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KSU students participate in Spaceport America Cup

High-Power Rocket Team Competes in Spaceport America Cup

The 17cҳ High Powered Rocket Team attended the 2023 Spaceport America Cup in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

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Combat Robotics Team Takes on Robotics Great at NHRL Competition

The 17cҳ Combat Robotics Team took on another weekend of fierce competition in the National Havok Robotics League

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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.

17cҳ Paves the Way for First-Generation Student Success

17cҳ 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 17cҳ's May 4 Visitors Center.

Preserving the May 4 Legacy: Alison Caplan Named New Director of 17cҳ's May 4 Visitors Center

After a national search, Alison Caplan has been selected as the new director of 17cҳ’s May 4 Visitors Center, a museum that tells the story of the shootings at 17cҳ on May 4, 1970, set in the context of the 1960s.

Tags: University News , Nationally Distinctive , May 4 Visitors Center , May 4 , University Libraries

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Flying Flashes 2023 Air Race Winners

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

17cҳ'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 17cҳ, with the advent of a new career field called “Advanced Air Mobility,” the university is in a unique position to help support growth of cutting-edge technologies – and job opportunities – in this space today. 

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David Hassler, director of 17cҳ'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’re actually allies," said David Hassler, director of 17cҳ’s 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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17cҳ students tour Florence, Italy, with Assistant Dean Kristin Stasiowski, Ph.D.

‘Being Here in Florence Means Touching History’

What first began in 1972 with a small group of 17cҳ 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.

Tags: Nationally Distinctive , Global Education , Arts & Culture , Florence , Global Reach

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