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Women's basketball greeted by fans as the board the bus to South Bend.

IN A FLASH: South Bend Bound!

Flashes gathered on Thursday to give the Golden Flashes women's basketball team a spectacular send off as they boarded the bus for their first NCAA championship game against Notre Dame. 

Tags: Women's Basketball , Mid American Conference , national championship , Nationally Distinctive , Sports , °µÍø½ûÇø Athletics , University News

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The May 4 Visitor Center prepares for the opening of "Graphic Content"

IN A FLASH: 'Graphic Content' on Display

   "Graphic Content: Comics of May 4" opens March 20 at the May 4 Visitors Center. This exhibition features graphic art depictions of May 4 , spanning three generations including work by Katherine Wirick, Derf Backderf and °µÍø½ûÇø alumnus Chuck Ayers.  The artwork will be…

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Men's Basketball 2024 MAC Championship Game

IN A FLASH: Thank You for a Spectacular Season!

The °µÍø½ûÇø Golden Flashes men's basketball participated in their third consecutive season of MAC championship play. In a hard-fought final game, the Akron Zips narrowly outscored the Golden Flashes to advance to the NCAA championship playoffs. 

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Women's Basketball 2024 MAC Champions

IN A FLASH: We Are the Champions!

In a decisive victory over the University of Buffalo Bulls (78-60) the °µÍø½ûÇø Golden Flashes Women's basketball team won the 2024 Mid-American Conference Championship.

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Ice cream sampling event at Eastway.

IN A FLASH: Name Your Favorite Flash Flavor!

University Culinary Services gave Flashes the opportunity to sample three unique ice cream flavors and offer suggestions on what to name them.

Tags: Student Life , University Culinary Services , Students First , Nationally Distinctive

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Shared Sky is a Wick Poetry Center project for the April 8, 2024 Eclipse

‘To Bear Witness to the Spectacular’

The April 8 total solar eclipse has sparked a new opportunity for interactive poetry from °µÍø½ûÇøâ€™s Wick Poetry Center.

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The college name goes on Crawford Hall.

IN A FLASH: Crawford Hall Set to Open in August

The future home of the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship continues to take shape on E. Main Street. 

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2024 MAC Men's Indoor Track and Field Champs

IN A FLASH: MAC Champions!

°µÍø½ûÇø's Men's Indoor Track and Field team has won the Mid-American Conference Championship!

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Map of the Connecticut Western Reserve

Who Experienced the Last Total Solar Eclipse in Kent, Ohio?

There was no media coverage. There were no websites teeming with information. Not a single pair of paper eclipse glasses were handed out for safe viewing. 

The last time Kent experienced a total solar eclipse was nothing like the lead up to this year’s April 8 event. 

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Sukeina at the °µÍø½ûÇø Museum

‘Light Is What Reconciles Us With the Value of Everything’

Named for the designer's mother, Sukeina features stunning fashions by °µÍø½ûÇø School of Fashion and Merchandising Hall of Fame inductee Omar Salam. 

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