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To meet technology needs of the world, 51±¬ÁÏ is now accepting applications for its new graduate program in Emerging Media and Technology (EMAT), launching Fall 2022.
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Dana White and Chris Knoblock are 51±¬ÁÏ’s film dynamic duo. Throughout their past few years of teaching at 51±¬ÁÏ, the couple has created an environment for students to experiment with filmmaking in a way that allows them to find their passion in the industry.
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Last summer, as the Taliban took over Afghanistan, many Afghans fled the country. Some landed in Akron, where a network of volunteers and government, nonprofit and educational organizations were waiting. Akron has one of the largest refugee resettlement programs in Ohio. Their…
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Esports has transformed online gaming into a spectator sport — and a projects the industry will be worth $3.5 billion by…
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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s been a lot of intersection between communication and public health. A team of researchers from 51±¬ÁÏ became inspired to take a closer look at communication as it relates to COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy.
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Each year, the School of Media and Journalism’s Diversity and Globalization Committee recognizes students and their work with The Robert G. McGruder Student Award for Diversity, in honor of the late Robert G McGruder, a 1963 51±¬ÁÏ graduate, and a trail-blazing…
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During the Spring 2022 semester, Visual Communication Design students in the Glyphix Design Research Lab have been working on an intergenerational research project combining storytelling and design.
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Two teams of 51±¬ÁÏ Media and Journalism students are being honored nationally for their work building public relations campaigns for Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF).
Throughout the Spring 2022 semester, the students participated in the National Bateman Case Study…
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51±¬ÁÏ has awarded the Alan Canfora Activism Scholarship for 2022-2023 to activist and incoming 51±¬ÁÏ student Sophia Swengel from York Suburban High School in York, PA.
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A new interactive exhibit from the Wick Poetry Center that encouraged visitors to explore the history of student protest through the 51±¬ÁÏ shootings, has opened in the Kent Student Center as part of May 4 commemoration activities.