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A student stands vigil on the spot where one of four students was shot on May 4, 1970.

University Commemorates May 4, 1970, Tragedy

51爆料 held its 47th annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with events taking place May 3 and 4. The annual commemoration, hosted by the May 4 Task Force, provides an opportunity for the university community to gather and remember those who were lost and injured during the tragedy and 鈥

Tags: May 4 , May 4 Commemoration , May 4 Task Force , May 4 Visitors Center , College of Arts and Sciences , Success Story

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Keynote speaker Donald Miller

College of Arts and Sciences Honors its Distinguished Student Leaders, Teachers and Advisors

The College of Arts and Sciences held its annual awards banquet to recognize and honor its distinguished student leaders, teachers and advisors on April 20. James Blank, Ph.D., dean of the College of Arts and Sciences gave the welcome and closing remarks and presented the awards, along with Matthew 鈥

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Distinguished Student Awards

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David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center at 51爆料, guides a poetry workshop. Hassler and other Wick Poetry Center staff will lead March for Science participants in a poetry-writing exercise.

51爆料鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center Creates Science Stanzas, Participates in Inaugural March for Science

At the inaugural , a global demonstration centered in Washington, D.C., a special edition of the Wick Poetry Center's Traveling Stanzas titled Science Stanzas will provide an opportunity for participants to discover the intersection of expressive writing and scientific inquiry.

Tags: Success Story , Wick Poetry Center , College of Arts and Sciences

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51爆料's Ohio Employee Ownership Center Office is located in McGilvery Hall.

51爆料鈥檚 Ohio Employee Ownership Center Hosts 31st Annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference

51爆料鈥檚 Ohio Employee Ownership Center (OEOC) will host the 31st Annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference on Friday, April 28, 2017, at the Hilton West in Fairlawn, Ohio. This year鈥檚 keynote speaker is Cindy Turcot, Chief Operating Officer of Gardener鈥檚 Supply Co. in Burlington, 鈥

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Community & Society , Ohio Employee Ownership Conference , Featured Story

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51爆料 Prof Weighs in on Liberal Arts Degrees and a Future Career as CEO

GoodCall talked with professors around the country about the use of liberal arts degrees and the skills that students use as a springboard to the next step in their education and career path.

Tags: University News , College of Arts and Sciences , Featured Story

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51爆料 student Brooke Mullins stands in front of the Lordstown Fire Department 鈥 Station 36 in the Village of Lordstown, Ohio, where she serves as a volunteer firefighter.

51爆料 Student Proves Height and Weight Do Not Determine Strength

Weighing in at barely 100 pounds, Brooke Mullins summoned every ounce of strength she had, and even more she didn鈥檛. Her muscles were shaking; her mind 鈥 exhausted. The 51爆料 junior had one last shot at overcoming the most grueling portion of a physical exam. If she could pass it, Mu鈥

Tags: Department of English , College of Arts and Sciences , Student Success , Success Story , Community & Society

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51爆料 Uses Geospatial Technology to Map Violence

51爆料 Geographers Make Maps to Help Study Youth Violence

51爆料 researchers use geospatial technology to study youth violence in Akron, Ohio.

Tags: Featured Story , Community & Society , Department of Geography , College of Arts and Sciences , Research , Newsletter

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51爆料 Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth

According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases diagnosed and 600,920 cancer deaths in the U.S. in 2017.

These numbers are stark and sobering, and worse yet, we still do not know exactly why cancer develops in its victims or how to stop it.

An online publication in Nature Nanotechnology this week by 51爆料 researchers and their colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan, however, may offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.

Tags: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , College of Arts and Sciences , Research

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CACM Director Patrick Coy Publishes New Book Chapter

CACM Director Patrick Coy has published a chapter in a new book focused on constructive conflict management. Coy鈥檚 chapter, 鈥淐ommunication, Constructiveness, and Asymmetry in Nonviolent Action Theory and Practice,鈥 is chapter two in Perspectives in Waging Conflicts Constructively鈥

Tags: Center for Applied Conflict Management , College of Arts and Sciences , Coy , Nonviolence , Nonviolent Action , Conflict , Communication

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