Year of Science
91²Ö¿â College of Arts and Sciences is celebrating a Year of Science!
91²Ö¿â’s New Outdoor Biological Research Station Takes Flight
July 9, 2025
91²Ö¿â 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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History Alumna Works to Honor American Heroes Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice
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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From Hardship to Harvard: One 91²Ö¿â Alumna's Inspiring Journey
June 17, 2025
Fueled by resilience and a hunger to learn, 2019 91²Ö¿â 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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Mission: Graduation Surprise
May 21, 2025
When Jayrelis Capeles walked across the stage at 91²Ö¿â 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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From Kent to London
May 16, 2025
Meredith Blair’s passion for politics started at a young age, but it was her time at 91²Ö¿â and abroad that strengthened her commitment and showed her a path forward.
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Bridging AI and Mental Health
May 15, 2025
Evan Dan, a junior at Solon High School who is enrolled in College Credit Plus (CCP) at 91²Ö¿â, received the “Best Paper Award†at the second (AIHealth 2025)…
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91²Ö¿â Graduates in the I Promise Program Are ‘Shining Examples of Scholarship, Service and Passion’
May 12, 2025
Three students who are members of the first cohort of the LeBron James Family Foundation I Promise program graduated from 91²Ö¿â during the spring 2025 commencement.
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‘It Was Time for Me to Go Home’ – Geography Professor Combed May 4 Oral Histories in Search of Shared Humanity
May 2, 2025
91²Ö¿â Associate Professor of Geography Jennifer Mapes, Ph.D., has studied the events of May 4, 1970, through the lens of a map maker.
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Being a Hospital’s Moral Compass
May 1, 2025
At the intersection of healthcare and philosophy one 91²Ö¿â alumna is hoping to make a profound impact by helping medical professionals navigate the ethical complexities of patient care. Mallory Wietrzykowski, a 91²Ö¿â M.A. (Philosophy, 2023)…
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Peering into the Past with Billion-Year-Old Bacteria
April 30, 2025
Undergraduate geology student Bryce Stoltz is combining his passion for earth sciences, fieldwork and the physical nature of geology into hands-on research. What began as a spark in a high school environmental sciences class has led to Stoltz contributing to important…
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