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Wayne Dawson, WJW Fox 8 anchor and Â鶹¾«Ñ¡graduate in the class of '79.

George Floyd's death focused light on what had been America’s ugly secret, the killing of black men by law enforcement officers at a rate far greater than any other race. Wayne Dawson, WJW Fox 8 anchor and Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ alumnus, offers his take on what's at stake for America.

Rami Daud and Nathaniel Bailey, photographers with University Communications and Marketing, smile after receiving their Silver ADDY Awards. (Photo credit: Smithberger Photography)

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ brought home the gold after this year’s Akron ADDY Awards, with both professionals and students being recognized for their work. The ADDYs, put on by the Akron Chapter of the American Advertising Federation, celebrate the area’s best creative work in advertising.

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ sign on Front Campus

About 300 people attended the first in a series of virtual town halls as the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡community addresses systemic racism by learning, listening and taking action as a collective.

Mwatabu S. Okantah

Mwatabu S. Okantah, associate professor in Â鶹¾«Ñ¡â€™s Department of Pan-African Studies, shares his perspective as someone who first arrived at Â鶹¾«Ñ¡in September 1970 as a student. Nearly 50 years later, he is an associate professor at the university.

Mike Daniels, interim director of Kent State's Student Multicultural Center (SMC)

Is this America? Where popular culture is largely represented by Black culture? Where musicians, artists, and athletes can be praised and celebrated for their talents, but criminalized for their skin color? Mike Daniels shares his insight. 

Members of the Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ Esports team compete in the finals of a League of Legends tournament held at Kent State.

The Mid-American Conference (MAC) announced Wednesday a historic esports venture with a newly created independent esports conference – Esports Collegiate Conference – to facilitate and foster high-quality gaming competition among collegiate esports teams. Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ is among the 12 founding members of the new esports conference. 

Photo collage of Â鶹¾«Ñ¡women's teams

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ has won the Mid-American Conference’s Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) for women’s sports award for the first time in school history.

Â鶹¾«Ñ¡students walk to and from class.

University and student leaders share their personal insights into America's current unrest and whether protests will lead to lasting change. 

Tayjua Hines, president of Kent State's Black United Students, speaking at a George Floyd protest in Kent.

Tayjua Hines, president of Black United Students at Kent State, shares this student perspective about racism in our country and says now is the time to enact change.

Amoaba Gooden, Ph.D., interim vice president of the Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Amoaba Gooden, Ph.D., Kent State's interim vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, and chair and associate professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies, offers her insights in current unrest in America.