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Jean Engohang-Ndong, Ph.D., associate professor of biology at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ at Tuscarawas, credits technology with speeding up vaccine breakthroughs.

Alan Canfora

 Donations will benefit students in °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's Library Science program.

Alan Canfora

 Donations will benefit students in °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's Library Science program.

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Alan Canfora giving a tour on the May 4, 1970 shooting site

Canfora was one of nine students wounded by Ohio National Guard soldiers during a peaceful protest. 

2018 Firestone Immersive Summer Camp

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ and Akron-area foundations have partnered to support students in the Greater Akron community in a time of dire need through a collaboration that prioritizes positive regional impact and improving lives through education. 

Volunteers from °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ, the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank and the National Guard assisted more than 200 families during the snowy  drive-through food distribution event on Wednesday at Dix Stadium.

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s inaugural drive-thru food distribution event on Dec. 16 in partnership with the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank served more than 200 households. The foodbank said more than 26,000 people in Portage County face food insecurity – 30% of those seeking assistance for the first time due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.  

Photo of the members of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Police Department

The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Police Department was recently awarded national accreditation for the ninth time by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. in the Law Enforcement program. The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ Police Department was first accredited in 1991.

Members of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's Undergraduate Student Government Painted "Flashes Take Care of Flashes" on the Rock on Front Campus.

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ will implement a new administrative policy regarding painting the Rock, which is located on Hilltop Drive on the Kent Campus. The policy, which goes into effect Jan. 11, 2021, is one of the institutional responses to racially offensive language that was painted on the Rock in 2020 and aimed at African American students. 

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Solar Array at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ's College of Podiatric Medicine

Six of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ’s Regional Campuses were recently for the installation of solar panels on its campuses, offering cleaner, more sustainable energy that is also more cost effective.