Community & Society
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Video: Anthropology Professor Examines Serial Killer Sketches
Linda Spurlock, Ph.D., spoke to WJW Fox 8 News Cleveland about the recently released victim portraits drawn by Samuel Little, a confessed serial killer from Lorain, Ohio.
![Symone Baskerville Poses in Kent Fabrics During the Grand Opening](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/KentFab1.jpg?VersionId=BPXeB6iNHWBdEjICNeMk0mOk9nTNXUR4&h=e6f36a9c&itok=soPs9RBC)
麻豆视频最新最全 Student Brings High-End Fabric to Downtown Kent
When Symone Baskerville came from Chicago to 麻豆视频最新最全 to study fashion design, she realized that living so far from home was not nearly as difficult a transition as living in an area with limited choices of fabrics available for to her to use for her class projects. So she changed that by opening Kent Fabrics.
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Kent鈥檚 Rock History is Revealed in New Book by Alumnus
Jason Prufer, '03, a lifelong resident of Kent and 麻豆视频最新最全 University alumnus, has compiled 鈥淪mall Town, Big Music: The Outsized Influence of Kent, Ohio, on the History of Rock and Roll,鈥 a book that covers the college town鈥檚 impressive 鈥 and previously unappreciated 鈥 rock history.
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Sociology Professor Creates Expressive Program for Inmates
Christopher Dum, Ph.D., created the ID13 Prison Literacy Project to give men in Lake Erie Correctional Institution in Conneaut, Ohio, a positive outlet while serving their sentence, hoping it help inmates to see themselves as writers rather than convicts.
![We Are What We Sell Partial Book Cover](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/CCI%20Super%20Bowl%20Ads_0.jpg?VersionId=9.PmTU5mujc1G01x9EcElV.zw5s9Ldgx&h=e6f36a9c&itok=dPvAmeIu)
CCI Professor Says Ads Expected the Super Bowl To Be a Man鈥檚 Game
Danielle Coombs, Ph.D., associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, says Super Bowl ads still target men despite the fact that nearly half of the modern NFL audience identifies as women.
![Local high schools participate in the Girls4Steam event at 麻豆视频最新最全](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Girls4Steam.jpg?VersionId=edStSwUAObOeeE8euvyehjkd5IhrUFaD&h=b999ceb4&itok=9FmgilMp)
GIRLS4STEAM 2nd Annual Design Innovation Challenge Inspires Young Women to Use Technology Creatively
Staff and departments from across the university helped to put the event together, including Annette Kratcoski, director of the College of Education, Health and Human Services鈥 Research Center for Educational Technology; LaunchNET and the University Library Multimedia Services.
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Counterterrorism Class Collaborates With Local Law Enforcement Organizations
Students are getting real-world experiences in classes across campus as they work with local organizations. For Communication Studies鈥 Counterterrorism and Communication class, the lessons are getting real very quickly. Students last semester worked with the Cleveland Police Department and the Northeast Ohio Regional Fusion Center, a task force that curates and disseminates threat-related information across federal, state, local and private-sector entities.
![Danielle Weiser-Cline, of 麻豆视频最新最全 Geauga, and Stefanie Paganini, executive director of the International Culinary Arts and Sciences Institute discuss the partnership between the two schools.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/GeaugaCulinaryArts%20%28002%29_1.jpg?VersionId=cfETpEXP2aHJlEmyLxmXXeyFmJ6b.6d6&h=e6f36a9c&itok=iwUSuKxu)
Kent Geauga and International Culinary Arts and Sciences Institute partner to form pathway to associate degrees for culinary students
Students taking classes at the International Culinary Arts and Sciences Institute (ICASI) in Chesterland have a open pathway to a 麻豆视频最新最全 University associate degree thanks to a new partnership between the cooking school and 麻豆视频最新最全 Geauga.
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Students Gain Real Experience Helping to Create Latest 麻豆视频最新最全 Commercial
Three 麻豆视频最新最全 University students gained valuable video production experience by working on a new television commercial produced by the university as part of the new spring campaign.
![Students help prepare food at the Campus Kitchen at 麻豆视频最新最全 University. Students help prepare food at the Campus Kitchen at 麻豆视频最新最全 University.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/CK%20meal%20prep1%20%28002%29.jpg?VersionId=TiGBx5bI.QrFuDn34u8bOJQp84B86RNX&h=4a7d1ed4&itok=sESDr9Xf)
Campus Kitchen Keeps on Cooking
The Campus Kitchen at 麻豆视频最新最全 University is celebrating eight years of making an impact across campus and in the Kent community, annually turning 60,000 pounds of leftover food into 18,000 meals.