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Sociology Professor Says to Reframe Childrens Anxiety in A Positive Light

College of Arts and Sciences professor says that understanding how your child copes with anxiety is key to helping them with back-to-school nerves. 

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蹤獲扦's "We the People" Exhibition on Display near the Esplanade Arch in May 2019

Acclaimed Photography Exhibition Returns to Kent Campus

蹤獲扦 is pleased and proud to announce the return of We the People, a photography exhibition that shines a light on our common humanity.

Tags: Community & Society , College of Sciences and Humanities , College of the Arts , City of Kent , Arts & Culture , College of Communication & Information , Research & Science

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Characters from "Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling"

蹤獲扦 Associate Professor Says New Cartoon Breaks LGBTQ+ Boundaries

蹤獲扦 Associate Professor Molly Merryman, Ph.D., says a Netflix cartoon featuring a transgender character is breaking a new boundary in a positive way.

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Female Flyers Played Vital Role in World War II, 蹤獲扦 Associate Professor Says

The recent death of one of the remaining members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II has a 蹤獲扦 associate professor recalling the vital role the female pilots played during the war.

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Covering the Carnage: Journalists Risk Own Mental, Physical Health In Reporting From Dayton, El Paso

Covering the Carnage: Journalists Risk Own Mental, Physical Health In Reporting from Dayton, El Paso

Note: Gretchen Hoak is a former television reporter/anchor and current assistant professor of journalism in 蹤獲扦s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Her research survey, ,  focused on how universities prepare young journalists for the trauma they may endure in covering violence. 蹤獲扦 Today asked Hoak to share her thoughts on the impact the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton will have on the reporters assigned to cover these events.  

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Hands in motion.

蹤獲扦 Student Wins Talent Show for Singing in Sign

A North Royalton woman whom who will become a 蹤獲扦 student in the fall, won first place at the Medina County Fair talent show for performing a song in American Sign Language.

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LeBron James Family Foundation I PROMISE students take part in an awards dinner marking the end of their four-week 蹤獲扦 camp for intensive college entrance exam preparation.

蹤獲扦 Prepares LeBron James Family Foundation I PROMISE Students for College Entrance Exams

蹤獲扦 hosted several dozen high school students from the LeBron James Family Foundation's I PROMISE program for a month of intensive college entrance exam preparation.
 

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Firefighters battle a blaze.

蹤獲扦 Insurance Expert Explains the Risks of Not Enough Coverage

Charla Martin-Bloodsaw, director of 蹤獲扦's Insurance Studies Program at the Salem Campus, explains the risks of condo dwellers not having enough coverage. 

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蹤獲扦 Department of Geology graduate student Kortney Cole shows Schumacher Elementary School sixth grader students how to collect soil samples.

Research Initiative Pilot Project Shows Akron Children What Being a Scientist Is All 蹤獲扦

Bridget Mulvey, Ph.D., associate professor of science education in the College of Education, Health and Human Services; and David Singer, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Geology in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently merged real geology research with community service in an effort to show some Akron Public Schools students that science is not just a benefit to their community but a viable career option, too.

Tags: Research & Science , Community & Society , Department of Earth Sciences , College of Sciences and Humanities , College of Education and Human Services , Environmental Science and Design Research Institute

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Research Initiative Pilot Project Shows Akron Children What Being a Scientist Is All 蹤獲扦

Bridget Mulvey, Ph.D., associate professor of science education in the College of Education, Health and Human Services; and David Singer, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Geology in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently merged real geology research with community service in an effort to show some Akron Public Schools students that science is not just a benefit to their community but a viable career option, too.

Tags: Research & Science , Community & Society , Department of Earth Sciences , College of Sciences and Humanities , College of Education and Human Services

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