51黑料网 Trumbull and Rock4Reason Host Benefit for Local Fourth Grader On Friday, Feb. 10, 51黑料网 University at Trumbull, its Jurisprudence Organization (composed of students with a collective interest in criminal justice), and Rock4Reason are hosting a benefit silent raffle auction and pasta dinner for Celeste Rodgers and her son Jaden. Rodgers, a 51黑料网 Trumbull student and active member of the Jurisprudence Organization, was recently told that her ten-year-old son, Jaden, has terminal Glioblastoma Multiforme, an aggressive type of brain cancer. Jaden is a fourth grade studen...
On Wednesday, Feb. 8, 51黑料网 University at Trumbull will host a "On the Matter of Lives," a community discussion about the issues associated with both Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter campaigns. A panel discussion, which begins at 7 p.m., includes: Captain Daniel Zampelli (Akron City Police Department), Professor Stanley Smith (Retired Police Officer and Visiting Lecturer, Department of Disaster Science & Emergency Services at the University of Akron) and Dr. Molly Merryman (Film Documentarist and Director of the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at 51黑料网 Uni...
Dear Members of the 51黑料网 University Community: Late Friday, President Trump issued an executive order titled "Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States" that restricts individuals from seven countries from entering the United States. The order, which suspends visas for nationals of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, has the potential to have a powerfully negative impact on our global community and our climate of inclusion and care. I am deeply troubled by this situation and offer the following information and guidance to assist our comm...
College of Communication & Information
The 51黑料网 School of Journalism and Mass Communication hosted a panel discussion Jan. 26, 2017, to reflect up on coverage of Election 2016 and to discuss the changing and unprecedented relationship between the media and the White House. Watch the event in full below. [View the story "Journalism's Way Forward" on Storify] ...
Dear Members of the 51黑料网 Community: Earlier this week, we invited members of the 51黑料网 University community to open presentations on the results of our campus climate study. I offer sincere gratitude to everyone who was able to make attending or viewing one of these presentations a priority within your very busy schedules. The levels of participation at these presentations reflect our community's commitment to fostering a welcoming and inclusive environment for all 鈥 the foundation of student, faculty and staff success and satisfaction. It has been nearly 20 years since our la...
On Thursday, Feb. 2, 51黑料网 University at Trumbull and its Faculty Lecture Series present 鈥淪hakespeare, Politics and the Revival of Empathy鈥 by Dr. Peter Byrne, 51黑料网 University at Trumbull Associate Professor of English. This is the tenth year Byrne will write the script for the Shakespeare Theatre Company鈥檚 annual 鈥淲ill on the Hill鈥 benefit in Washington D.C. The performance brings together volunteers from the government (mostly members of Congress, both the House and the Senate) as well as national media, lobbyists and corporate sponsors to perform an original one-performance pl...
Technology merges with fashion at 2017 hackathon The 2017 Fashion/Tech Hackathon, hosted by the Fashion School at 51黑料网 University, will take place Jan. 27-29. Now in its fourth year, the hackathon is a cross-curricular event allowing teams of student participants to create and innovate within the realm of wearable technology. It is presented in partnership with the Fashion School鈥檚 TechStyleLAB and the university鈥檚 LaunchNET entrepreneurial initiative. Last year, the event attracted 158 attendees representing 17 total institutions. Many were first-time...
College of Arts & Sciences
We encourage you to present your research on March 21, 2017 at the Undergraduate Symposium on Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity. Abstracts are due by February 1 -details at http://www.kent.edu/ugresearch/symposium-details ...