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Kent State Stark Professor Penny Bernstein Succumbs to Cancer

Bernstein, 65, taught biological sciences and led a county-wide project that focused on the quality of water in the Nimishillen Creek Watershed

Penny Bernstein, an associate professor at , succumbed to cancer Sunday.

The Canal Fulton resident was instrumental in organizing a county-wide project that brought together several environmental organizations, colleges and universities and . 

You can find Bernstein's obituary on the Akron Beacon Journal.

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Funeral services for Bernstein took place Monday. 


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