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Moore with Mural

Moore sits in front of a mural he painted as a student in Oscar Ritchie Hall. The figures in the mural are (clockwise from top left) Martin Luther King Jr., Bobby Seale, W.E.B. DuBois, Stokely Carmichael/Kwame...

Moore with Warren

Photo courtesy of the Moore family. February 23, 2021

Moore and former Kent State President Beverly Warren stand in front of a photo of a young Moore (right) and Jesse Jackson, who spoke at the May 4 memorial dedication ceremony in 1971.  

Moore, Ashley and Okantah

Photo courtesy of the Moore family. February 23, 2021

(Left to right) Moore, Silas Ashley and Mwatabu Okantah attended the BUS at 50 Reloaded photography exhibit in February 2018. The exhibit, which took place in Oscar Ritchie Hall’s Uumbaji Gallery,...

Moore Three Headshots

February 23, 2021

Left: Moore's senior photo in the 1973 Chestnut Burr yearbook. Middle: A headshot of Moore used in a 1994 edition of the Daily Kent Stater. At that point, he was 43 years old and the acting chairman...

Texas

Justin Sullivan February 23, 2021

The U.S. and Texas flags fly in front of high voltage transmission towers on February 21, 2021 in Houston, Texas. Millions of Texans lost power when winter storm Uri hit the state and knocked out coal,...

A Welcome Back sign on a bulletin board Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, greets returning students at Chicago's William H. Brown Elementary School. In-person learning for students in pre-k and cluster programs began Thursday, since the district's agreement with the Chicago Teachers Union was reached. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar, Pool)

Educators may be more central drivers of Covid-19 in schools than students, CDC study finds

By Christina Maxouris, CNN February 23, 2021

 (CNN) -- A study that found teachers -- not students -- were the probable source of several school-related Covid-19 outbreaks highlights the need to maintain mask and distancing guidelines and to prioritize...

Virus Outbreak Chicago Schools

Shafkat Anowar February 23, 2021

A Welcome Back sign on a bulletin board Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, greets returning students at Chicago's William H. Brown Elementary School. In-person learning for students in pre-k and cluster programs...

KentRidge Senior Living in Kent, Ohio.

Long-term care facilities continue vaccinations, plan for reopening

Rachel Gross TV2 reporter February 23, 2021

As much of society is seeing the light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel, Ohio’s nursing homes and assisted living facilities are dealing with the brutal aftermath of the pandemic.Even as cases are decreasing,...

Almost a third of people with 'mild' Covid-19 still battle symptoms months later, study find

Almost a third of people with ‘mild’ Covid-19 still battle symptoms months later, study finds

(CNN) -- It's been almost a year since Michael Reagan, 50, came down with Covid-19."I woke up first thing in the morning and I felt really hot and out of breath," he said, recalling the morning of March...

Sonja Bennett

February 22, 2021

@Ktech50 You are such a man of integrity even tho @KentStMBB @KentStAthletics violated your disability rights and rights as a black man. By doing nothing to a professor who violated you in front of witnesses,...

Oleg Lavrentovich

Courtesy of Kent State University February 21, 2021

Oleg Lavrentovich is a trustees research professor in the department of material sciences.