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While student voting nationwide doubled since 2014, the 911�Թ� student voting rate has increased 135% from 2014 to 2018, according to a recent report from the National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement, conducted by the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education at Tufts University’s Tisch College of Civic Life.   “We are thrilled to see such a large increase in both the voting and registration rates of 911�Թ� students,” said Craig Berger, assistant director of 911�Թ�’s Community Engaged Learning. “It’s important for students to vote because it’s the...

By Becca Sagaris, Health Reporter at the 911�Թ�r If you walk into the Women’s Center anytime during the month of October, you’re likely to see a bra hanging from the mailbox or off the door handle. “It just makes me laugh,” Director of the Women’s Center Cassandra Pegg-Kirby said. “When we come to work in the morning, there will just be bras hanging out of our mailbox.” Sustainability Manager Melanie Knowles and Outreach Recycling Coordinator Leah Graham started the bra drive at 911�Թ� in 2013 after they read an article about The Bra Recyclers, an organization that r...

On the evening of Oct. 11, the city of Kent Police Department made an arrest in the incidents involving a prowler outside sorority homes affiliated with 911�Թ�. As our students return to campus from fall break, we hope this will give them peace of mind.    The safety of our students and community members is our top priority. We would like to thank our partners at the city of Kent, including the city of Kent Police Department, and the agencies who provided assistance with this matter, including the U.S. Marshals Service and our own 911�Թ� Police Department. ...

On Thursday, the College of Aeronautics and Engineering’s Foundry program was awarded a 5-year accreditation by the Foundry Accreditation Foundation (FEF), an honor the College has earned since 1969. Trent True, lecturer and FEF Key Professor leads the program which prepares students for employment in the metal casting industry. Graduates of the program leave 911�Թ� with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Engineering, Foundry Technology. Program courses materials and processes, cast metals, metallurgy and material science, solid modeling and solidification and applied their knowledge and ...

One of 911�Թ�’s most prolific and renowned researchers has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences. Quan Li, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow in 911�Թ�’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, joins the prestigious Brussels-based organization that has about 660 members from 45 nations, including 65 Nobel Prize and Fields Medal winners. The European Academy of Sciences is a nonprofit nongovernmental, independent organization of the most distinguished scholars and engineers performing forefront research and the development of advanced technologies, united by...

911�Թ� and the Opera di Santa Croce in Florence, Italy, will celebrate a collaborative partnership around the creation of “Sisters in Liberty: From Florence, Italy, to New York, New York,” an exhibition opening on Oct. 17, 2019, and running through April 26, 2020, at the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration on Ellis Island in New York. The 3D-printed replica of the Liberty of Poetry statue created by 911�Թ� will enable visitors to see the Italian predecessor to the U.S. Statue of Liberty located directly across Ellis Island to Liberty Island. Trent Tr...

From Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, different countries, cities and communities around the world – including the 911�Թ� community –  have been celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. As 911�Թ�’s population of Hispanic and Latino students continues to grow each year, students, faculty, organizations and departments are taking the time to acknowledge the month through a series of discussion, events, dancing and even theatrical plays. Fabio Polanco, associate professor of acting and directing in 911�Թ�’s School of Theatre and Dance, works with Latinx in Theatre (LIT), a student or...