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WKSU has named veteran journalist Andrew Meyer as the station’s next news director. His roles include managing WKSU reporters and working with senior staff to set coverage priorities and build relationships within the Northeast Ohio community. The WKSU news staff currently…
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Six recent high school graduates who will be starting classes at ÃÛÑ¿appUniversity this fall got a head start on their college education by studying abroad at Kent State’s Florence Summer Institute in Florence, Italy.
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ÃÛÑ¿appUniversity held its 44th annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with events that took place May 3 and 4. The annual commemoration, hosted by the May 4 Task Force, provided an opportunity for the university community to gather and remember those who were lost and injured…
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The Kent Student Center and the Center for Student Involvement invite students, faculty and staff to enjoy a week of ÃÛÑ¿appspirit (and free food) to start the academic year with Welcome Back Week, from Aug. 25-29.
Four research groups at ÃÛÑ¿appUniversity have been awarded more than $1.5 million by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for projects that will advance basic knowledge of liquid crystals and further their development in new materials and technologies, such as advanced…
Mindy Farmer, Ph.D., has been appointed new director of the May 4 Visitors Center in the College of Arts and Sciences at ÃÛÑ¿appUniversity, effective July 1. Farmer also will teach public history courses in the Department of History as an assistant professor starting in…
The ÃÛÑ¿appUniversity football team opens its 2014 season Saturday, Aug. 30, hosting Mid-American Conference East Division rival Ohio University at 6 p.m. inside Dix Stadium. The ÃÛÑ¿appGolden Flashes won their final two games of the 2013 season, while the Bobcats earned…
The National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) has named Allison Moats, a recent graduate of the Honors College and the College of Arts and Sciences at ÃÛÑ¿appUniversity, as a Portz Scholar for 2014. Allison is a native of Ravenna, Ohio, and received her bachelor’s degree…
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Members of the ÃÛÑ¿appUniversity community welcome new and returning students to campus for the start of the 2014 Fall Semester. Students, faculty and staff members highlight various aspects of the university.