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Akron head coach John Groce and ÃÛÑ¿apphead men's basketball coach Rob Senderoff

Two archrival men's basketball teams worked together to produce a powerful video supporting the Black Lives Matter movement and encouraging everyone to register to vote in the 2020 election.

ÃÛÑ¿appstudents begin moving into residence halls on Aug. 19, 2020.

ÃÛÑ¿appUniversity students began moving into residence halls on the Kent Campus on Aug. 19, as part of a phased-in process that will continue over five days.
 

Remote learning has expanded due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

ÃÛÑ¿appUniversity faculty have worked diligently over the summer to improve their skills at teaching remotely.

A person working at a computer taking down information.

When the Ohio Department of Health sought help this summer for work on the COVID-19 pandemic response, more than 110 students from ÃÛÑ¿appUniversity’s College of Public Health raised their hands to volunteer.

Students walk along the Lester A. Lefton Esplanade on the Kent Campus

ÃÛÑ¿appInterim Senior Vice President and Provost Melody Tankersley, Ph.D., and Vice President for Enrollment Management Mary Parker, Ed.D., recently shared updates about academics and enrollment, respectively, while engaging with the university community.

Students living on the closed ÃÛÑ¿appcampus resident in the Stopher-Johnson residence hall complex.

When ÃÛÑ¿appUniversity closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March, not all students living on the Kent Campus were able to leave. 

 

BioBlack Team Poses with their bacteria-dyed tote bad and dress dyed with bacterium

A team of ÃÛÑ¿appstudents took home the Outstanding Science Award from the Biodesign Challenge Summit 2020 held in June.

ÃÛÑ¿appGolden Flashes Women's Golf Team and Coach Lisa Strom

Today’s Flashes of Inspiration comes from Lisa Strom, ÃÛÑ¿appUniversity’s head women’s golf coach, who offers a pep talk to all in the university community struggling under the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic.

College of Communication & Information
Groupwork

Students in the class Communication in a Global Society worked in teams throughout the Spring 2020 semester to educate audiences about one specific aspect of globalization and ecology: fast fashion.

Female student in aeronautics lab

Senior Sydney Bihn finds her true calling throughout her time at ÃÛÑ¿appand becomes the first female aerospace engineering graduate.