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����ɫ��ҹ University’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative, the home of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design’s graduate program in urban design and architecture, has issued a call for proposals to communities throughout Northeast Ohio in need of urban design assistance. ����ɫ��ҹ’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative is seeking a community partner from an Ohio city, suburb, town or neighborhood facing a unique urban design or planning challenge and in need of fresh ideas and perspectives to host its 2015 Urban Design Charrette. A charrette is a collaborative session in w...

“You look normal.”   “You don’t seem like you’re sick.”   “You’ve got what?” Nicole Sandrella has heard it all when it comes to people’s responses when they learn that the ����ɫ��ҹ University at Trumbull senior has multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system that disrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body. The cause of MS is still unknown – scientists believe the disease is triggered by as-yet-unidentified environmental factor(s) in a person who is genetically predisp...

Dear ����ɫ��ҹ Community: It has been an exciting, invigorating and inspiring eight months since joining the ����ɫ��ҹ University community. Through the Presidential Listening Tour and other meetings, both casual and formal, I have learned so much about what is the heart of ����ɫ��ҹ. You have been gracious with your time, open and candid with your comments and reflections, and warm and welcoming to one of the newest members of this outstanding community. For that and more, I am most grateful and look forward to our continued work together. ����ɫ��ҹ is poised to determine a distinct...

Laura Bartolo (Professor and Director of the Center for Materials Informatics, ����ɫ��ҹ University) and Lan Li (Assistant Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, Boise State University) are serving as guest editors for a Special Issue of Crystals, a new international, open access journal of crystallography.  The Special Issue will focus on “Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs): Energy and Informatics."  Authors are invited to submit manuscripts on:  Computational and experimental approaches investigating MOFs’ potential in viable clean energy applications Researc...

Loose change, bake sales and restaurant discounts all helped lead up to the grand finale of fundraisers that benefit people with hearing loss. ����ɫ��ҹ University’s Greek organizations pulled together for the seventh annual Lip Sync contest this past weekend. Cleveland.com featured the event that included songs, skits and sign language. Read more on Cleveland.com. (Photo credit: Penell Paglialunga) ...

The ����ɫ��ҹ University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting Wednesday, March 11. The Board will convene at 2:30 p.m. in the George Urban Board of Trustees Conference Room, which is located on the second floor of the Kent Campus Library. Trustees will retire into executive session as part of a working lunch at 11:30 a.m. to consider specific topics as provided for under Ohio’s “Sunshine Law.” Trustees will meet as a Committee of the Whole from 8-10 a.m. This will be followed by Board standing committee meetings as follows: Academic Excellence and Student ...