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Last summer, as the Taliban took over Afghanistan, many Afghans fled the country. Some landed in Akron, where a network of volunteers and government, nonprofit and educational organizations were waiting. Akron has one of the largest refugee resettlement programs in Ohio. Their…
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Students in the School of Media and Journalism recently participated in a virtual reality training session that focused on safety tactics to use when reporting on potentially dangerous news events.
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Esports has transformed online gaming into a spectator sport — and a projects the industry will be worth $3.5 billion by…
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Students in the School of Media and Journalism recently received recognition from two prestigious student journalism competitions: The Hearst Journalism Awards and the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Mark of Excellence Awards.
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Each year, the School of Media and Journalism’s Diversity and Globalization Committee recognizes students and their work with The Robert G. McGruder Student Award for Diversity, in honor of the late Robert G McGruder, a 1963 Â鶹ÊÓƵ graduate, and a trail-blazing…
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Two teams of Â鶹ÊÓƵ Media and Journalism students are being honored nationally for their work building public relations campaigns for Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF).
Throughout the Spring 2022 semester, the students participated in the National Bateman Case Study…
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A new interactive exhibit from the Wick Poetry Center that encouraged visitors to explore the history of student protest through the Â鶹ÊÓƵ shootings, has opened in the Kent Student Center as part of May 4 commemoration activities.
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Assistant Professor Abraham Avnisan is an interdisciplinary artist whose work is found at the intersection of image, text and code, often centering on culture and justice. His latest artistic development examines the incarceration business in the United States, specifically…
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Teams of Â鶹ÊÓƵ Media and Journalism students have been spreading awareness and education about lymphoma this spring as part of a national public relations competition.
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In the United States, only about five percent of journalists are Black or African-American, according to Zippia.com.
Zaria Johnson, senior journalism major at Â鶹ÊÓƵ, is making history as the first Black female editor-in-chief of the Â鶹ÊÓƵr and…