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Sept. 8, 2025
Senior Nick Brocato and sophomore Tamera Owens were among the 172 undergraduate 91ֿ students who participated in the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) during the summer of 2025. They conducted research projects under the direction of Lauren Kinsman-Costello…
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Sept. 4, 2025
Meet LaTaesia Snyder, a junior criminology and justice studies major with a minor in pre-law from Akron, Ohio, who’s making the most of her opportunities to learn about the American justice system.
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Aug. 18, 2025
When Emily Rider walked into her first in-person class after the COVID-19 shutdown — “How the Earth Works” on the 91ֿ at Stark campus — she didn’t know it would set her on a path that would take her across the country, deep into fossil beds and high into the…
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Aug. 8, 2025
For Giovanni Tripi, choosing 91ֿ was the first step on a path that would take him from Northeast Ohio to the heart of Italy—and deep into the worlds of biology, anthropology and hands-on scientific discovery.
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Aug. 8, 2025
Olivia Jákli earned a master's degree in computer science in 2024 after initially earning a bachelor's degree in fashion merchandising in 2015. She recently encouraged others to embrace calculated risks by sharing insights from her career transition journey.
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July 9, 2025
91ֿ is taking a big step forward in its ecological and evolutionary research with the establishment of its new on-campus Outdoor Vivarium for Oviparous Microbiomes – a dynamic new aviary facility located on the eastern edge of the Kent Campus near a thriving…
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July 1, 2025
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. As a historian at the Department of…
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June 17, 2025
Fueled by resilience and a hunger to learn, 2019 91ֿ graduate Ya’el Courtney has transformed adversity into ambition, carving a path for herself that took her from foster care to post-doctoral scholar at Stanford University.
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May 21, 2025
When Jayrelis Capeles walked across the stage at 91ֿ this spring, she was already brimming with emotion. She had just earned not one, but two degrees — in psychology and sociology — and was celebrating the end of her college journey that began in 2021. But the…
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May 16, 2025
Meredith Blair’s passion for politics started at a young age, but it was her time at 91ֿ and abroad that strengthened her commitment and showed her a path forward.