University News
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 ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ’s Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, shares his inner thoughts as an ally.
¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ at Geauga is pleased to announce a $20,000 award from the Lake-Geauga Fund of the Cleveland Foundation toward a student emergency fund and technology advances. The $20,000 grant will be split evenly between the two initiatives.
When black Americans watched George Floyd being killed by a white police officer, they saw themselves and their family members. The unrelenting series of events that black Americans have witnessed before and after Floyd’s killing is , which at its core is racism, says ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ Psychological Sciences Professor Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D.
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 ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ alumnus, offers his take on what's at stake for America.
¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ brought home the gold after this year’s Akron ADDY Awards, with both professionals and students being recognized for their work. The ADDYs, put on by the Akron Chapter of the American Advertising Federation, celebrate the area’s best creative work in advertising.
¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ 300 people attended the first in a series of virtual town halls as the ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ community addresses systemic racism by learning, listening and taking action as a collective.
Mwatabu S. Okantah, associate professor in ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ’s Department of Pan-African Studies, shares his perspective as someone who first arrived at ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ in September 1970 as a student. Nearly 50 years later, he is an associate professor at the university.
Is this America? Where popular culture is largely represented by Black culture? Where musicians, artists, and athletes can be praised and celebrated for their talents, but criminalized for their skin color? Mike Daniels shares his insight.
The Mid-American Conference (MAC) announced Wednesday a historic esports venture with a newly created independent esports conference – Esports Collegiate Conference – to facilitate and foster high-quality gaming competition among collegiate esports teams. ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ is among the 12 founding members of the new esports conference.
¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ has won the Mid-American Conference’s Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) for women’s sports award for the first time in school history.