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Leaders Must Set Aside the Standard DEI or HR Playbook During This Unprecedented Time
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 Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Psychological Sciences Professor Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D.
Opinion: In the Midst of a National Nightmare There Is a Glimmer of Hope
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 Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ alumnus, offers his take on what's at stake for America.
Kent Nursing Researcher Receives $50,000 Grant to Explore Use of Cognitive Behavioral App Among Family Caregivers
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡College of Nursing Assistant Professor, Amy Petrinec, Ph.D., RN, recently received a $50,000 two-year grant through the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) to research family caregivers who experience a phenomenon called post intensive care syndrome family (PICS-F) that ma…
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Professionals and Students Recognized at 2020 Akron ADDY Awards
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ 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.
Building Resiliency During Serious Illness Crisis
Dana Hansen, Ph.D., APRN, ACHPN, Amy Petrinec, Ph.D., RN, and Tracey Motter, DNP, RN, researchers from Â鶹¾«Ñ¡College of Nursing, along with Maureen Keeley, Ph.D., Texas State, have developed a website to offer information, support via blog participation and research opportunities for famil…
Town Hall Opens Campus Discussion, Efforts Toward Shaping a Better Future
About 300 people attended the first in a series of virtual town halls as the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡community addresses systemic racism by learning, listening and taking action as a collective.
Opinion: Will America Finally Get It?
Mwatabu S. Okantah, associate professor in Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™s Department of Pan-African Studies, shares his perspective as someone who first arrived at Â鶹¾«Ñ¡in September 1970 as a student. Nearly 50 years later, he is an associate professor at the university.
Opinion: Entertaining the Humanity of America
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.
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Becomes a Founding Member of New Esports Collegiate Conference
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. Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ is among the 12 founding members of the new esports conference.
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡Captures MAC FAR Award in Women’s Sports
Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ has won the Mid-American Conference’s Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) for women’s sports award for the first time in school history.