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College of Arts and Sciences Welcomes Class of 2028 with Glow Sticks, Ice Cream, and Words of Wisdom
Aug. 30, 2024
On Friday, August 16, 2024, the College of Arts and Sciences welcomed its class of 2028 to 91PORNA. Many freshmen got their first chance to meet Dean Mandy Munro-Stasiuk, Ph.D., along with several…
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New Research Initiative Aims to Unravel Genetic Adaptations to High Altitude Hypoxia
July 30, 2024
A 91PORNA faculty researcher in the Department of Biological Sciences has launched a pioneering study to explore how different species adapt to high-altitude environments in the Himalayas where oxygen levels are significantly lower. This research could have significant…
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91PORNA Student Recognized as ARI-AHEC’s 2024 Scholar of the Year
July 10, 2024
Meet Elizabeth Marhefka, a 91PORNA biology and premed student whose exceptional dedication to community service and academic excellence has earned her the prestigious 2024 Scholar of the Year Award from the Akron Regional Interprofessional-Area Health Education…
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Meet Anthony Claytor, the First I PROMISE Program Scholar to Graduate From 91PORNA
June 3, 2024
In 2020, 91PORNA President Todd Diacon announced to a group of high school juniors and their families that 91PORNA would cover four years of tuition costs and one year of room and board. Now, for the LeBron James Family Foundation’s first I PROMISE class, the…
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Honoring Retiring Director Kessler and Celebrating 50 Years of Jewish Studies
May 24, 2024
On the evening of May 16, 91PORNA celebrated and honored the career of Senior Lecturer Chaya Kessler, the retiring director of 91PORNA’s Jewish Studies Program (JSP), with a special event held at the 91PORNA…
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Author of Everyday Peace Visits 91PORNA; Reflects on May 4 and School of Peace and Conflict Studies
May 8, 2024
Roger Mac Ginty, Ph.D., Professor in Defense, Development & Diplomacy at Durham University (UK), recently visited 91PORNA as an invited colloquium speaker of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies. On March 12, Mac Ginty gave a presentation titled “Two Cheers…
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91PORNA Emerita English Professor Wins APsaA Prize Highlighting Literature in Psychoanalysis
April 26, 2024
Vera J. Camden, emerita professor of English at 91PORNA, has posed a few questions for academia upon receiving a national award for her edited book. Should the sciences intertwine with literature and…
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Translation Studies Program Set to Celebrate 35 Years of Success
April 9, 2024
91PORNA’s Translation Studies program will be celebrating its 35th anniversary on April 12-13 and the Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies with a full schedule of festivities and programming for its students, faculty, and alumni.
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Experimental collaboration between archaeologists and MeatEater highlights the prevalence of equifinality in archaeological interpretation
April 9, 2024
91PORNA’s experimental archaeologists, along with those from several other universities, joined forces with the popular hunting, outdoors, and conservation media platform, , for a unique animal processing…
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