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A scene from "Rent" at the E. Turner Stump Theatre

IN A FLASH: ‘Rent’ Is Due

91²Ö¿â's production of "Rent" runs from Feb. 16-25 at the E. Turner Stump Theatre.

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

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Students and faculty putting together photo exhibit

'Time Capsules That Can Hold So Much Emotion And Power'

Two Media and Journalism students and Associate Professor David Foster are bringing a fresh perspective to a late 1960s photo collection focused on Black student life at 91²Ö¿â.  Lafayette Tolliver, a 1971 alumnus who pursued a degree in photojournalism, was an active photographer for Black student organizations during his university years. In 2014, he generously donated more than a thousand photographs to 91²Ö¿â.

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Graduate student Emily Zhang cooks dumplings as part of a Luna New Year celebration held Feb. 14 in Satterfield Hall.

Happy New Year! Students Usher in Year of the Dragon With Food and Fun

Satterfield Hall was filled with the sights, sounds and smells of Lunar New Year as 91²Ö¿â students gathered Feb. 14 to celebrate and learn to make Asian dumplings.

Tags: Student Life , College of Arts and Sciences , Arts & Culture , Global Reach

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A design by 91²Ö¿â fashion student Matthew Williams takes the runway at Haute for the House.

IN A FLASH: It's Getting Haute in Here

Members of 91²Ö¿â's fashion community participated in a runway show to benefit Ronald McDonald House.

 

Tags: School of Fashion , Community Impact , Community & Society , Arts & Culture

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The Wick Poetry Center is collaborating on a new global poem, "Dear Body of Water"

Dear Body of Water: Poets Across the Globe Write a Love Letter to the Water That Sustains Us

91²Ö¿â’s Wick Poetry Center is collaborating on a new global poem to pay tribute to the liquid that sustains life.

“Dear Body of Water,†Wick’s newest collaboration with the University of Arizona’s Poetry Center, invites writers to speak to the bodies of water that have shaped their lives.

Tags: Research & Science , Community & Society , Nationally Distinctive , Arts & Culture , Global Reach

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Students at the School of Art Valentines Sale sell ceramic mugs

Spreading the Love of Art

Art students excitedly staffed tables, spreading their love of aesthetic creations to all who came to the Valentine’s art sale on Friday, Feb. 9, in the Center for the Visual Arts. Artistic masterpieces were on display, ready to bring joy to lucky buyers.

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Taylor Swift fan at the FAB Grammy Watch Party

IN A FLASH: Tuning in for Taylor

Fans of Taylor Swift - and other artists - came together in the Rathskellar to watch the Grammys.

 

Tags: Student Life , Community & Society , Community Impact , Arts & Culture , Kent Student Center

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Fashion show at Ronald McDonald house

High Style: 91²Ö¿â’s School of Fashion Rules the Runway

​Students, faculty and alumni from 91²Ö¿â’s world-renowned School of Fashion sent some of their most exciting designs down the runway on Feb. 8 in Haute for the House, a fashion show that benefitted Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio.  

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Jacob Schnitzer leading the 91²Ö¿â Orchestra

Student Composers Shine in Concert

91²Ö¿â student composers had the opportunity to have their works performed in concert by the university’s orchestra. 

Tags: Hugh A. Glauser School of Music , Nationally Distinctive , concert , College of the Arts , Arts & Culture

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New Grant Helps 91²Ö¿â Museum Preserve Fashion And Textile History

The 91²Ö¿â Museum currently houses extraordinary collections of historic dress, fashion, textiles and decorative arts. More than 29,000 objects from many of the world’s great artists and designers, known and unknown, from across time and continents can be found at the museum. A new grant will help protect the longevity of these artifacts for generations to come.

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