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The Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« women’s golf team smiles after winning its 19th straight MAC Women’s Golf Championship. The team has advanced to the NCAA Championship for the first time since 2010.

MAC Awards Several Honors to Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Women’s Golf Players and Coach

The No. 15 Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University women’s golf team won its 19th straight Mid-American Conference (MAC) Women’s Golf Championship on April 23 at the Silver Lake Country Club in Silver Lake, Ohio.
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David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center at Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University, guides a poetry workshop. Hassler and other Wick Poetry Center staff will lead March for Science participants in a poetry-writing exercise.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îȫ’s Wick Poetry Center Creates Science Stanzas, Participates in Inaugural March for Science

At the inaugural , a global demonstration centered in Washington, D.C., a special edition of the Wick Poetry Center's Traveling Stanzas titled Science Stanzas will provide an opportunity for…
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University is honored to welcome Academy Award-winning actress and author Octavia Spencer as the keynote speaker for the first university-wide Commencement ceremony on May 13 in Dix Stadium.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Announces Academy Award Winner Octavia Spencer as Commencement Speaker

Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University is honored to welcome Academy Award-winning actress and author Octavia Spencer as the keynote speaker for the first university-wide Commencement ceremony on May 13.
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« students pack the MAC Center and watch Rae Sremmurd perform on stage during FlashFest 2015.

Rappers Rae Sremmurd to Return to Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« for FlashFest 2017

Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s 23rd annual FlashFest will host rap duo Rae Sremmurd and pop artist Sammy Adams on April 20. Hosted by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îȫ’s Undergraduate Student Government, FlashFest will take place at two locations on the Kent Campus. The first part of the show will begin…
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A child enjoys throwing a whipped cream pie in the face of a sorority member during the 2015 Lil’ Sibs Weekend.

Siblings and Children to Experience Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« With Their Older Siblings or Parents

Kent Interhall Council will host Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University students, faculty, staff and their families for Sibs and Kids Weekend on April 21-23. This year’s theme is Cirque du Sib, featuring events and activities inspired by the circus and gymnastics. Activities include…
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Gemma Casadesus Smith, an associate professor in Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îȫ’s Department of Biological Sciences, has been awarded a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health.

Researcher Receives Five-Year Grant From the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health

Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«'s Gemma Casadesus Smith is studying why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's. 
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University receives grants to to prevent sexual harassment and assault, relationship violence and stalking.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îȫ’s Office of Sexual and Relationship Violence and Support Services Receives Grants to Launch Several Initiatives

Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« receives $450,000 in grants to help prevent sexual harassment and assault, relationship violence and stalking.
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New rankings released by U.S. News & World Report place Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s School of Library and Information Science among the nation’s top 20 graduate programs in library and information science. The school's faculty and staff are pictured.

U.S. News & World Report Places School Among the Top Graduate Programs in Library and Information Science

New rankings released by U.S. News & World Report place Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s School of Library and Information Science among the nation’s top 20 graduate programs in library and information science – again.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Set to Launch Smoke-free, Tobacco-free Campus Initiative in July

Beginning July 1, 2017, Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University will become a smoke-free, tobacco-free campus. The new policy is part of the university’s healthy campus initiative, Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« of Wellness.
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«'s Honors College Welcomes a New Dean

Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Selects Alison Smith as the New Dean of the Honors College

Alison Smith will become the new dean of Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s Honors College, effective July 1. Smith currently serves as the acting chair in Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îȫ’s Department of Geology and has served in various administrative, research and…
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