024

IN A FLASH: Donning their White Coats

Second-year nursing students at ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ received white coats in a ceremony marking their transition into the professional sequence of their program. 

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two images, a Douglas C-53 Skytrooper airplane and a robot dog.

¾«¶«Ó°Òµ University's Aeronautics and Engineering Expo Promises Fun for All Ages

¾«¶«Ó°Òµ University will host the Aeronautics and Engineering Expo (A&E Expo) on Saturday, Sept. 7, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ University Airport. This event offers a day of aviation excitement, hands-on STEM experiences, and family-friendly activities for all ages.

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Props-4-Paws donation of food and supplies to Humane Society of Summit County in 2018

¾«¶«Ó°Òµ Alumni Charity Props-4-Paws Raises Funds For Local Animal Shelters

At the ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ University Airport, two alumni are proving that the sky's not the limit when it comes to helping animals in need.

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Northeast Ohio Undergraduate Research Symposium 2024

IN A FLASH: Undergraduate Researchers Visit Kent

¾«¶«Ó°Òµ welcomed undergraduate researchers from our university, Cleveland State University and the University of Akron to the Kent Campus for the 19th annual Northeast Ohio Undergraduate Research Symposium.

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LGBTQ+ Kick-Off 2024

Kicking Off the Fall Semester With Pride

Before classes began for Fall Semester 2024, the ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer Plus (LGBTQ+) Center welcomed the university's LGBTQ+ community back to campus with a Fall Kickoff event.

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a monarch butterfly on a plant

Ohio Butterfly Monitoring Offers Insights Into Broader Ecological Trends

A long-term study of butterfly populations in Ohio's Cuyahoga Valley National Park is shedding light on ecological changes and the impacts of human activities on local ecosystems. ¾«¶«Ó°Òµstudy, which has been ongoing since the 1990s, represents one of the longest-running volunteer-driven insect surveys in North America. Experts from ¾«¶«Ó°Òµâ€™s Department of Biological Sciences are working to interpret 20-plus years’ worth of data and convey what it means for environmental conservation.

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Visiting poets for the Wick 40th anniversary celebration. From left to right: Padraig Ó Tuama, Naomi Shihab Nye, Jane Hirshfield and Adrian Matejka

Dozens of Wick Award Winners to Return for 40th Anniversary

¾«¶«Ó°Òµcelebration, Sept. 19-21, will be packed with panel discussions, workshops and poetry readings, culminating in a gala dinner on Sept. 21.

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Fulbright Scholars assemble prosthetic hands as part of the Fulbright Pre-Academic Program at ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ.

Fulbright Scholars at ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ for American Higher Education Immersion

For the past month, ¾«¶«Ó°Òµ University has hosted 37 international graduate students as part of the Fulbright Pre-Academic Program, a monthlong immersion in American higher education and culture. ¾«¶«Ó°Òµgroup, from 26 countries, arrived on the Kent Campus on July 21 and was scheduled to depart on Aug. 17 to begin their graduate programs at universities throughout the country.  

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