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The May 4 Visitors Center uses ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’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.
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.
An Alternative Spring Break journey to historic civil rights sites in Mississippi by ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø students and faculty touched hearts and inspired community engagement. The six-day/five-night trip in March 2025 was sponsored by ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s Office of Community Engaged Learning.
Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., professor of psychology at ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø, discussed what burnout is and gave a few tips on how to identify and deal with burnout on WBUR's Here and Now.
From mornings at Tree City Coffee to late nights at Barflyy, ¾ÅÓÎÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s community has plenty of food and entertainment options thanks to the help of Main Street Kent, now a Nationally Accredited Main Street program for 2024.