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UPDATE 4/26/17 - The public lecture by Don Witkowski that was scheduled for April 28 at noon has been canceled. Read more here.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University will hold Spring Recess March 27 through April 2. Classes will resume Monday, April 3. University offices will remain open during Spring Recess.
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University junior won the all-around title with a 39.500 to lead the Golden Flashes at the 2017 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Gymnastics Championships held March 18 at the…
Ohio is conducting a statewide tornado drill on Wednesday, March 22, at 9:50 a.m. Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University will be participating in this test, along with the city of Kent and other communities. Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« tests the tornado and emergency mass notification system on the first…
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The 14th-seeded Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University men’s basketball team played third-seeded UCLA close in the second half, but ultimately fell to the Bruins, 97-80, March 17 in the first round of the 2017 NCAA Tournament Midwest Region at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California.
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Fifteen years after Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îȫ’s Men’s Basketball team became the darlings of the NCAA Tournament, those who played and cheered for that team are remembering the excitement.
The Golden Flashes won the Mid-American Conference Tournament and entered March Madness as a #10 seed;…
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The players thought they were just coming to a typical morning meal. Turns out, it was a lot more like Christmas morning.
Under Armour, the official athletics apparel partner of Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University Athletics, surprised the men’s basketball team Thursday with new shoes,…
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A hard-fought fourth quarter came up short as Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s women’s basketball team fell to the University of Michigan Wolverines on Thursday, March 16, by a score of 67-60. A first-round game of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament (WNIT), the game took place at…
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California Dreaming! The Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Men’s Basketball team arrived in Sacramento Wednesday motivated for its first NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament appearance in nine years.
The Golden Flashes had a short sendoff at the Kent Campus before busing to the Akron-Canton Airport…