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Â鶹ÊÓƵ held the 49th commemoration of the historic events of May 4, 1970. The annual commemoration marks the fateful day when the Ohio National Guard shot and killed four students and wounded nine others on the Kent Campus. 

Â鶹ÊÓƵ celebrated the launch of a dynamic new space, the Design Innovation (DI) Hub, which will bring innovations from many disciplines together in a 68,000-square-foot building near the center of the Kent Campus.

On Saturday, May 4, legendary journalist Bob Woodward comes to Â鶹ÊÓƵ as part of the Presidential Speaker Series. He will speak at 7 p.m. in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center).

Michael N. Lehman, Ph.D., a leader in the field of neuroendocrinology and circadian rhythms, is the newly appointed director of Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Brain Health Research Institute.

University Hospitals and Â鶹ÊÓƵ are joining forces to address the ongoing nursing shortage in Northeast Ohio through a new nursing education initiative that will increase the number of baccalaureate-degreed nurses who enter the workforce each year.

Julian Edelman capped off Super Bowl LIII with a victory for the New England Patriots and claimed the highest honor awarded to a player during the championship game of the National Football League (NFL).

A prominent political strategist, lawyer and advocate for positive change in the political process served as the keynote speaker at Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. Angela Rye, principal and CEO of IMPACT Strategies, joined the university in celebrating the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 23 in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. 

Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Online MBA program is ranked among the top 100 programs in the nation by U.S. News & World Report’s on its 2019 Best Online MBA Programs list.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Online MBA program ranks 90th in the country and 66th among public institutions. This is the first year Â鶹ÊÓƵ was eligible to be ranked since its program launched in fall 2017. 

The Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and Museum has announced that Herb Page, Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s director of golf and men’s golf head coach, has been selected for 2019 induction into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame.

With his induction, Coach Page becomes the 25th person inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame’s builder category and first-ever coach.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Police Services is celebrating the five-year anniversary – or the 35 dog-year anniversary – of its first K-9 unit, which features 7-year-old German Shepherd Coco and herhandler, Officer Anne Spahr.

Coco was the first police dog at Â鶹ÊÓƵ. She is now one of two police dogs at the university.