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Akron head coach John Groce and 91²Ö¿â head men's basketball coach Rob Senderoff

Two archrival men's basketball teams worked together to produce a powerful video supporting the Black Lives Matter movement and encouraging everyone to register to vote in the 2020 election.

91²Ö¿â students begin moving into residence halls on Aug. 19, 2020.

91²Ö¿â students began moving into residence halls on the Kent Campus on Aug. 19, as part of a phased-in process that will continue over five days.
 

A person working at a computer taking down information.

When the Ohio Department of Health sought help this summer for work on the COVID-19 pandemic response, more than 110 students from 91²Ö¿â’s College of Public Health raised their hands to volunteer.

Students walk along the Lester A. Lefton Esplanade on the Kent Campus

91²Ö¿â Interim Senior Vice President and Provost Melody Tankersley, Ph.D., and Vice President for Enrollment Management Mary Parker, Ed.D., recently shared updates about academics and enrollment, respectively, while engaging with the university community.

Students living on the closed 91²Ö¿â campus resident in the Stopher-Johnson residence hall complex.

When 91²Ö¿â closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March, not all students living on the Kent Campus were able to leave. 

 

BioBlack Team Poses with their bacteria-dyed tote bad and dress dyed with bacterium

A team of 91²Ö¿â students took home the Outstanding Science Award from the Biodesign Challenge Summit 2020 held in June.

91²Ö¿â Golden Flashes Women's Golf Team and Coach Lisa Strom

Today’s Flashes of Inspiration comes from Lisa Strom, 91²Ö¿â’s head women’s golf coach, who offers a pep talk to all in the university community struggling under the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic.

College of Communication & Information
Groupwork

Students in the class Communication in a Global Society worked in teams throughout the Spring 2020 semester to educate audiences about one specific aspect of globalization and ecology: fast fashion.

Female student in aeronautics lab

Senior Sydney Bihn finds her true calling throughout her time at 91²Ö¿â and becomes the first female aerospace engineering graduate.

Aviation Art Contest Flyer

A century ago in 1920, The Ohio Flying School and Transport Company officially incorporated and opened Stow Field, now known as 91²Ö¿â Airport, Andrew Paton Field. To celebrate its centennial and recognize it as the oldest continuously operating airport in Ohio, Dave Poluga, airport manager, has launched the Aviation Art Contest “100 Years of Aviation.â€