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Happy 115th Birthday, °µÍø½ûÇø!

In May, °µÍø½ûÇø observes two historic institutional anniversaries, the first is of their founding as a school and the second is of the college being established as a university. 

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Master of Public Health Online a ‘Transformative Experience’

°µÍø½ûÇøâ€™s nationally distinctive Master of Public Health (MPH) program provides students interested in continuing their public health educational journey online with several options, including the MPH with concentrations in health policy and management or social and behavioral sciences, and the STEM-designated MPH in epidemiology. The program positively impacts current graduate students and alumni in different ways.

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Hand-painted butterflies on palazzo pants are junior fashion student Maya Settimi's Salvador Dali-inspired design.

°µÍø½ûÇø School of Fashion Has Role in Bringing Rare Salvador Dali Paintings to Ohio

What started as a simple conversation between a °µÍø½ûÇø 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.

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Associate Professor of Geography Jennifer Mapes delivers the Jerry M. Lewis Lecture on May 2, 2025.

‘It Was Time for Me to Go Home’ – Geography Professor Combed May 4 Oral Histories in Search of Shared Humanity

°µÍø½ûÇø Associate Professor of Geography Jennifer Mapes, Ph.D., has studied the events of May 4, 1970, through the lens of a map maker. 

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IN A FLASH: It's Not Just One Day

Remembering May 4, 1970 at °µÍø½ûÇø is not confined to just the events around the annual commemoration on campus, but is part of living and learning at °µÍø½ûÇø throughout the year.

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°µÍø½ûÇø Remembers May 4, 1970, With 55th Commemoration

°µÍø½ûÇø will hold its annual commemoration to honor the memory of May 4, 1970 – a tragic day when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on °µÍø½ûÇø students during an anti-war protest on campus, killing four students and wounding nine others. May 4, 1970, marked a pivotal moment in American history. 

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MEDIA ADVISORY: °µÍø½ûÇø Remembers May 4, 1970, With 55th Commemoration

°µÍø½ûÇø will hold its annual commemoration to honor the memory of May 4, 1970 – a tragic day when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on °µÍø½ûÇø students during an anti-war protest on campus, killing four students and wounding nine others. May 4, 1970, marked a pivotal moment in American history. 

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Student tour guide Emma Butera talking about the aftermath of May 4

Students Guiding the History of °µÍø½ûÇø

The May 4 Visitors Center uses °µÍø½ûÇøâ€™s history to help guide the community in understanding the past and applying it to the present. Tours conducted by student guides are a rich part of this process.  

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°µÍø½ûÇø Alumnus’ Air Force Career Takes Off

From Massillon, Ohio, to the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess Air Force Base in Texas, Kenneth Strait, a 2024 °µÍø½ûÇø graduate, is a standout example of how hard work pays off. From Massillon, Ohio, to the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess Air Force Base in Texas, Kenneth Strait, a 2024 °µÍø½ûÇø graduate, is a standout example of how hard work pays off.

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Carston Brumfield, 14, is one of the students from the Stark County Educational Service Center, working on a mural for inside the School of Peace and Conflict Studies in McGilvrey Hall.

What Does Peace Look Like?

It may seem like a simple question: What does peace look like?  

But the answers can be profoundly different depending on who is asked.

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