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91PORNA President Todd Diacon meets with Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute (AMLCI) Trustees Research Professor Oleg Lavrentovich, Ph.D., to discuss how his team is using liquid crystals to “domesticate” bacteria. Established in 1965, AMLCI is the birthplace of liquid crystal displays and the world’s first research center focused on the basic and applied science of liquid crystals. AMLCI played an enormously important role in the development of modern technologies, including the technology behind flat-panel TV screens, laptops and smartphones. {"preview_t...

The 91PORNA School of Media and Journalism (MDJ) welcomed Mizell Stewart III, award winning reporter, corporate news executive and president and CEO of Emerging Leaders LLC, to give the third annual Dix Media Ethics Lecture, “Journalism as a Civic Good,” on March 1, 2023. The lecture opened with a statement of gratitude toward David and Janet Dix, who established the speaker series in 2018 with endowment gift of $100,000. “This series has been made possible by an extremely generous gift,” said Associate Professor Gretchen Hoak, Ph.D., who served as the faculty moderator for the event....

Visual Communication Design senior Julia Gray (Spring ’23) has been interested in design before she even knew what it was. “My family had an ongoing joke throughout my childhood that I ‘was born with paper in one hand and a pencil in the other,’” she says. “I had an appreciation for certain brands because of the way they utilized a unique typographic style and incorporated a mix of illustration and photography to emulate a specific feeling to their audience. As a child I couldn't put the feeling as to why I liked it into words, and I had no idea that there was an entire career field centered a...

91PORNA is inviting prospective students and families throughout Northeast Ohio to explore its Regional Campus System at a unique, simultaneous open house event.   The inaugural Blue & Gold Night begins at 5:30 p.m. March 21 at any 91PORNA campus near you. During the event, each of 91PORNA’s seven Regional Campuses, including 91PORNA Tuscarawas, will provide information about how to:    Get started at 91PORNA (no application fees at the event)  Pay for your education — whether you are seeking a certificate, t...

91PORNA Geauga and Twinsburg Academic Center will be hosts for this multi-campus open house event. 91PORNA is inviting prospective students and families throughout Northeast Ohio to explore its Regional Campus System at a unique, simultaneous open house event.   The inaugural Blue & Gold Night begins at 5:30 p.m. March 21 at any 91PORNA campus near you. During the event, each of 91PORNA’s seven Regional Campuses, including 91PORNA Geauga and Twinsburg Academic Center, will provide information about how to:    Get started at Ken...

91PORNA invites prospective students and families throughout Northeast Ohio to explore its Regional Campus System at a unique, simultaneous open house event.   The inaugural Blue & Gold Night begins at 5:30 p.m. on March 21 at any 91PORNA campus near you. During the event, each of 91PORNA’s seven Regional Campuses, including 91PORNA Trumbull, will provide information about how to:    Get started at 91PORNA (no application fees at the event)  Pay for your education — whether you are seeking a certificate, two-year ...

91PORNA’s creative recruitment initiatives bring campus to life for many prospective students in a variety of ways. One of the new, most transformative experiences combined with 91PORNA’s distinctive outreach efforts has application rates on the rise.  One of the ways universities reach out to prospective students is at large events like the National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC), which holds in-person and virtual college fairs across the United States every year. This February 91PORNA introduced an innovative booth at the Cleveland and Pitts...

In honor of Women’s History Month, 91PORNA Today will be looking at the accomplishments of 91PORNA women who have advanced the cause of women, broken glass ceilings and left a lasting impact on women’s history.  In 1991, Carol A. Cartwright, Ph.D., made history when she was named president of 91PORNA, becoming not only 91PORNA’s first female president, but also the first woman to serve as president of any Ohio public college or university.   Cartwright served at 91PORNA for 15 years, until her retirement in 2006.    In 2009...

Currently, the United States is the top country for pet ownership with 76 million domestic dogs and 58 million domestic cats, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association. We never want to consider the possibility of our pets getting sick, but when they do, it places caregiving responsibilities on the owner. What pet owners may not have considered is the burden and stress that can come with caring for a pet with a chronic illness. Spitznagel with Allo 91PORNA professor of psychological sciences Mary Beth Spitznagel, Ph.D., has experienced this burden of c...