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The Top Names in the Golden Flashes Class of 2025

Find out which first names were repeated most frequently at ºÚÁÏÉç’s spring commencement ceremonies in 2025 and which names topped the list against national trends. 

Tags: Student Life , Community Impact , Commencement

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College of Public Health Offers Training for In-Demand Clinical Trial Researchers

ºÚÁÏÉç’s College of Public Health is the only fully accredited public health college to offer an undergraduate pathway to clinical trials research, a rapidly expanding segment of the healthcare job market.

Tags: College of Public Health , Research & Science , Community Impact , ºÚÁÏÉç Works

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History Alumna Works to Honor American Heroes Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice

In a quiet office at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, Michele Curran Cornell spends her weekdays immersed in history — not the kind found in textbooks, but the kind that impacts families and honors those who gave everything for our country. 

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ºÚÁÏÉç Youth Winds Performs in Nation's Capital

ºÚÁÏÉç Youth Winds had the unique opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C. this spring, giving meaningful performances alongside famous monuments and making lasting connections with renowned musicians.

Tags: Community Impact , Arts & Culture , Student Life

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‘All Three Were Very Honorable, Good Men’

A Mantua woman who worked at ºÚÁÏÉç in the Office of the President from 1951 to 1971 recently celebrated her 110th birthday. She recalls her time at ºÚÁÏÉç and shares a few reflections from her long life. 

Tags: Profiles , University News , Community Impact , Office of the President , Community & Society

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IN A FLASH: The Fountain Is ON!

Water flowed for the first time in the newly completed Crawford Fountain in the courtyard outside Crawford Hall, home of ºÚÁÏÉç's Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship. 

Tags: University News , Community Impact , Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship , University Facilities Management , Office of the University Architect , In a Flash

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Professors Help High School Students Succeed Through Poetry, Art and Virtual Reality

The Crystal, a three-story, glass atrium and entrance to the Akron Art Museum, provided the perfect backdrop for these diamonds in the rough, a coming-of-age collection manifested in the proud work of multi-talented, middle and high school students from Akron participating in a program designed to illicit self-expression through poetry, art and virtual reality.

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IN A FLASH: Fairies, Fantasy and Song!

ºÚÁÏÉç Opera Theatre's spring production featured scenes from a selection of famous operas with themes both natural and supernatural. 

Tags: School of Theatre and Dance , Community Impact , Community & Society , Arts & Culture , Hugh A. Glauser School of Music , In a Flash

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IN A FLASH: Young Minds Soaring

ºÚÁÏÉç's College of Aeronautics and Engineering led a fun, immersive field trip for a group of sixth graders from the I Promise School, Akron Public Schools.

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IN A FLASH: A Joyous Juneteenth Celebration

ºÚÁÏÉç's fourth annual Juneteenth Jubilee welcomed the community to celebrate the rich history of Black Americans with live music, dance performances, food trucks, vendors and more. 

Tags: Community & Society , Community Impact , Arts & Culture , In a Flash

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