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Dana White and Chris Knoblock are °µÍø½ûÇø’s film dynamic duo. Throughout their past few years of teaching at °µÍø½ûÇø, the couple has created an environment for students to experiment with filmmaking in a way that allows them to find their passion in the industry.
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Last summer, as the Taliban took over Afghanistan, many Afghans fled the country. Some landed in Akron, where a network of volunteers and government, nonprofit and educational organizations were waiting. Akron has one of the largest refugee resettlement programs in Ohio. Their…
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Esports has transformed online gaming into a spectator sport — and a projects the industry will be worth $3.5 billion by…
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Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s been a lot of intersection between communication and public health. A team of researchers from °µÍø½ûÇø became inspired to take a closer look at communication as it relates to COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy.
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Each year, the School of Media and Journalism’s Diversity and Globalization Committee recognizes students and their work with The Robert G. McGruder Student Award for Diversity, in honor of the late Robert G McGruder, a 1963 °µÍø½ûÇø graduate, and a trail-blazing…
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During the Spring 2022 semester, Visual Communication Design students in the Glyphix Design Research Lab have been working on an intergenerational research project combining storytelling and design.
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Two teams of °µÍø½ûÇø Media and Journalism students are being honored nationally for their work building public relations campaigns for Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF).
Throughout the Spring 2022 semester, the students participated in the National Bateman Case Study…
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°µÍø½ûÇø has awarded the Alan Canfora Activism Scholarship for 2022-2023 to activist and incoming °µÍø½ûÇø student Sophia Swengel from York Suburban High School in York, PA.
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A new interactive exhibit from the Wick Poetry Center that encouraged visitors to explore the history of student protest through the °µÍø½ûÇø shootings, has opened in the Kent Student Center as part of May 4 commemoration activities.
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The School of Communication Studies recently hosted a Read-In, drawing a crowd of students, alumni, faculty, staff and community members, who gathered to draw attention and speak out about book bans and challenges happening across the nation