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Eric Mansfield examines what it means to be an ally in the fight against racism. Mansfield is executive director of university media relations in Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«'s University Communications and Marketing department and an adjunct public relations instructor with…
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![J.R. Campbell, executive director of Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s Design Innovation Initiative, tries on a face shield produced by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« team.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/DIMasks4_0.jpg?VersionId=x3PuD0qdByLA0CGNOalegjU1hyrvYt7I)
Members of Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s Design Innovation Initiative are forging creative collaborations with local and regional organizations and funders as they work toward the production of personal protective equipment (PPE) for first responders battling the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A team of Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« students took home the Outstanding Science Award from the Biodesign Challenge Summit 2020 held in June.
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![Jhariah Wadkins is a senior communications studies major at Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«. Jhariah Wadkins is a senior communications studies major at Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Jhariah%20Wadkins3_1.jpeg?VersionId=Z9PB_RS6XuAxRhFwOYQLH7M9jua.yxsY)
Jhariah Wadkins, a senior communications studies major in Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University's College of Communication and Information, encourages young people to keep this fight against racism going and to not let up.
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On June 19, people across the country celebrate Juneteenth, the commemoration of the day in 1865 when enslaved black Americans in Galveston, Texas, got the news that the Civil War had ended, and they were now free.
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I wonder, how do I decide how to act in recognition of that disturbing dynamic? Michael Kavulic, Ph.D., director of research strategic initiatives in Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, shares his inner thoughts as an ally.
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The National Science Foundation believes Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University mathematicians Artem Zvavitch, Ph.D., and Dmitry Ryabogin, Ph.D., are having worthwhile conversations about some age-old unsolved problems, and it has provided support to keep the discussion going for another…
Dear Golden Flashes,
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University is working diligently to ensure the health and safety of our students, faculty and staff as we prepare to return for fall semester. We want to share with you some details about what campus life will be like when the semester commences.
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![Wayne Dawson, WJW Fox 8 anchor and Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« graduate in the class of '79.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Wayne%20Dawson%20Kent%20State%20pic2_0.jpg?VersionId=z81Ssr.nMIR_AH0H9dKpZNH3bhNKbeGI)
George Floyd's death focused light on what had been America’s ugly secret, the killing of black men by law enforcement officers at a rate far greater than any other race. Wayne Dawson, WJW Fox 8 anchor and Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University alumnus, offers his take on what's at stake…