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College of Podiatric Medicine Spring 2024 Commencement

IN A FLASH: Putting Their Best Foot Forward


Ready to serve the community from the ground up, ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s College of Podiatric Medicine welcomed 88 new graduates in its spring Class of 2024.

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Police Academy now in Twinsburg

¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Opens New Police Academy in Twinsburg

¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø hopes to address the police officer shortage by expanding its police academy to Twinsburg, Ohio, this fall. 

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Police Academy

Spring Commencement 2024

IN A FLASH: Scenes From Commencement 2024

Exuberant celebrations and tears of joy punctuated one of the biggest weekends of the year at ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø as the university welcomed its spring Class of 2024 graduates. 

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Karamu 2024

IN A FLASH: A Celebration of Graduates

Karamu Ya Wahitimu/Celebración De Los Graduados is an annual tradition celebrating all of ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø's graduating African American, Native American, Latinx, Hispanic and Multiracial undergraduate and graduate students.

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Pamela Brigger presents at the 2024 ESDRI Showcase

Environmental Studies in the Spotlight

The environment is something that many people take for granted. But it affects us all. Some recent ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø students spent the semester putting environmental issues front and center.

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Chief Dean Tondiglia retires after 43 years on ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Police Department.

Chief Says Over and Out to Lifelong Career with ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Police Department

¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Police Chief and Director of Public Safety Dean Tondiglia wasn’t legally old enough to be a police officer when he was hired by the ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø Police Department. 

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A man runs on a treadmill in a gym

Do Exercise and Cannabis Mix?

Researchers are trying to determine how many athletes are using cannabis products as part of their workouts and why. The results indicate it's more common than was thought.

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Bird Image courtesy of https://macaulaylibrary.org

Bird’s Eye View

Every spring and fall millions of birds migrate through Northeast Ohio on their way to or from their breeding grounds. With their song and bright colors, birds help brighten our campus after a long winter.  

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Alison Caplan in Washington DC

‘May 4 Moments’

In her first year as the director of the May 4 Visitor Center, Alison Caplan has enjoyed uniquely wonderful and "magical" experiences in how ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø's history creates connections and inspiration.

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McGilvrey Kidnap

From 1941: Former ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø President – KIDNAPPED!

In 1941, a writing exercise for high school journalists visiting ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø was centered around a fictional kidnapping of the university's first president, John E. McGilvrey. In a pre-internet version of a "home page takeover," the stories ran on the front page of the ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍør - without including information revealing that they were not real!

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