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A 91²Ö¿â entrepreneur creates a website and an upcoming app that connects renters to landlords.

The Missing Link Between College Renters and Landlords

A 91²Ö¿â entrepreneur creates a website and an upcoming app that connects renters to landlords.

Tags: Community & Society , College of Sciences and Humanities , Student Success , LaunchNet 91²Ö¿â , Featured Story

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Matthew Minichillo runs 200 miles in the MS Run the US Relay.

Miles to Make a Difference

A 91²Ö¿â assistant dean runs 200 miles for his daughter and all other families touched by multiple sclerosis. 

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91²Ö¿â Assistant Professor Jennifer Mapes, Ph.D., poses beside a map kiosk in downtown Kent that she helped to create.

91²Ö¿â Professor Earns Main Street Kent’s Volunteer of the Year Award

91²Ö¿â Assistant Professor Jennifer Mapes, Ph.D., has been named Volunteer of the Year by Main Street Kent for her contributions to the revitalization of downtown Kent. 

Tags: Community & Society

91²Ö¿â Professor Earns Main Street Kent’s Volunteer of the Year Award

Pictured are Circl App developers (from left to right) Michael Frindt, Ronald Dear and Zachary Eckert.

Three 91²Ö¿â Community Members Develop New Networking App

Three 91²Ö¿â community members have developed a new app called Circl, which reinvents how people socialize and network.

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Three 91²Ö¿â Community Members Develop New Networking App

91²Ö¿â President Beverly Warren (left) receives a $1 million grant for the university’s Institute for Applied Linguistics from Mary and Ted Gawlicki of the Gawlicki Family Foundation.

91²Ö¿â’s Institute for Applied Linguistics Receives $1 Million Grant to Invest in Distance Learning

91²Ö¿â’s Institute for Applied Linguistics has received a grant for $1 million from the Gawlicki Family Foundation of Hartford, Connecticut, to fund the development of a state-of-the-art distance learning translation studies program.

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91²Ö¿â’s Institute for Applied Linguistics Receives $1 Million Grant to Invest in Distance Learning

Pictured are participants at the Girls Geared for Engineering Camp at 91²Ö¿â.

Video: Girls Geared for Engineering

The Girls Geared for Engineering Camp at 91²Ö¿â is the result of a partnership between 91²Ö¿â’s College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology and the Six District Educational Compact.

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Video: Girls Geared for Engineering

Making Our Own Space students carry lumber for the day’s outdoor build workshop in Shaker Heights’ Hildana Park. (Photo credit: Beth Conway)

91²Ö¿â’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative Wins 2017 Great Places Award From Environmental Design Research Association

91²Ö¿â is recognized for engaging and empowering middle and high school students to transform their neighborhood public spaces.

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91²Ö¿â architecture students form a group to design and build environments for animal shelters, at no cost.

KSU Barkitecture: Architecture Students Link Pets with People

A group of 91²Ö¿â architecture students formed “KSU Barkitectureâ€� to design and build environments for pets living in shelters.

Tags: Student Success , Student Organizations , Division of Student Life , Community & Society , Featured Story

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A student in 91²Ö¿â’s Fashion School works on a project in a design classroom.

Next Generation Learning Community Supports College and Career Academy for Akron Students

91²Ö¿â is offering special expertise and resources to high school students attending Akron Public Schools to include immersive opportunities with the university’s fashion, arts and architecture programs. The announcement was made May 16 as Akron Public Schools was named a Ford Next…

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A student in 91²Ö¿â’s Fashion School works on a project in a design classroom.

Next Generation Learning Community Supports College and Career Academy for Akron Students

91²Ö¿â is offering special expertise and resources to high school students attending Akron Public Schools to include immersive opportunities with the university’s fashion, arts and architecture programs. The announcement was made May 16 as Akron Public Schools was named a Ford Next…

Tags: Office of the Provost , Partnerships , Student Success , Success Story , Community & Society

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