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Touchdown! ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Football Squad Scores with I Promise School Students

Golden Flashes football team members spent a recent afternoon visiting with students at the LeBron James Family Foundation’s I Promise School in Akron, Ohio, where they checked out the school’s facilities and spent time reading to youngsters. 

Tags: Student Life , Community & Society , Sports , Community Impact

IN A FLASH: Promoting Kindness

Members of ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì's LGBTQ+ community and their allies used The Rock to share a call for kindness. 

Tags: Community & Society , Community Impact

MLK's Life and Legacy Celebrated Through Family Engagement

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì's Flashes Fighting Hunger initiative engaged families and the community through an MLK-themed event at Ravenna's King Kennedy Center. 

Tags: Martin Luther King Jr. , Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration , Community Impact , Community & Society , Black History Month , Ravenna

IN A FLASH: Flashes Fight the Flu

On-campus flu vaccine clinics help keep ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì students, faculty and staff healthy throughout the flu season. 

Tags: Flu Shot , flu vaccine , University Health Services , Students First , Community Impact , University News , Community & Society

How an Award-Winning Teacher Found Her Calling

After a few stops and starts, alumna Michelle Abrahamson Robell found her purpose in a fulfilling (and award-winning) career as a teacher.

Tags: Nationally Distinctive , Community Impact

Shining a Light on Black Maternity Care: Movie Screening and Panel Discussion Planned for Black History Month

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University’s Anti-Racism and Equity Institute, in conjunction with University Libraries, on Feb. 6 will host a movie screening and panel discussion for Black History Month addressing the increasing infant mortality rate among African Americans in Northeast Ohio. 

Tags: Health , Research & Science , Community & Society , Community Impact

IN A FLASH: Back on Track

There was an official ribbon-cutting for the new, high-tech running track that installed at the ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University Field House this summer. 

Tags: Department of Recreation and Wellness Services , ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Athletics , Fitness , Student Life , Community Impact

IN A FLASH: Ice Arena Renovations Continue

Work continues on the renovations and improvements to the ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University Ice Arena.

Tags: University News , Student Life , Office of the University Architect , Community & Society , Community Impact

Strutting Our Stuff: ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì’s School of Fashion to Help Raise Money for Ronald McDonald House Charities

Students, faculty and alumni from ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University’s world-renowned School of Fashion will be sending some of their most exciting designs down the runway on Feb. 8 in Haute for the House, a fashion show to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio. 

Tags: Arts & Culture , Student Life , Global Reach , Community & Society , Students First , Nationally Distinctive , Community Impact , Organizational Sustainability

Duck, Duck, Goose! How Waterfowl Impact the Health of Wetlands

ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì researchers are studying how the presence of waterfowl contributes to the health of wetland ecosystems. 

Tags: Department of Biological Sciences , ESDRI , Environmental Science and Design Research Institute , Center for Ecology & Natural Resource Sustainability , Organizational Sustainability , Community Impact , Research & Science