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math homework and iPhone

Could the Latest Apple iOS Update Change the Way Students Learn Math?

91²Ö¿â education experts Joanne Caniglia and Karl Kosko weigh in on the topic in an interview with Spectrum News 1 Ohio.

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Celebrate Juneteenth Jubilee at 91²Ö¿â June 18, 2024

Celebrate the Rich History of Black Americans at Juneteenth Jubilee

Juneteenth Jubilee will be held Tuesday June 18 from 11 a.m.– 1:30 p.m. on the Kent Campus, Student Green/Risman Plaza. It is free and open to the public.

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Medhin Dollebo, Ph.D., visiting Scholar at Risk from Ethiopia.

Ethiopian Professor Spending Year at 91²Ö¿â to Escape Persecution at Home

Speaking out against government corruption and ethnic killings in his home country of Ethiopia made Medhin Dollebo, Ph.D., the target of constant threats and harassment. 

Tags: Global Reach, Community and Society, Profiles, Global Presence, Community Impact, School of Peace and Conflict Studies

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April 2024 Washington D.C. trip

IN A FLASH: In Our Nation's Capital

During an April trip to our nation's capital, representatives from 91²Ö¿â met with U.S. politicians as well as 91²Ö¿â students and alumni working in national government.

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AAAPI faculty and staff marked AAPI Heritage Month with a speaker, Lynn Itagaki, Ph.D.

May Is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month: A Time for Celebration and Education

In 1977, the U.S. government established a time to recognize Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders and their accomplishments. The commemoration started as a week but in the 1990s evolved into a monthlong celebration.

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Rep. Emilia Sykes, Democrat, 13th District, speaks of 91²Ö¿â Airport in her support for FAA Reauthorization Act.

Rep. Emilia Sykes Mentions 91²Ö¿â Airport in her Support of FAA Reauthorization Act

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act affects millions at airports large and small including in the Akron-Canton Airport, the Akron Fulton Airport and the 91²Ö¿â Airport.

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Willard Jenkins receives an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from 91²Ö¿â

91²Ö¿â Confers Honorary Degree Upon Alumnus Willard Jenkins

91²Ö¿â conferred a Doctor of Letters honorary degree to alumnus Willard Jenkins for his “extraordinary contributions in promulgating jazz music and its importance to American culture and in advancing 91²Ö¿â.â€

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Kaitlyn Werner of Bonita California and her peers who started college in 2020 will graduate in 2024 after enduring the COVID-19 Pandemic

Pandemic Graduates 2024: Starting College in 2020 Took Grit and Resiliency

91²Ö¿â students who started college during the COVID-19 pandemic in Fall 2020 have shown great grit and resilience as they graduate in the class of 2024.

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Sophomore Ivory Kendrick, who lost his dad in high school, was recently elected as a USG senator for the College of Public Health.

He Believed He Could, So He Did: Ivory Kendrick is Elected USG Senator for College of Public Health

In the Fall 2023 sophomore Ivory Kendrick said he wanted to be a senator in University Student Government (USG). He made it happen.

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