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![Eric Mansfield in Washington, D.C. Eric Mansfield in Washington, D.C.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/IMG_0855123.jpg?VersionId=uLSguXtK_SgKk.J52_KheisTMz_YexjN)
Eric Mansfield examines what it means to be an ally in the fight against racism. Mansfield is executive director of university media relations in ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ's University Communications and Marketing department and an adjunct public relations instructor with…
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![J.R. Campbell, executive director of ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s Design Innovation Initiative, tries on a face shield produced by the ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ team.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/DIMasks4_0.jpg?VersionId=x3PuD0qdByLA0CGNOalegjU1hyrvYt7I)
Members of ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s Design Innovation Initiative are forging creative collaborations with local and regional organizations and funders as they work toward the production of personal protective equipment (PPE) for first responders battling the COVID-19 pandemic.
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![BioBlack Team Poses with their bacteria-dyed tote bad and dress dyed with bacterium](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/BioBlackHeader.jpg?VersionId=9qRiJTRoJPi809il3k4Tiord666rTi4q)
A team of ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ students took home the Outstanding Science Award from the Biodesign Challenge Summit 2020 held in June.
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![Jhariah Wadkins is a senior communications studies major at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ. Jhariah Wadkins is a senior communications studies major at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Jhariah%20Wadkins3_1.jpeg?VersionId=Z9PB_RS6XuAxRhFwOYQLH7M9jua.yxsY)
Jhariah Wadkins, a senior communications studies major in ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ's College of Communication and Information, encourages young people to keep this fight against racism going and to not let up.
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On June 19, people across the country celebrate Juneteenth, the commemoration of the day in 1865 when enslaved black Americans in Galveston, Texas, got the news that the Civil War had ended, and they were now free.
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![Michael Kavulic, Ph.D., speaks at Project GRAD Akron’s 13th Annual Achieving Dreams Celebration Gala.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Kavulic_0.jpg?VersionId=DCtbhlSXpVymWYpjv81lMquBw2YGr8Ih)
I wonder, how do I decide how to act in recognition of that disturbing dynamic? Michael Kavulic, Ph.D., director of research strategic initiatives in ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, shares his inner thoughts as an ally.
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The National Science Foundation believes ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ mathematicians Artem Zvavitch, Ph.D., and Dmitry Ryabogin, Ph.D., are having worthwhile conversations about some age-old unsolved problems, and it has provided support to keep the discussion going for another…
Dear Golden Flashes,
ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ is working diligently to ensure the health and safety of our students, faculty and staff as we prepare to return for fall semester. We want to share with you some details about what campus life will be like when the semester commences.
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![Wayne Dawson, WJW Fox 8 anchor and ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ graduate in the class of '79.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Wayne%20Dawson%20Kent%20State%20pic2_0.jpg?VersionId=z81Ssr.nMIR_AH0H9dKpZNH3bhNKbeGI)
George Floyd's death focused light on what had been America’s ugly secret, the killing of black men by law enforcement officers at a rate far greater than any other race. Wayne Dawson, WJW Fox 8 anchor and ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ alumnus, offers his take on what's at stake…