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Phase Two Work of Summit Street Improvement Project to Begin Week of March 6

Work is scheduled to begin the week of March 6 on the second phase of the Summit Street Improvement project. 

ADVISORY: Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University Board of Trustees Meeting, March 2

The Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting Thursday, March 2. The Board is scheduled to convene at 11:30 a.m. in Rockwell Library in Rockwell Hall. Rockwell Hall is located at 515 Hilltop Drive in Kent, Ohio. Trustees will retire…
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A Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« student walks through a colorful patch of trees and foliage near the Beyer-Murin Gardens, next to the Risman Plaza, on a warm spring day.

University Is Rooted in Its Commitment to Tree Care

Sixty-eight years ago, the Kent City Council and mayor dubbed Kent, Ohio, the state’s Tree City. This year marks the ninth year Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University is being recognized by the Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree Campus USA program.
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Case.MD helps make emergency medicine more convenient and safe.

Students Turn Smartphone Cases Into Lifesaving Medical Devices

Three Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« students have created smartphone cases that contain vital medication.  Together, with the help of LaunchNET Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«, the three created Case.MD. Ariella Yager, entrepreneur major in Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îȫ’s College of Business Administration;…
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A colorful, fall aerial photo of the campus of Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«, taken from a university aircraft, helps show why the university has received the Tree Campus USA recognition for a ninth consecutive year.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Earns Tree Campus USA Designation for Ninth Consecutive Year

University is rooted in its commitment to tree care.
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University students Nilin Rao (left) and Craig Verdin (right), and Exercise Science and Physiology Professor Ellen Glickman, Ph.D. (center), have invented an insole to help people with ulcerations on their feet.

New Podiatric Product Developed by Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Students and Professor Can Be Used by People With Diabetes and Athletes

Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University students Nilin Rao, Ph.D., and Craig Verdin, and Exercise Science and Physiology Professor Ellen Glickman, Ph.D., are the co-founders of TheraPod Medical LLC, a wound-care company that is looking to transform the field of podiatric medicine.
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« transgender student Emily Grubb (left) stands with Ken Ditlevson, director of the university’s LGBTQ Student Center. The LGBTQ Student Center is located on the lower level of the Kent Student Center.

Transgender Students Find Home, Security and Support at Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«

For transgender students like Emily Grubb, Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« is home. Grubb and other students have found an inclusive, welcoming environment that offers resources for the transgender community.
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« student-athletes with a 4.0 GPA celebrate their academic achievement with Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« President Beverly Warren (front row, ninth from left) at a breakfast held in the Kent Student Center Ballroom Balcony.

59 Student-Athletes Achieved Perfect GPAs in Fall and Spring 2016

Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics held its third annual 4.0 GPA Student-Athlete Breakfast on Feb. 2 in the Kent Student Center Ballroom Balcony.
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University students Nilin Rao (left) and Craig Verdin (right), and Exercise Science and Physiology Professor Ellen Glickman, Ph.D. (center), have invented an insole to help people with ulcerations on their feet.

New Podiatric Product Developed by Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Students and Professor Can Be Used by People With Diabetes and Athletes

Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University students Nilin Rao, Ph.D., and Craig Verdin, and Exercise Science and Physiology Professor Ellen Glickman, Ph.D., are the co-founders of TheraPod Medical LLC, a wound-care company that is looking to transform the field of podiatric medicine.

University Response to Abhorrent May 4 Tweet by Michigan Official

May 4, 1970, was a watershed moment for the country and especially the Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University family. We lost four students that day while nine others were wounded and countless others were changed forever.  This abhorrent post is in poor taste and trivializes a loss of…
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