Community Impact
Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ welcomed undergraduate researchers from our university, Cleveland State University and the University of Akron to the Kent Campus for the 19th annual Northeast Ohio Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Before classes began for Fall Semester 2024, the Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer Plus (LGBTQ+) Center welcomed the university's LGBTQ+ community back to campus with a Fall Kickoff event.
A long-term study of butterfly populations in Ohio's Cuyahoga Valley National Park is shedding light on ecological changes and the impacts of human activities on local ecosystems. The study, which has been ongoing since the 1990s, represents one of the longest-running volunteer-driven insect surveys in North America. Experts from Á½ÐÔÉ«Îçҹ’s Department of Biological Sciences are working to interpret 20-plus years’ worth of data and convey what it means for environmental conservation.
The celebration, Sept. 19-21, will be packed with panel discussions, workshops and poetry readings, culminating in a gala dinner on Sept. 21.
For the past month, Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University has hosted 37 international graduate students as part of the Fulbright Pre-Academic Program, a monthlong immersion in American higher education and culture. The group, from 26 countries, arrived on the Kent Campus on July 21 and was scheduled to depart on Aug. 17 to begin their graduate programs at universities throughout the country.
This summer, Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹'s College of Nursing welcomed high school students participating in the University Hospitals Future Nurse Academy program to campus for a tour and hands-on practice in our simulation labs.
The white coat at Á½ÐÔÉ«Îçҹ’s College of Podiatric Medicine’s White Coat Ceremony is presented as a reminder of the professionalism required by students, in their studies at Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ and later as they become podiatric physicians.
When U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ this summer, he and U.S. Representative (and Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ alumna) Emilia Sykes toured the College of Aeronautics and Engineering and the May 4 Visitors Center.
Each August, Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ welcomes alumni and their canine companions to campus for one of the most anticipated events of the year, the "Dog Days of Summer."
After spending time on an athletics service trip to Rwanda in January, recent Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University graduate and women’s soccer team member Callie Jean Cunningham felt compelled to act.