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Jon Jivan (right) and his family pose with their new Tesla 3 in 2018.

Testing Tesla - Is It Really All That?

Jon Jivan, '08, Electronic Media, is a stickler for paying attention to detail.

At least when it comes to the family car. In his case, a Tesla Model 3.

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Alfreda Brown, Ph.D., was Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«'s first vice president for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Diversity Trailblazer: Alfreda Brown, Ph.D.

When she came to Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University in October 2009, Alfreda Brown Ph.D., made history by becoming the first person ever to lead a university division dedicated completely to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.  

As vice president for the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Brown served as a powerful voice for making sure no one in the university’s wide-reaching system was marginalized, discriminated against or left behind. 

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Who Runs the World: Experiences of Gender, Race, and Power in Graduate School

Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« Graduate College Asks ‘Who Runs the World?’

Women represent nearly 60% of students in graduate or professional degree programs; however, they are still a minority in certain STEM fields like engineering and computer science. The Graduate College celebrated women’s history month by tackling this tough topic head-on.

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Coming out: Dolores Noll, Women's History Month

Coming Out: Dolores Noll

A trailblazer for LGBTQ+ rights, the late Dolores Noll, Ph.D., was one of Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s first openly gay professors when she came out in 1971.

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Molly Merryman - Queer Pandemic project, lead researcher.

Documenting The Queer Pandemic

A Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« researcher is collecting video interviews from the LGBTQ+ community from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. 

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International Transgender Day of Visibility

LGBTQ+ Center event celebrates transgender people and their contributions to our world.

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LaTisha Culler Commencement

LaTisha Culler’s Long Journey To Her Dream

Through many challenges, this non-traditional student persisted in pursuing her dream of earning a degree from Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«. 

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Judy Devine: Equity Champion

Equity Champion: Judy Devine

Judy Devine has been called the matriarch of Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University athletics.  

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Lamar Hylton singing before the Kent vs. Akron men's basketball game

IN A FLASH: Lifting His Voice

Lamar R. Hylton sang at the start of Friday night's men's basketball game at Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«'s Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center. 

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