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Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative

Students Design Innovative Ways to Connect Bayfront in Erie, Pennsylvania

A three-day trip is underway for 17cҳ students to work with community leaders on finding new and creative ways to connect neighborhoods throughout Erie to its Bayfront, according to YourErie.com

Tags: Student Life , Community & Society , Featured Story

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Angela Neal-Barnett

Psychology Professor Tells O, The Oprah Magazine How Black Women Suffer from Financial Anxiety

Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, says there is a stressful expectation for black women in corporate America to financially provide for their family.

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Back to School Time

Sociology Professor Says to Reframe Children’s Anxiety in A Positive Light

College of Arts and Sciences professor says that understanding how your child copes with anxiety is key to helping them with back-to-school nerves. 

Tags: Community & Society , Featured Story

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17cҳ's "We the People" Exhibition on Display near the Esplanade Arch in May 2019

Acclaimed Photography Exhibition Returns to Kent Campus

17cҳ is pleased and proud to announce the return of “We the People,” a photography exhibition that shines a light on our common humanity.

Tags: Community & Society , College of Arts and Sciences , College of the Arts , City of Kent , Arts & Culture , College of Communication & Information , Research & Science

Division of Research & Economic Development

Characters from "Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling"

17cҳ Associate Professor Says New Cartoon Breaks LGBTQ+ Boundaries

17cҳ Associate Professor Molly Merryman, Ph.D., says a Netflix cartoon featuring a transgender character is breaking a new boundary in a positive way.

Tags: Community & Society , Student Life

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Female Flyers Played Vital Role in World War II, 17cҳ Associate Professor Says

The recent death of one of the remaining members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II has a 17cҳ associate professor recalling the vital role the female pilots played during the war.

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Covering the Carnage: Journalists Risk Own Mental, Physical Health In Reporting From Dayton, El Paso

Covering the Carnage: Journalists Risk Own Mental, Physical Health In Reporting from Dayton, El Paso

Note: Gretchen Hoak is a former television reporter/anchor and current assistant professor of journalism in 17cҳ’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Her research survey, ,  focused on how universities prepare young journalists for the trauma they may endure in covering violence. 17cҳ Today asked Hoak to share her thoughts on the impact the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton will have on the reporters assigned to cover these events.  

Tags: Community & Society , Faculty Research , College of Communication and Information , School of Media and Journalism

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Hands in motion.

17cҳ Student Wins Talent Show for Singing in Sign

A North Royalton woman whom who will become a 17cҳ student in the fall, won first place at the Medina County Fair talent show for performing a song in American Sign Language.

Tags: Student Life , Community & Society

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LeBron James Family Foundation I PROMISE students take part in an awards dinner marking the end of their four-week 17cҳ camp for intensive college entrance exam preparation.

17cҳ Prepares LeBron James Family Foundation I PROMISE Students for College Entrance Exams

17cҳ hosted several dozen high school students from the LeBron James Family Foundation's I PROMISE program for a month of intensive college entrance exam preparation.
 

Tags: Community & Society , Office of the Provost , Success Story

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Firefighters battle a blaze.

17cҳ Insurance Expert Explains the Risks of Not Enough Coverage

Charla Martin-Bloodsaw, director of 17cҳ's Insurance Studies Program at the Salem Campus, explains the risks of condo dwellers not having enough coverage. 

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