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Candlelight Walk and Vigil 2024

IN A FLASH: It's Not Just One Day

Remembering May 4, 1970 at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State is not confined to just the events around the annual commemoration on campus, but is part of living and learning at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State throughout the year.

Tags: May 4 , May 4 Visitors Center , Nationally Distinctive , School of Theatre and Dance , Community & Society , In a Flash

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Toddcast: Jerry Lewis

ToddCast Episode 3: Jerry M. Lewis

Join us on the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State ToddCast as President Todd Diacon revisits a conversation with Professor Emeritus Jerry M. Lewis, Ph.D.

Tags: May 4 , Community & Society , Community Impact , May 4 Commemoration , May 4 Visitors Center

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Emerson College Professor Gregory Payne Ph.D., far right, teaches a course on the tragedies at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State and Jackson State

Hoping Tragic History Will Never Repeat Itself

A group of Emerson College students in Boston, who are enrolled in Gregory Payne’s course about the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State and Jackson State tragedies will visit ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State on May 2-4, when the university holds its annual commemoration.

Tags: University News , Student Life , May 4 Commemoration , May 4 Task Force , Community & Society

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Student tour guide Emma Butera talking about the aftermath of May 4

Students Guiding the History of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State

The May 4 Visitors Center uses ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s history to help guide the community in understanding the past and applying it to the present. Tours conducted by student guides are a rich part of this process.  

Tags: Nationally Distinctive , May 4 Commemoration , Community & Society

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Translation AI

Artificial Intelligence in Translation and Interpretation

Geoff Koby, Ph.D., professor of Translation Studies and German, certified freelance translator and president of the American Translators Association (ATA), said artificial intelligence is inescapable in translation and interpretation now. 

Tags: Community & Society , Community Impact

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Carston Brumfield, 14, is one of the students from the Stark County Educational Service Center, working on a mural for inside the School of Peace and Conflict Studies in McGilvrey Hall.

What Does Peace Look Like?

It may seem like a simple question: What does peace look like?  

But the answers can be profoundly different depending on who is asked.

Tags: May 4 Commemoration , Nationally Distinctive , Community Impact , Arts & Culture , Community & Society

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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State students visiting the Margaret Walker Center.

‘Experiencing These Things Firsthand Left A Mark On My Heart’

An Alternative Spring Break journey to historic civil rights sites in Mississippi by ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State students and faculty touched hearts and inspired community engagement. The six-day/five-night trip in March 2025 was sponsored by ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s Office of Community Engaged Learning. 

Tags: Community Engaged Learning , May 4 , May 4 Visitors Center , Community Impact , Community & Society

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Angela Neal-Barnett in the news

Professor Shares How to Understand and Overcome Burnout

Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., professor of psychology at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State, discussed what burnout is and gave a few tips on how to identify and deal with burnout on WBUR's Here and Now.

Tags: Profiles , Community & Society , Nationally Distinctive , Student Life

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Students Love ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s Nightlife, Food and Events

From mornings at Tree City Coffee to late nights at Barflyy, ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s community has plenty of food and entertainment options thanks to the help of Main Street ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï, now a Nationally Accredited Main Street program for 2024.

Tags: Student Life , Community & Society , Community Impact

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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Experts Float the Physical Impact of Extended Space Travel

On March 18, a watery landing by NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore ended an unexpected nine-month stay in space. Two ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State professors walk us through the out-of-this-world impact that an extended stay away from gravity can have on the human body.

Tags: Community & Society , Research & Science , Nationally Distinctive , College of Education and Human Services

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