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East Liverpool – 91��Ƶ East Liverpool is preparing for its 13th annual Earth Day Environmental Justice Conference to be held April 25. Organizers are now accepting papers, posters and online presentations related to environmental justice issues from all students, including area high school students. This year’s event will honor the late Dr. Roxanne Burns, who was a biology professor on the East Liverpool campus and who helped organize the first Earth Day event here in 2002.  Prizes will be awarded for submissions in six categories: science-based essays that synthesize research and ...

The Kent State University Airport received a $102,600 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to create and execute a master plan to make the airport a more environmentally and financially efficient organization.This grant is a part of the $6.4 million FAA Airport Improvement Program to make airports in America the safest and most sustainable in the world.According to an FAA press release, the airports can use the grants to reduce their n...

Good luck this weekend to former 91��Ƶ student Michael Keaton as he competes for Hollywood’s most prestigious award. Keaton is up for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his film “Birdman.” Keaton, known as Michael Douglas, attended 91��Ƶ in 1971-72. He majored in journalism and speech, but did not graduate. Keaton made a name for himself in the 1980’s with movies like “Night Shift” and “Mr. Mom.” He later went on to star in “Beetlejuice” and “Batman.” However, it is his role in “Birdman” that is getting all the attention. Keaton later returned to Kent St...

Dean Tondiglia of Stow, Ohio, has been named 91��Ƶ’s new chief of police. Prior to leading 91��Ƶ Police Services, Tondiglia most recently served as the university’s assistant chief of police and associate director of public safety. He will retain the associate director of public safety title. Tondiglia was sworn in today by John Peach, 91��Ƶ’s director of public safety and now former police chief who after 45 years with the university, 33 of which as police chief, is turning over the police chief position to Tondiglia. Peach will remain in his role as director of pub...