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After more than a decade of service, Joel Nielsen, »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥â€™s director of athletics, plans to seek new challenges when his contract with the university ends later this year.
 

A student wears a »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ mask during the COVID-19 pandemic

Two professors have conducted much-needed research on face coverings that use alternative textiles to protect the public from COVID-19 and how to keep those masks virus-free.

Image of COVID 19 cells

Jean Engohang-Ndong, Ph.D., associate professor of biology at »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ at Tuscarawas, credits technology with speeding up vaccine breakthroughs.

Alan Canfora

 Donations will benefit students in »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥'s Library Science program.

Alan Canfora

 Donations will benefit students in »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥'s Library Science program.

Alan Canfora giving a tour on the May 4, 1970 shooting site

Canfora was one of nine students wounded by Ohio National Guard soldiers during a peaceful protest. 

2018 Firestone Immersive Summer Camp

»ÆÉ«Ö±²¥ and Akron-area foundations have partnered to support students in the Greater Akron community in a time of dire need through a collaboration that prioritizes positive regional impact and improving lives through education. 

Volunteers from »ÆÉ«Ö±²¥, the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank and the National Guard assisted more than 200 families during the snowy  drive-through food distribution event on Wednesday at Dix Stadium.

»ÆÉ«Ö±²¥â€™s inaugural drive-thru food distribution event on Dec. 16 in partnership with the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank served more than 200 households. The foodbank said more than 26,000 people in Portage County face food insecurity – 30% of those seeking assistance for the first time due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.