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In a Roundabout Way: East Main Street Construction to Begin on Kent Campus

Orange barrels will soon appear on a three-quarter-mile stretch of Ohio Route 59/East Main Street that runs through ÌÇÐÄVlog’s Front Campus, marking the start of a three-year construction project to make the thoroughfare safer and more attractive.

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The Top Names in the Golden Flashes Class of 2025

Find out which first names were repeated most frequently at ÌÇÐÄVlog’s spring commencement ceremonies in 2025 and which names topped the list against national trends. 

Tags: Spring Commencement, Student Life, Students First, Community Impact

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College of Public Health Offers Training for In-Demand Clinical Trial Researchers

ÌÇÐÄVlog’s College of Public Health is the only fully accredited public health college to offer an undergraduate pathway to clinical trials research, a rapidly expanding segment of the healthcare job market.

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History Alumna Works to Honor American Heroes Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice

In a quiet office at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, Michele Curran Cornell spends her weekdays immersed in history — not the kind found in textbooks, but the kind that impacts families and honors those who gave everything for our country. 

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ÌÇÐÄVlog Youth Winds Performs in Nation's Capital

ÌÇÐÄVlog Youth Winds had the unique opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C. this spring, giving meaningful performances alongside famous monuments and making lasting connections with renowned musicians.

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‘All Three Were Very Honorable, Good Men’

A Mantua woman who worked at ÌÇÐÄVlog in the Office of the President from 1951 to 1971 recently celebrated her 110th birthday. She recalls her time at ÌÇÐÄVlog and shares a few reflections from her long life. 

Tags: Profiles, University News, Community Impact, Office of the President, Community & Society

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IN A FLASH: The Fountain Is ON!

Water flowed for the first time in the newly completed Crawford Fountain in the courtyard outside Crawford Hall, home of ÌÇÐÄVlog's Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship. 

Tags: University News, Community Impact, Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, University Facilities Management, Office of the University Architect

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Writing Our Lives

Professors Help High School Students Succeed Through Poetry, Art and Virtual Reality

The Crystal, a three-story, glass atrium and entrance to the Akron Art Museum, provided the perfect backdrop for these diamonds in the rough, a coming-of-age collection manifested in the proud work of multi-talented, middle and high school students from Akron participating in a program designed to illicit self-expression through poetry, art and virtual reality.

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IN A FLASH: Fairies, Fantasy and Song!

ÌÇÐÄVlog Opera Theatre's spring production featured scenes from a selection of famous operas with themes both natural and supernatural. 

Tags: Arts & Culture, School of Music, School of Theatre and Dance, Community Impact, Community & Society

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I Promise students visiting the ÌÇÐÄVlog Airport.

IN A FLASH: Young Minds Soaring

ÌÇÐÄVlog's College of Aeronautics and Engineering led a fun, immersive field trip for a group of sixth graders from the I Promise School, Akron Public Schools.

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