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Dear ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Students, Faculty and Staff,
In the fall semester, we committed to making you aware of incidents of bias and racism, and that we would do so even if these incidents were not viewed by the public nor shared on social media. In keeping with our promise…
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![ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ students in LaunchNET ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ office in spring 2019](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/03.31.21%20Photo%20of%20students%20in%20LaunchNet%20Kent%20State%20office%20in%20spring%202019_0.jpg?VersionId=BSab3rRumISmWqB84I5ySwyg3jcI6XEn)
Thanks to the renewal of its key funding grant, LaunchNET ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ will continue to inspire the entrepreneur mindset and support innovative thinkers across the ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ community.
Greetings!
In partnership with the ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s COVID Response Team, Residence Services is asking you to please take a quick survey so we can determine how many residence halls students have had a COVID-19 vaccine and how many still want to receive one.
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![The University Library is located in the heart of the ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ campus.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/03.26.21%20Photo%20of%20University%20Library_0.jpg?VersionId=WO83gLaOiGf9d2p.drM08dvTi0ldBIid)
U.S. News & World Report ranks ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ in the top 20 Best Library and Information Studies Programs in the country in its 2022 edition of Best Graduate Schools. Overall, ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ is recognized in 12 new national rankings in the 2022 edition of Best Graduate…
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Movie's screening to be followed by a virtual panel discussion about the impact and lessons of May 4, 1970.
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![Andrew Snyder, research program coordinator for ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s College of Public Health, is leading the first comprehensive Greater Akron LGBTQ+ specific Community Needs Assessment.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/03.25.21%20Photo%20of%20Andrew%20Snyder%20-%20web_0.jpg?VersionId=aqNhALHdAgqnCrqTL3KaON3M9NSw6jrG)
ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ has partnered with Greater Akron community organizations to conduct the first comprehensive and specific LGBTQ+ Community Needs Assessment (CNA). Efforts of this assessment focus on producing a better-informed public health system and improving the health…
Dear ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Students, Faculty and Staff,
The Portage County Combined General Health District’s mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics at the ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Field House are now open to the general public, and we are strongly encouraging members of our community to take…
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![Medical professionals assist with vaccinations at the ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Field House](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Field-House-Vaccine_RD_08125_0.jpg?VersionId=FB3dYiff4rW0ceY6J2cZX1.fnnABM6Sv)
More than 2,000 area residents, including some ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ employees, received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine March 23, during a mass vaccination event at the ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Field House.
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![COVID-19 Virtual Town Hall](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/COVID%20Town%20Hall_3.jpg?VersionId=OkMMYGjp_K1uUVcAUITz3VOfUCz5gtUm)
City and university leaders emphasized the need to vaccinate the campus community during a recent virtual town hall meeting.