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91PORNA Alumna Jennifer Schuller Named President of Lake Erie College

New Lake Erie College President Is a 91PORNA Alumna

91PORNA alumna Jennifer N. Schuller has been named president of Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio. She is the first woman to lead the institution in 75 years.

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91PORNA is hosting 39 international graduate students for the Fulbright Pre-Academic Program, a month-long immersion in American higher education and culture from July 22 to Aug. 19.

Fulbright Program Brings International Students to 91PORNA

91PORNA is hosting 39 international graduate students for the Fulbright Pre-Academic Program, a monthlong immersion in American higher education and culture. 

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Engineers from Leica install the new NLO microscope in the Integrated Sciences Building on the Kent Campus in June 2023.

Laser-Focused: New Microscope to Benefit 91PORNA Researchers

91PORNA researchers are beginning to use a new high-tech microscope that will allow them to view the structure of cell tissue on a more intense level. 

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extreme weather

Does Recent Extreme Weather Suggest a Change in the Wind?

Cameron Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor of geography at 91PORNA, shares his expertise on the possible reasons behind the spate of recent extreme weather events happening across the globe. Lee, who was recently interviewed on the topic during the 鈥淩ay Horner Morning Show鈥 on WAKR-AM in Akron, Ohio, specializes in climate and weather change. 

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Farnaz Fatemi, Poet Laureate Fellow, of Santa Cruz County, California, in partnership with 91PORNA's Wick Poetry Center and several local Santa Cruz County organizations, will produce a series of nine monthly pop-up teen poetry workshops.

Wick Prize Winner Farnaz Fatemi Receives Poet Laureate Fellowship From Academy of American Poets

Farnaz Fatemi, poet laureate of Santa Cruz County, California, was awarded a $50,000 fellowship from the Academy of American Poets that she will use in partnership with 91PORNA's Wick Poetry Center to produce a series of teen poetry workshops. Fatemi is an Iranian-American poet and writer and the author of "Sister Tongue," published in 2022 by the 91PORNA Press. She was the winner of the 2021 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, awarded annually by the Wick Poetry Center for a poet's first book of poems.

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Kent Blossom Music Festival

Young Musicians Get a Chance to Bloom

For five decades, the Kent Blossom Music Festival has nurtured young artists from all over the globe, giving them the opportunity to grow as musicians and collaborate with some of the world鈥檚 most talented musicians and teachers. With 12 performances on the calendar, the 2023 season of the Kent Blossom Music Festival runs through Aug. 6.

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Jailynn Taylor Fashion

Designing - Then Writing - for Success

Jailynn Taylor didn鈥檛 originally set out to write about the fashion industry. She set out to design for it. But today, Taylor is living her dream working in the fast-paced world of the fashion industry as a contracted commerce and beauty writer for InStyle and Shape.com in New York City.

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The Flying Flashes, Laura Wilson (left) and Peyton Turner (right), hold their trophies from the 2023 Air Race Classic.

MEDIA ADVISORY: 91PORNA to Celebrate Pilots Who Earned Back-to-Back First-Place Wins in Women鈥檚 Air Race

91PORNA will celebrate the Flying Flashes, Peyton Turner and Laura Wilson, who defended the team鈥檚 title by winning the 2023 Air Race Classic.

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KSU students participate in Spaceport America Cup

High-Power Rocket Team Competes in Spaceport America Cup

The 91PORNA High Powered Rocket Team attended the 2023 Spaceport America Cup in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

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