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91²Ö¿â fashion design and business student Madeline Mehler's new clothing business, Sultrie, aims to add to the sustainable fashion movement.

91²Ö¿â Student Confronts Manufacturing Trend That Impacts Climate Change

These days, consumers can buy the latest clothing trends quickly and inexpensively. Critics, however, maintain that this “fast fashion†can be detrimental to the environment.

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Henry Winkler to Visit 91²Ö¿â Stark as Part of Featured Speaker Series

He is best known as "The Fonz" on "Happy Days." On Oct. 10, Henry Winkler will share the story of his career and living with undiagnoised dyslexia. 

Tags: Community & Society, Featured Story

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91²Ö¿â faculty, staff members and students took part in Saturday’s Equality March, which kicked off the inaugural Akron Pride 2017 event.

91²Ö¿â Celebrates Diversity with a Show of Unity at Akron Pride 2017

91²Ö¿â takes part in the Equality March, kicking off Akron Pride 2017.

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91²Ö¿â alumnus and professional golfer Mackenzie Hughes is in Northeast Ohio to take part in the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone County Club in Akron.

Video: 91²Ö¿â Welcomes Back PGA Tour Winner Mackenzie Hughes

91²Ö¿â alumnus and professional golfer Mackenzie Hughes returned to his alma mater for a “Welcome Back†reception in his honor organized by Herb Page, 91²Ö¿â’s director of golf and head men’s golf coach.

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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 Arts and Sciences, 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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Lucas Engelhard, from 91²Ö¿â at Stark, weighs in on best and worst recession recovered cities.

91²Ö¿â at Stark Professor Weighs in on Best and Worst Recession Recovered Cities

Lucas Engelhardt, Ph.D., associate professor in 91²Ö¿â at Stark’s Department of Economics, is a firm believer in pursing innovation and investing in capital, when it comes to driving economic growth in cities. 

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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. 

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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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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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