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“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality. I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a…
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Saying "yes" to everything landed Kathryn Burns in the middle of New Jersey's coastal wetlands
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The Nkafu Policy Institute recently appointed Ghana native Felix Kumah-Abiwu, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Africana Studies at Â鶹ӰԺ, one of its Non-Resident Fellows in Governance & Democracy.
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Â鶹ӰԺ’s newest anthropologist, Assistant Professor Aldo Cimino, Ph.D., has made it his life’s work to understand the causes and consequences of hazing, including the possible generation of solidarity. He and his co-author recently published an…
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The College of Arts and Sciences wishes to congratulate David Disabato, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Â鶹ӰԺ, who recently landed a tenure-track faculty position at Baldwin Wallace University, near Cleveland!
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ATHENA Akron, a women’s leadership organization in Summit County, Ohio, has named Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences within the College of Arts and Sciences at Â鶹ӰԺ, its winner of the 2022 ATHENA Akron…
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Sometimes it just takes a small spark to ignite a fire within you.
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Autism spectrum disorder is a group of neurodevelopmental disabilities characterized by social communication deficits and stereotypic behaviors. Currently, little is known about the cellular and molecular mechanisms of autism spectrum disorder, but the research of Â鶹ӰԺ State…
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The development of liquid crystal technology in Northeast Ohio - and specifically at Â鶹ӰԺ - is an important part of the region’s and university’s legacies and ongoing global impact.
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Congratulations to Drs. Metin Eren, Department of Anthropology, Angela Neal-Barnett, Department of Psychological Sciences, and Mietek Jaroniec, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, who are 2022 recipients of the President’s Faculty Excellence Award.