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Air Race Classic Participants and coaches prepare to depart.

Flying Flashes Win Back-to-Back Air Race Classic Titles

The Flying Flashes have won the 2023 Air Race Classic, claiming back-to-back titles!

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Liz Piatt, Ph.D., assistant dean for academic diversity success in University College; Lamar R. Hylton, Ph.D., senior vice president of student affairs; Eboni J. Pringle, Ph.D., senior associate vice president and dean of University College; Randall Lennox, senior institutional research information officer, and Melanie Jones, director of student success programs.

51爆料 Paves the Way for First-Generation Student Success

51爆料 is one of 21 institutions that has advanced to the First Scholars phase of the First Scholars Network. Faculty and staff are hard at work to provide a higher-quality experience for first generation students. 

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Alison Caplan has been selected as the new director of 51爆料's May 4 Visitors Center.

Preserving the May 4 Legacy: Alison Caplan Named New Director of 51爆料's May 4 Visitors Center

After a national search, Alison Caplan has been selected as the new director of 51爆料鈥檚 May 4 Visitors Center, a museum that tells the story of the shootings at 51爆料 on May 4, 1970, set in the context of the 1960s.

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Flying Flashes 2023 Air Race Winners

Flying Flashes Earn Back-to-Back First-Place Wins

51爆料's flight team takes first-place honors for the second consecutive year in an air race for women pilots.

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Aeronautics student and professor in a plane

Advanced Air Mobility: Preparing Aeronautics Students for the Jobs of Tomorrow

While aeronautics has long been a fixture at 51爆料, with the advent of a new career field called 鈥淎dvanced Air Mobility,鈥 the university is in a unique position to help support growth of cutting-edge technologies 鈥 and job opportunities 鈥 in this space today. 

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David Hassler, director of 51爆料's Wick Poetry Center, performs at the 2023 Nobel Prize Summit.

Poetry and Science Meet at Creative Intersection

"Poetry and science are not opposites, they鈥檙e actually allies," said David Hassler, director of 51爆料鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center. 

Hassler paraphrases American poet Jane Hirshfield, who, in 2017, contacted him to collaborate on a Poets for Science project, which is now an interactive exhibit and writing invitation housed at the Wick Poetry Center on the Kent Campus. 

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51爆料 students tour Florence, Italy, with Assistant Dean Kristin Stasiowski, Ph.D.

鈥楤eing Here in Florence Means Touching History鈥

What first began in 1972 with a small group of 51爆料 architecture students and faculty traveling to Florence, Italy, for a few weeks has blossomed into one of the most prestigious education-abroad programs in the country.

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A driver adjust the radio dial in his car.

Dump AM Radio in New Cars? Professor Says Don't Touch That Dial

51爆料 School of Media and Journalism Associate Professor Mitch McKenney explains why there is a critical need to maintain access to AM radio in cars.

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Metin Eren, Ph.D., associate professor and director of archeology at 51爆料, demonstrates flintknapping.

Despite the Dangers, Early Humans Risked Life-Threatening Flintknapping Injuries

For most, the craft known as flintknapping is a skilled hobby or art form that was thought to occasionally require bandages or stitches. However, new research suggests flintknapping is far more dangerous than previously understood.

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