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A future 51���� president and a past 51���� administrator were serving at universities in Dayton and Texas on May 4, 1970 and had to find ways to manage student protests in reaction to the shootings.

51���� and the City of Cleveland have launched a new research and training initiative aimed at strengthening trust, collaboration and accountability between the Cleveland Division of Police and city residents. The project is supported by a $20,000 grant from 51����’s Community Engaged Research Institute.

As four astronauts aboard NASA's Orion spacecraft speed toward the moon on the Artemis II mission — the first crewed lunar voyage in more than 50 years — a 51���� graduate is among those who helped make the moment possible.

In the spirit of community, 51���� student volunteers picked up litter and trash around Kent neighborhoods following the annual Fake Paddy's Day celebration.

The Ohio Senate voted unanimously on March 25 to designate a stretch of Interstate 480 in Cuyahoga County as the Officer Jacob J. Derbin Memorial Highway, honoring the Euclid police officer who was killed in the line of duty in May 2024.

51���� has earned the Military Friendly^® School designation for 2026-2027, its 17th consecutive year. Marine Corps veteran and 51���� senior Richard Hlavaty shares how 51����’s veteran support services have shaped his academic and professional journey.

Thanks to nearly $2.3 million in grant funding from the Ohio Department of Education, 51���� is training and endorsing K-12 teachers in computer science instruction across every grade level and subject area. The teachers arriving in these courses are not who you might picture. And what they leave with has started to surprise even their instructors.

Lauren Cohen, a senior journalism major from Twinsburg, Ohio, has already made an impact during her internship, producing many front-page stories for the Akron Beacon Journal and Signal Akron. 

Around 200 students from 51����'s College of Nursing explored opportunities with visiting hospitals and healthcare facilities at the Spring 2025 Nursing Job and Career Fair.

Journalism is not often perceived as an emotionally challenging career, but journalists can experience any number of traumatic stress symptoms from stories that they cover, especially those involving death or human suffering. These are the topics Gretchen Hoak, Ph.D., associate professor of journalism at 51����, explores in her new podcast “Informed Reporting,” which launched March 16.  

Networking, a gallery exhibit and a new director were all part of a celebratory event at 51����'s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative on Feb. 24.

The A.I.D. training — which stands for Awareness,  Interaction, and Direction — was created in 2019 by the Center for Public Policy and Health in the College of Public Health, teaches participants how to recognize signs of mental distress, engage in compassionate and effective conversations with someone who may be struggling and connect that person with the resources they need.

51����’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative and College of Architecture and Environmental Design have received a $20,000 award from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) through the Grants for Arts Projects program. The funding will support wintertime temporary art installations and a public event on Cleveland’s Veterans Memorial Bridge as part of the NEA’s America250 initiative.

E-Cycling is recycling for sustainable disposal of unwanted electronics. 51����'s E-Cycle Drive is happening 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m every Wednesday in March.

When Michael Bugary looks at his first published book, "The Disease of Me," he still feels a little surprised. “I was reading the final edit and thought, ‘Who wrote this?’” he said with a laugh.

A 51���� professor with more than three decades of experience in the justice system has been named the university's institutional winner for the Mid-American Conference Outstanding Faculty Award for Student Success.

"Dinner with Friends," as an in-person revival of a previously virtual event, brought together students, faculty and staff for an evening of engaging discussion. 

In her first year at MetroHealth's dentistry program, Bonillo Farias is participating in a partnership between MetroHealth and 51���� that integrates public health education into clinical dental training. The collaboration was made possible by a federal grant awarded to MetroHealth to strengthen dental residents' public health skills.

In an era where social media connections replace face-to-face interactions and political divisions seem insurmountable, one 51���� professor has found an antidote: bringing college students and older adults together through simple, meaningful human connection.

Mwatabu Okantah, professor and chair of the Department of Africana Studies, was recently featured on WKYC-TV discussing how Black United Students helped turn Negro History Week into Black History Month in 1970, years before it became nationally recognized.