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Community & Society

The Truth is Out There (No, Really...) art exhibition, KSU Downtown Gallery

IN A FLASH: The Truth is ... Downtown?

An art exhibition in the Ƶ Downtown Gallery uses images of UFOs to evoke questions about reality in a world where truth is often reframed. 

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Updated Community Geography Lab

Improving The Community Through Geography

After two years of preparation, the Community Geography Lab is back. What started as a room filled with filing cabinets and old maps, turned into a colorful local resource filled with whiteboard-topped tables and maps lining the walls.

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"Dialogue and Difference" explores the topics of freedom of expression and academic freedom.

Dialogue and Difference: Freedom of Expression Takes Center Stage

Understanding academic freedom and freedom of expression were the topics of Tuesday’s “Dialogue and Difference” session, part of a series designed to engage the Ƶ community in discussions that will advance our core values of freedom of expression, respect and kindness in all we do.

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Marvi Sirmed speaking at the protest demonstration against the sectarian killings of Shia Muslims in Pakistan

Scholars At Risk Speaker Series: Renowned Pakistani Journalist And Human Rights Advocate Marvi Sirmed To Speak At Ƶ Ƶ Campus

Ƶ will welcome its third of three “alumni” from the Scholars at Risk Network to speak at the university and regional events over the 2023-2024 academic year. (SAR) is an organization that provides sanctuary and assistance to threatened scholars worldwide.

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Black Joy Unlocked event with Marquis Davis and Janice Johnson

The Power of Music to Unlock Joy

On Wednesday, Feb. 28, attendees gathered to explore the role of music in Black culture and its ability to provoke happiness at the “Empowerment Through the Arts: Black Joy Unlocked” event to create a safe, welcoming community among diverse students at Ƶ.

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Students Laughing

Fighting Post-COVID Social Anxiety through ProjectConnect

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, anxiety and depression levels have been on the rise. The Healthy Minds Study for 2021-22 found that 44% of students reported symptoms of depression and 37% reported anxiety disorders. That is where ProjectConnect comes in.

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Flasher Brass Day 2024

IN A FLASH: High School Brass

Local high school student musicians came to Ƶ Ƶ to rehearse and perform with the Flasher Brass Pep Band.

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Rwandan students at Bob Christy's home

IN A FLASH: Blue and Gold to Beat the Cold!

A Ƶ Ƶ staffer's kindness helped international students who were far from their much warmer home weather an Ohio winter. 

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