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Self-care breeds confidence, happiness in college students

Cassondra Siaus reporter May 4, 2021

“You only have one life, one body, one soul and you've got to preserve it to keep your body intact,” said sophomore public health major, Joanne Barnhart.Self-care is an important tool for everyone...

May 4 virtual commemoration screen grab – Canfora marker + kids

May 4, 2021

A screenshot from the 51st virtual commemoration of May 4, featuring Alan Canfora's children, Maya and Lev, sitting by the new marker on campus near a tree he once said saved his life, with Canfora's...

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Drew Angerer May 4, 2021

HAMPTON BAYS, NY - FEBRUARY 20: An NYPD officer arrives for the funeral service of fallen NYPD Detective Brian Simonsen at the Church of St. Rosalie, February 20, 2019 in Hampton Bays, New York. Thousands...

HAMPTON BAYS, NY - FEBRUARY 20: An NYPD officer arrives for the funeral service of fallen NYPD Detective Brian Simonsen at the Church of St. Rosalie, February 20, 2019 in Hampton Bays, New York. Thousands of area police officers and law enforcement personnel attended the funeral. Simonsen was killed by friendly fire while responding with fellow NYPD officers to a robbery at a store in Queens last week. Simonsen is survived by his wife and mother and will be interned at Jamesport Cemetery in nearby Riverhead, New York. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

The NYPD hate crimes unit is investigating after two more assaults on Asian Americans

 (CNN) -- The New York Police Department Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating two attacks on Asian Americans that occurred over the weekend, an NYPD spokesperson told CNN on Monday.A woman in her...

Alan Canfora marker 2021

Sara Crawford May 4, 2021

Alan Canfora, one of the nine students wounded May 4, 1970 on the Kent State University campus, died earlier this year following a brief illness. There was a black flag placed at the marker in his honor...

Tim Kilduff

Courtesy of Tim Kilduff May 3, 2021

Longtime Hopkinton resident Tim Kilduff is the president and founder of the 26.2 Foundation. His involvement with the Boston Marathon dates back to 1979.

May 4 National Register of Historic Places

(Clockwise, starting bottom left) Carole Barbato, Mark Seeman, Laura Davis and Jerry M. Lewis, Kent State University faculty members who co-authored the submission for the National Register of Historic...

Jerry Lewis

Photo by Gary Harwood Courtesy of Kent State May 3, 2021

Dr. Jerry M. Lewis, professor emeritus of sociology at Kent State University, and witness to the events of May 4, 1970. He is pictured with the pagoda and Taylor Hall in the background in 2010.

May 4 Names

Kaitlyn Finchler May 2, 2021

It was not until Apr. 26, 1990 that the decision was made to add the names of the students onto the May 4 Memorial, which was not originally a part of the memorial. 

Telephones

Communication is Key: Communicating effectively with your partner

Cassondra Siaus reporter April 28, 2021

Two people coming to share a life together is not always easy. After knowing someone for a long period of time, issues can arise and many of those issues stem from lack of communication. Only being able...

Richard Ferdig

Richard Ferdig is the Summit professor of Learning technologies and a professor of educational technology at Kent State. He recently worked with Christopher Woolverton, professor of epidemiology in the...

Junior nursing major

Courtesy of Madeline Sterling April 28, 2021

Madeline Sterling is a junior nursing major at Kent State and she was able to participate in a research study last summer as a part of the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program.