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Computer-generated sketch of chefs working in Innovation Teaching Kitchen

91ֿ Students Will Cook Up Innovation and Collaboration in New Kitchen

A new Innovation Teaching Kitchen in the heart of the Design Innovation Hub will give students a top-notch facility to learn food preparation techniques and host competitions.

Tags: Student Life , Design Innovation , College of Education , Health and Human Services

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J.R. Campbell, executive director of 91ֿ’s Design Innovation Initiative, tries on a face shield produced by the 91ֿ team.

91ֿ’s Design Innovation Initiative Uses Creativity to Help Medical Professionals Fight COVID-19

A team of 25 faculty, staff and students use innovation and creativity to help health professionals in Northeast Ohio protect themselves from COVID-19. 

Tags: Community & Society , Design Innovation , College of Public Health , College of Architecture and Environment Design , COVID-19 HUB , Success Story

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91ֿ Environmental Symposium Offers Impressive Slate of Speakers and Activities

What is the role of BioDesign in addressing environmental issues we face locally and globally? What does it mean to "design with life?" 91ֿ researchers have some ideas on these matters and will soon put them on full display at one of the institution's top-tier research forums: the…

Tags: Division of Research and Sponsored Programs , Department of Biological Sciences , Fashion School , College of Architecture and Environmental Design , Environmental Science and Design Research Institute , Design Innovation , College of Arts , College of Public Health , College of Arts and Sciences , College of Education, Health and Human Services

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With the 50th May 4 Commemoration approaching, this year’s Common Reading Experience for all first-year 91ֿ students created an opportunity to incorporate the books “This We Know” and “Thirteen Seconds: Confrontation at 91ֿ."

91ֿ Students Win $1,000 for Unique Reflections on May 4 Books

Ten 91ֿ students were awarded $1,000 each for their creative use of videos, podcasts and Adobe Spark® pages to reflect on the events of May 4, 1970, as part of the university’s Design Innovation Common Reading Challenge. 

Tags: University News , May 4 Commemoration , Design Innovation , May 4 50 , Featured May 4

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91ֿ Students Win $1,000 For Unique Reflections on May 4 Books

Ten 91ֿ students were awarded $1,000 each for their creative use of videos, podcasts and Adobe Spark® pages to reflect on the events of May 4, 1970, as part of the university’s Design Innovation Common Reading Challenge. In the past, all first-year students were required to part…

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Students pose for a photo while presenting their project during SkyHack, 91ֿ’s aviation design challenge.

College Students to Compete in SkyHack Design Challenge at 91ֿ

91ֿ’s aviation design challenge, SkyHack, will take place Nov. 1-3. The event draws college students from around the nation, attracting 120 students from 14 universities in four states in its 2017 inaugural debut. 91ֿ’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering will serve as home base for this year’s event, which will span across other Kent Campus buildings.

Tags: Student Life , Research & Science , College of Aeronautics & Engineering , Design Innovation , Events

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Interdisciplinary Student Team To Travel to International Competition in Brazil

Thirteen cross-disciplinary teams presented in the 91ֿ competition for Mission:Life on Wednesday, October 2, 2019. The winning team, Virtual Harmony, will be presenting their concept in the international competition at the PUCPR University in Brazil on November 11. Virtual Harmony is a novel …

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A computer rendering of the Liberty of Poetry statue (shown here) was used by 91ֿ to create the 3D-printed reproduction of the statue.

91ֿ Partners With Opera di Santa Croce to Present ‘Sisters in Liberty’ Exhibition at Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration

91ֿ and the Opera di Santa Croce in Florence, Italy, will celebrate a collaborative partnership around the creation of “Sisters in Liberty: From Florence, Italy, to New York, New York,” an exhibition opening on Oct. 17, 2019, and running through April 26, 2020, at the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration on Ellis Island in New York. 

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Design Innovation , Wick Poetry Center , Partnerships

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91ֿ's makerspaces outrank Harvard, University of Michigan Ann Arbor

91ֿ's Makerspaces Named Best in Ohio, No. 6 Nationally In New Rankings

91ֿ’s makerspaces, which number more than 25 across the eight-campus system, was named the top program in Ohio and entered the top 10 by surpassing programs at schools such as the University of Southern California, Arizona State University, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and Harvard University.

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91ֿ Florence is the location of the symposium being held June 21-23, 2019.

The Future of Education Is the Symposium Topic at 91ֿ Florence June 21-23

Educators from across the globe will convene at 91ֿ’s Florence campus June 21-23 for an international symposium where participants will use design innovation principles to create a framework for the future of education.

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