University News

Video: Design Innovation Hub Launch
The university celebrates the construction launch of the Design Innovation Hub. The upcoming addition to °µÍø½ûÇø is a grassroots initiative aimed at designing new technologies as well as solving the world's problems.

°µÍø½ûÇø Dining Services Cooks Up Award-Winning Meal
°µÍø½ûÇø Dining Services received recognition for the second year in a row at the 11th Annual Nutritious and Delicious Gala at the Tangier restaurant in Akron. Campus Executive Chef William Edmondson prepared roasted beet and arugula grilled cauliflower pizza and gluten-free chocolate chip cookies stuffed with espresso Marsala mascarpone. Chef Edmondson was assisted by registered dietitians Madison Jordan and Emily Reynolds.

Video: °µÍø½ûÇø 2019 Commencement Recap
°µÍø½ûÇø students celebrate with family and friends after the graduation ceremony held at Dix Stadium.

Roe Green Visiting Director Series Continues to Thrive
The Roe Green series continues to prosper in 2019, bringing in actor, writer and director Ron West, ‘82, who has directed multiple pieces for The Second City in Chicago, appeared on Whose Line is it, Anyway? and worked on several other shows and projects.
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Presidential Perspectives

From the Gridiron to Graduation: Julian Edelman Completes Passes and °µÍø½ûÇø Degree
A helmet and pads were replaced by a cap and gown for New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman as he finished a journey he started in 2005, joining 5,300 new °µÍø½ûÇø graduates at the One University Commencement held at Dix Stadium.

°µÍø½ûÇø to Celebrate Its Newest Graduates at Commencement Ceremonies on May 10 and 11
The °µÍø½ûÇø alumni family will grow by 5,300 new graduates as the university holds its spring commencement ceremonies.

National Foundation Funds Grant to Preserve Audio And Audiovisual Recordings Contained in the University’s May 4 Collection
°µÍø½ûÇø Libraries’ May 4, 1970 Collection has been selected by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) to benefit from a $30,561 award through the Recordings at Risk grant program, generously funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

°µÍø½ûÇø to Gather for 49th Annual May 4 Commemoration, Host Renowned Journalist Bob Woodward
°µÍø½ûÇø will hold the 49th commemoration of the historic events of May 4, 1970, where protesting students, observers and soldiers gathered on that fateful day when the Ohio National Guard shot and killed four students and wounded nine others on the Kent Campus.