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What started as a simple conversation between a �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� School of Fashion student and the American head of the global luxury menswear and fabric brand Scabal touched off a series of events that will result in a group of rarely seen Salvador Dali paintings having their North American debut in Northeast Ohio on June 12.What happened in between was a combination of luck, perfect timing and invaluable partnerships with Scabal and Peg’s Foundation in Hudson, Ohio, that are benefiting �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State’s internationally renowned School of Fashion in many ways.It began in the summer of 2023, w...

�þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ�’s Environmental Science and Design Research Institute is proud to announce that the university's �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� Campus has been certified as a Bee Campus USA by Bee City USA as of December 2024.The Bee Campus USA committee at �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ�'s �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� Campus is commited to:1. Create and enhance pollinator habitat on campus by increasing the abundance of native plants and providing nest sites.2. Reduce the use of pesticides.3. Work with faculty to create courses or continuing education opportunities that incorporate pollinator conservation.4. Offer service-learning projects to en...

A new project funded by the Environmental Science and Design Research Institute (ESDRI) Seed Grant is exploring the potential of mycelium-based composites (MBCs) as a sustainable solution for the built environment. Led by Britta Bielak, NCIDQ (Assistant Professor, College of Architecture and Environmental Design and co-founder of okom wrks labs, PBC) in collaboration with Sarah Eichler, PhD (Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences), Gus Holman (Graduate Student, Department of Biological Sciences), Michelle Bebber, PhD (Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology an...

 �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� recently celebrated one year of wellness-on-the-go. The Mobile Flashes program has been in motion since spring 2024, delivering healthcare services to underserved and rural communities throughout Northeast Ohio.  Led by �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State’s College of Public Health, and funded by the Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Foundation, Mobile Flashes unites �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State students, faculty and staff with community healthcare partners to expand access to care in rural areas and disadvantaged neighborhoods across Summit, Portage, Stark and Wayne counties.A second Mobile Flashes student ...

Online final grading for Spring 2025 - POT 1 (Full-Term) began on Friday, May 2 and F3 (Third 5 Weeks), S5 (Second 6 Weeks), W2 (Second 7 Weeks) began on Thursday, May 1 via FlashFAST. Grading is also now available for any Spring 2025 course section that was flexibly scheduled. The deadline for grading submission is 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, May 13. Any final grades for Spring 2025 courses not reported in FlashFAST by the grades processing deadline will have to be submitted using the Grade Change Workflow. These Spring 2025 courses will be available in the Workflow on Thursday, May 15.Submit Fina...

�þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� Associate Professor of Geography Jennifer Mapes, Ph.D., has studied the events of May 4, 1970, through the lens of a map maker.“On Prospect Street, Lilian Tyrrell’s daughter comes home from kindergarten and asks, ‘Mommy, is there a war on?’ There was, of course, just not in �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ�,” Mapes told the audience that filled the �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� Student Center Ballroom on May 2.“On Stow Street bridge, a National Guard checkpoint keeps high school student Diane Williams from going home after attending Chippewa Lake Appreciation Day,” Mapes continued. “At the corner of Main and Water, 12-year-o...

It may seem like a simple question: What does peace look like?  But the answers can be profoundly different depending on who is asked.“Everybody’s not fighting. Everybody's okay. And everybody is chill with each other,” is how 15-year-old Ka’Tavion Coleman of Malvern, Ohio, describes it.  Ka'Tavion Coleman, 15, left, works on an early version of the peace mural project.“I think peace means no wars, no conflict. It's nice out. It's a calm environment. There's no chaos going around. That's what I think peace is,” said Chase Jackson, 18, of Navarre, Ohio.For 19-year-old Ella Mayton of C...

Undergraduate geology student Bryce Stoltz is combining his passion for earth sciences, fieldwork and the physical nature of geology into hands-on research. What began as a spark in a high school environmental sciences class has led to Stoltz contributing to important environmental research. His work sheds light on early Earth environments, as well as the possibility of life on Mars. Now finishing up his junior year at �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State, Stoltz is working with new faculty member Courtney Wagner, Ph.D., and David Singer, Ph.D., to find and analyze magnetotactic bacteria within acid mine drainage ...

 Bridget Mulvey, PhD (left) and David Singer, PhD (right).In an inspiring initiative that blends education, environmental science, and community outreach, the Local Environment-Based Authentic Discovery (LEAD) project is transforming how students in Akron public schools engage with science. A 2019 Seed Grant from the Environmental Science and Design Research Institute (ESDRI) brought together �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State faculty Drs. Bridget Mulvey (School of Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum Studies) and David Singer (Department of Earth Sciences) in a new collaboration. The pair created and facilitated ...

 Autism Acceptance Month takes place every April to help people understand and accept people with autism.Dr. Lisa Audet, the Neurodiversity Research Initiative director, which works to advance research in the area of neurodiversity, said she hopes the �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� community takes the time to understand people with autism instead of relying on preconceived judgments.Cultivating an acceptance on-campus communityStudent Accessibility Services Director Amanda Feaster said the �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State community can support autistic individuals by “embracing the idea that there is no ‘normal.’“Different behavio...