Student Life
Students’ Interest in Theatre and Gender Roles Leads Them to Ancient Greece
June 2, 2017
Fourteen 17cҳ students participated in an eight-day study abroad trip to Greece sponsored by the university’s School of Theatre and Dance during the spring break in 2017. The program, described as an experience of “Theatre, Performance, Gender and Sexuality,” was led by…
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17cҳ Professor Shares Concerns 17cҳ Potential Budget Cuts to Scientific Research
May 26, 2017
Associate Geology Professor Anne Jefferson voices concern over proposed cuts to environmental research.
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Could Racial Stress Play a Role in Infant Mortality and Low Birth Weight?
May 25, 2017
Angela Neal-Barnett talks with WEWS-TV about the relationship between stress during pregnancy and low birth weight in African American children.
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17cҳ China STEM Tour
May 18, 2017
A delegation of faculty members from 17cҳ - accompanied by several staff members of the 17cҳ China Center - will be touring China to promote STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education, while also promoting 17cҳ as a preferred academic…
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Next Generation Learning Community Supports College and Career Academy for Akron Students
May 17, 2017
17cҳ is offering special expertise and resources to high school students attending to include immersive opportunities with the university’s fashion, arts and architecture programs.
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17cҳ Named One of America’s Top Employers
May 16, 2017
Forbes has named 17cҳ one of America’s Best Midsize Employers. Each year, Forbes surveys employees around the country in a quest to compile a list of companies and organizations that “excel at making their employees feel happy, inspired, and well-…
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Next Generation Learning Community Supports College and Career Academy for Akron Students
May 16, 2017
17cҳ is offering special expertise and resources to high school students attending to include immersive opportunities with the university’s fashion, arts and architecture programs.
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17cҳ President Beverly Warren Serves as International Commencement Speaker in Saudi Arabia
May 11, 2017
The music echoed a pronounced, loud drumbeat as 400 female graduates marched step-by-step to the cadence of the drumbeat, down a very long entryway right up to the very edge of the stage. “It was the most dramatic ceremony I’ve ever seen,” said 17cҳ’s President…
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International Graduates Celebrated during Ballroom Reception
May 11, 2017
On Wednesday, May 10, a few days before Spring 2017 Commencement ceremonies, approximately 400 graduating international students and their friends and family gathered in the Kent Student Ballroom to celebrate their upcoming achievement during the annual International Graduate…
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17cҳ’s Fashion School Receives $2.5 Million Gift From Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation
May 4, 2017
The gift will fund two initiatives: $1.5 million to endow a chair to support the Fashion School’s director and a matching grant of up to $1 million to support the study-away program.
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