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91�ֿ�’s  team goes by many names: Golden Flashes, Mid-American Conference champions, winners. 

But Ted McKown, senior associate director of admissions for transfer enrollment, would add “transfer students” to that list. 

Many of the players on this season’s winning team transferred to 91�ֿ� from other colleges, making them part of a group of about 1,200 students who, each year, find themselves at 91�ֿ� for a new stop on their educational journeys. 

Innovation Day 2023 was a collaborative effort of the Northeast Ohio Public University Research Alliance (NEO-PURA) comprised of 91�ֿ�, Cleveland State University, Northeast Ohio Medical University, The University of Akron and Youngstown State University. 

91�ֿ� students at the American Academy in Brazil are experiencing the country's rainiest season.

Kent Kraziness is an competition created by University Housing Services to increase social media engagement. The competition, which kicked off on March 14-April 4, is a nod to the NCAA's March Madness.

Women represent nearly 60% of students in graduate or professional degree programs; however, they are still a minority in certain STEM fields like engineering and computer science. The Graduate College celebrated women’s history month by tackling this tough topic head-on.

A trailblazer for LGBTQ+ rights, the late Dolores Noll, Ph.D., was one of 91�ֿ�’s first openly gay professors when she came out in 1971.

Players and fans saw great gameplay at the Intramural Sports Basketball Championships this week. 

91�ֿ� connects with the Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) to create opportunities for students.

Since completion of her Ph.D. in 2016, Assistant Professor Melissa Edler and her colleagues have secured more than $2 million in research funding for examining aging and neurodegenerative diseases.

Three 91�ֿ� professors are developing a solution to a teacher training issue through the use of extended reality (XR) technology and 360 video. 

The framework of Crawford Hall has begun to rise from behind the construction fence. 

A 91�ֿ� researcher is collecting video interviews from the LGBTQ+ community from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. 

LGBTQ+ Center event celebrates transgender people and their contributions to our world.

March is National Social Work Month in the United States. Although it is a celebratory time, the profession currently faces challenges due to reductions in the labor force and a growing population of need, especially in rural communities. 91�ֿ� recently announced the creation of a Bachelor of Social Work academic degree program, which will launch in the fall of 2023 with a focus on rural social work. 

91�ֿ� campuses are no stranger to service animals. With 32 service dogs currently registered across all campuses and student organizations that train future service dogs like Paws with a Cause, the 91�ֿ� community happily welcomes service animals.

As of 2021, the fashion industry was responsible for 10% of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, according to research done by the .

Want coffee? Good news. We visited seven coffee places in Kent and on the Kent Campus and discovered their most popular drink orders just for you.

Through many challenges, this non-traditional student persisted in pursuing her dream of earning a degree from 91�ֿ�. 

Anyone in the 91�ֿ� community can submit a photo for "IN A FLASH."

Jake Ferri of Billerica, Massachusettes struggled with personal pressure, including turning his wrestling matches into life-or-death situations. That was until he decided to free himself, and the change has been dramatic.