Global Impact
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After the eclipse, Flashes can do their part to promote sustainability by recycling their eclipse glasses for use by viewers of future eclipses around the world.
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In late March, groups of Indian students on campus celebrated the popular and significant Hindu festival of Holi.
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Sarah Harvey, Ph.D., explains how photogrammetry helps advance her archaeological study.
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When you hear the word pageant, it likely conjures up images of tiaras, swimsuit competitions and ladies crying as they clutch an armful of roses on a brightly lit stage. But Lorain, Ohio, native and °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ alumna Monica Burgett, Ph.D., has triumphed on a pageant circuit that doesn’t include sparkling tiaras or bathing suit competitions. This time, the pageant celebrated contestants for their brilliant minds.
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International Fulbright scholars studying at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ presented their plans addressing vital issues in their home countries.
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Read Center Director Amanda Johnson, Ph.D., speaks at international education summit with esteemed guests like Ecuador's president in the audience
![Mandy Munro-Stasiuk, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, gives a welcome address to open Peace Education in an Era of Crisis, a global peace conference in Kigali, Rwanda, sponsored by °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ, the University of Rwanda, and the Aegis Trust. Mandy Munro-Stasiuk, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, gives a welcome address to open Peace Education in an Era of Crisis, a global peace conference in Kigali, Rwanda, sponsored by °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ, the University of Rwanda, and the Aegis Trust.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Mandy%20opens%20conference.jpg?VersionId=c05JbVFPxSMpryQiGKzyIjZkFHTVBCQC&itok=OU5MvzjG)
Peace Education in an Era of Crisis, a global peace conference dedicated to promoting peace through education, opened Tuesday, July 11, in Kigali, Rwanda, with delegates from throughout the United States and 14 countries participating.
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A group of educators from Brazil spent two weeks at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ participating in workshops and field trips to area schools.
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Educators from Brazil visited Northeast Ohio institutions for inspirations in innovative teaching.
![American Academy students petting a capybara in Curitiba. American Academy students petting a capybara in Curitiba.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/339283108_162957086681182_1244776739654455576_n.jpg?VersionId=oBwntKhZniLHgyBGBRRUZlSOneFV71YC&itok=NIO_PaOj)
Capybaras are part of the American Academy experience at PUCPR in Curitiba, Brazil.