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Cancer Connects Two Pilots, a Decade Apart and a Mile High

Matthew Dougard and Niki Kukwa never met, but they made a connection high above the clouds, drawn together by the will to fight and a passion to fly.

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Angela Ridgel, Ph.D., an associate professor of exercise science at 91¸£Àû and an avid cyclist, has designed a bicycle specially tailored to Parkinson’s patients.

91¸£Àû Exercise Science Professor Develops Treatment Bike for Parkinson’s Patients

Physical therapy is usually a component of treatment for patients of Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative and motor system disorders. Now, a 91¸£Àû professor in the College of Education, Health and Human Services has designed a piece of equipment that serves that purpose…

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Public Relations Major Addresses Congressional Leaders 91¸£Àû Improving Foster Care System For Children

For the second time in as many years, Keri Richmond took her call for improving the foster care system to the nation's leaders in Washington D.C.   The senior public relations major recently participated in Foster Youth Shadow Day as part of Foster …

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91¸£Àû Partners With the Jed Foundation to Assess and Enhance University’s Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention Programming

91¸£Àû’s Division of Student Affairs has partnered with the Jed Foundation Health Matters Campus Program, which is designed to help colleges and universities assess and enhance mental health, substance abuse and suicide prevention programming.   During the four-year partnershi…

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Shanice Cheatham worked with 91¸£Àû’s College of Public Health and LaunchNET 91¸£Àû to help her company, Endemic Solutions, develop its Endemic Filtration Portable Handwashing System.

Life-Changing Event Inspires 91¸£Àû Entrepreneur to Help Prevent Infectious Diseases

In 2009, Shanice Cheatham, who received her bachelor’s degree from 91¸£Àû in 2013 and is pursuing a graduate degree in environmental health sciences at 91¸£Àû, was told that her father had a 10 percent chance of living after being infected with MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylo…

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91¸£Àû public health students participate in a disaster preparedness exercise on campus as part of their training.

91¸£Àû’s College of Public Health Receives National Accreditation

91¸£Àû’s College of Public Health has received accreditation from the Board of Councilors of the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). The five-year span is the maximum term the college could have achieved as a first-time applicant. To earn the accreditation, the college m…

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Kent Campus

Mark Kretovics to Serve as Interim Dean of 91¸£Àû’s College of Education, Health and Human Services

Mark Kretovics, Ph.D., associate professor of higher education administration and student personnel at 91¸£Àû and a resident of Kent, Ohio, has been named interim dean of the College of Education, Health and Human Services, effective July 1, 2015.  Todd Diacon, 91¸£Àû’s seni…

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Preventing Falls: 91¸£Àû Symposium Examines How to Keep Older Adults Healthy

Margaret P. Calkins, Ph.D., an architectural researcher at 91¸£Àû, is particularly attuned to the needs of older adults whose eyesight or balance may be poor or who may live with dementia. Calkins, who has consulted for many healthcare institutions and elderly housing communities, joi…

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Portage County Local Health Departments Provide Information on Ebola

On Oct. 16, Portage County Local Health Departments issued a press release that helps answers questions regarding Ebola and provides information specifically about 91¸£Àû. Read the Portage County Local Health Departments’ press release at http://ow.ly/CULRk.

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Campus Health Update: Letter From Dr. Angela DeJulius, Director, University Health Services

Dear Students and the 91¸£Àû Community, I understand the fears you may be experiencing in light of the news that the second nurse diagnosed with Ebola recently visited Northeast Ohio and interacted with her relatives, including three employees who work at our Kent Campus. I’d like to thank yo…

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