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In May of this year, a group of seven students from ����Ӱҵ University’s Center for African Studies embarked on a transformative journey to the  in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

This week began the annual photo shoot for the Flashes of Pride Poster, which features the faces, names, sexual identity and majors of some of ����Ӱҵ’s LGBTQ+ community and allies.  

Have you ever imagined that donating your blood could not only help the people who need it, but also help a ����Ӱҵ student receive a scholarship? 

Music, a cheering crowd and students shouting “bingo!” could be heard across the Kent Student Center on Wednesday, Aug. 30, at the Flash Activity Board (FAB) grocery bingo night created for fun and a good cause. 

����ӰҵMPower Summit on Oct. 14 is designed to bring students, faculty, and staff together from college, high school, and community organizations to support the mission of men of color initiatives. All people are welcome to attend the summit, which will be held at the ����Ӱҵ Student Center. 

����Ӱҵcolorful landscaping on the Kent Campus attracts visitors of all kinds - and species. 

A new study led by Archaeologist Michelle Bebber, Ph.D., an assistant professor in ����Ӱҵ University’s Department of Anthropology, has demonstrated that the atlatl (i.e. spear thrower) functions as an “equalizer”, a finding which supports women’s potential active role as prehistoric hunters.

����Ӱҵ����Ӱҵ University Hotel and Conference Center is celebrating 10 years of being at the heart of a transformed downtown. 

����Ӱҵ University student Brad Smith shares his initial thoughts from the first week of his education abroad experience in Florence, Italy, as well as a few helpful dos and don'ts.

����Ӱҵ����Ӱҵ University Kent Campus will be one of four locations offering free Narcan education from the Kent Health Department on Aug. 31. To help raise awareness about overdoses in Portage County, Open United Recovery (OUR) Place, the Mental Health and Recovery Board of Portage County, Kent Health Department and Brightview Kent Addiction Center will distribute free resources and educational materials.

A proud Mom (and ����Ӱҵ employee) shared photos from her daughter's Summer Commencement.

Recent data from the Ohio Department of Health shows Ohio averaged over 1,700 suicide deaths between 2016-2021, with those numbers expected to increase over the next reporting period. However, few educational opportunities exist for mental health practitioners prior to being in the field. That’s why ����Ӱҵ University and the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation (OSPF) are working to change that through a new evidence-based suicide prevention class offering.

����Ӱҵ University track and field graduates  and  competed in the women's shot put this past Saturday at the 2023 World Athletics Championships at the National Athletics Centre.

Kailee Shaw, '24, will likely never forget her recent experience as part of a small group from ����Ӱҵ who immersed themselves in a region of the United States some 1,500 miles from Kent.

����ӰҵFall 2023 White Coat Ceremony marked nursing students' transition to professional nursing classes. 

����Ӱҵ University is coordinating closely with the University of Central Florida (UCF) ahead of Thursday's season-opening football game between the two schools in Orlando, Florida. As of Tuesday morning, Idalia was a Category 1 hurricane expected to make landfall early Wednesday morning and travel west-to-east across the northern part of the state.

Faculty researchers from ����Ӱҵ University’s College of Nursing recently received nearly $4 million in grant funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration to develop an LPN-to-BSN pathway called the LPN Education Advancement Program (LEAP).  ����Ӱҵprogram will provide licensed practical nurses at University Hospitals the opportunity to increase their skill set by removing barriers that may have prevented them from furthering their education.

Videos show Thursday's storm and the damage it caused to the May 4 Memorial. 

After two days of heavy rains and intense winds across Northeast Ohio, the skies cleared, creating perfect weather for this year’s Akron Pride Festival, which took place on Saturday, Aug. 26, in downtown Akron. ����Ӱҵ 35 ����Ӱҵ University students, faculty, staff and alumni gathered to take part in the Akron Equity March, which kicked off this year’s events.

Strong storms caused damage across the Kent Campus on Thursday night.