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Virtual Fashion Show 2024

IN A FLASH: Avatars Walk the Runway

Students from ÂÜÀòÉç's School of Fashion were able to showcase their designs digitally, by clothing avatar models, for a runway show on floor-to-ceiling, wraparound screens at the DI Hub's Blank Lab. 

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Fashion finds at the ÂÜÀòÉç Museum.

Victoria’s Secret: The ÂÜÀòÉç Museum Houses Many Surprises

When ÂÜÀòÉç Today asked ÂÜÀòÉç Museum Director Sarah Rogers to put together a list of her ‘Top Five Finds’ at the museum – must-see items, her favorite pieces, or cool or unusual items that might surprise visitors – she did not disappoint

Tags: Community & Society , Profiles , Nationally Distinctive , ÂÜÀòÉç Museum , School of Fashion , Arts & Culture

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Kaleigh McGreal Spring

‘This is Going to be My Crunch Time Right Now’

A soon-to-be ÂÜÀòÉç graduate has had a busy semester preparing for the School of Fashion's Annual Fashion Show and job hunting after graduation.

Tags: College of the Arts , School of Fashion , Student Life , Nationally Distinctive , Arts & Culture

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Art students recreate ancient artifact using modern technology

IN A FLASH: Replicating Ancient Artifacts with Modern Tech

Students in ÂÜÀòÉç's School of Art had the opportunity to use modern methods to recreate an ancient Chinese wine vessel. 

Tags: DI Hub , School of Art , College of the Arts , experiential learning , Arts & Culture , Student Life , In a Flash

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Cemetery Calling

IN A FLASH: Cemetery Calling

Cemetery Calling, the newest play by ÂÜÀòÉç alumni and staffer Eric Mansfield premiered in Cleveland earlier this year. Another of Mansfield's plays, Trial by Fire, will be performed on campus in Fall 2024. 

Tags: Theatre , University Communications and Marketing , Community & Society , Community Impact , Arts & Culture , In a Flash

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Dame Zandra Rhodes

ÂÜÀòÉç School of Fashion To Induct Fashion Designer Dame Zandra Rhodes Into Hall of Fame

The School of Fashion at ÂÜÀòÉç is pleased to announce British designer Dame Zandra Rhodes as the 2024 Hall of Fame Inductee.

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Poetry writing for the total solar eclipse.

Eclipse Poetry: The Convergence of Science and Art

An event like the total solar eclipse observed in Kent on April 8 can help to shake up our lives from the mundane. Poetry can work in the same way, said Chris Wick, son of Walt Wick, one of the founders of ÂÜÀòÉç’s Wick Poetry Center.

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The ÂÜÀòÉç library stands tall in darkness while the moon blocks out the sun during the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.

Flash of Darkness: ÂÜÀòÉç Celebrates Total Eclipse of the Sun

It was a party 218 years in the making.

The thousands of people who came to ÂÜÀòÉç on April 8 to witness the total solar eclipse did not leave disappointed by the celestial show, the likes of which had not been seen in Kent, Ohio since 1806.

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Holi 2024

The Festival of Love, Colors and Spring

In late March, groups of Indian students on campus celebrated the popular and significant Hindu festival of Holi. 

Tags: Global Impact , Community & Society , Global Education , Student Organizations , University Culinary Services , Arts & Culture , Global Reach

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Caden Clark, "A Night Out" by Yinxi Li

IN A FLASH: Campus Reflections

A student photographer for KentWired captured atmospheric images of "A Night Out" on the Kent Campus. 

Tags: Student Media , Student Life , Photography , Kent Campus , Arts & Culture , In a Flash

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