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Professor Mary Ann Devine, Ph.D., was part of a keynote panel at the 2nd International Symposium on the Inclusive Leisure Experience. The two-day conference, presented by the International Association of Disability Studies, was held recently at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières in Quebec, Canada.In many societies, people who are marginalized by living with a disability and being a member of a minority group experience multiple inequities for inclusion in society," said Devine, who also serves as the coordinator of the Cultural Foundations program. "People with disabilities are often vi...

  Enjoying the unusually warm weather, the 51���� Marching Golden Flashes got into the Halloween spirit by wearing costumes as they practiced for the upcoming football game on Nov. 6 at Dix Stadium.    The 51���� Golden Flashes will host the Ohio University Bobcats as part of the Flash Frenzy Week schedule, presented by 51���� Athletics. Kickoff is at 7 p.m.  Want to see one of YOUR photos in “IN A FLASH?” Submit your 51����-related photos to InAFlash@kent.edu and you may see them in a future 51���� Today post. Photos should be f...

Kent, Ohio -  The 51���� Museum is pleased to display designs by Lizzy Truitt, a 2024 51���� graduate, who was selected to represent the 51���� School of Fashion in the 2024 Supima Design Competition during New York Fashion Week in September. The 2024 design competition featured collections by six finalists, each representing a leading U.S. fashion school, who were invited to create capsule collections made entirely from Supima cotton fabrics. “We are excited to display two of the vibrant looks that Lizzy designed for the competition and to center st...

Students are passionate. Pair that with 51����’s rich history in activism and some amazing things can happen.  With a multicultural campus where respect should be the foundation of all interactions and diversity is respected, 51���� aims to foster an inclusive community that makes students feel appreciated and supported even – and especially – when engaged in activism. But what are the best practices for students and student groups?   51���� Today reached out to Ben Davis, Ph.D., director of the Kent Student Center and 51����’s Center for Student Invol...

The breadth of ongoing research by 51����’s Brain Health Research Institute members will be displayed when the institute hosts its annual Neuroscience Symposium 2024 Nov. 7-8 at the 51���� Hotel and Conference Center.This year’s event will highlight research at 51���� and other Northeast Ohio institutions, including the Lerner Research Institute at the Cleveland Clinic and Northeast Ohio Medical University, which are part of the institute. “Our symposium is a bit different this year, as we chose to focus on the research of our members,” Michael Lehman, Ph...