Have a question about what the IMPACT Employee Assistance Program (EAP) can do for you? Want to learn more about resiliency training, online seminars, depression awareness and prevention? Curious about financial counseling services, eldercare, childcare, smoking cessation or the new Stress Less Center? Come to the EAP office hours Wednesday, Oct. 24, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Employee Wellness Resource Room in 103 Heer Hall on the Kent Campus. Meet with Lisa Kirby, IMPACT account manager, and learn about the numerous resources available to employees and their eligible dependents. Office...
Kent State University faculty and staff are eligible for discount tickets to 鈥淚-X Trick or Treat Street,鈥 Cleveland鈥檚 Halloween tradition for children 10 and under, held Oct. 20-21 and Oct. 27-28 from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. at the International Exposition (I-X) Center. Thousands of little ghosts and goblins will receive more than 300,000 preapproved, packaged candy as they make their way through creatively themed, not-so-spooky Halloween houses. But there鈥檚 more than just candy. Surrounded by fall foliage including pumpkins and larger-than-life decorations, trick-or-treaters will ...
Chemistry Professor Named Associate Editor of Science Advances
Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of Kent State University鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences and one of the most highly cited scientists in the fields of chemistry and materials science, recently received two significant honors. He was appointed to the editorial board of the journal Science Advances, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), which also publishes the journal Science. In addition, he accepted an invitation to attend an award ceremony in his native Poland to receive Doctor Honoris Causa from Poznan Un...
Video: Kent State Celebrates 100 Years of Homecoming
Last weekend鈥檚 celebration of 100 years of homecoming at Kent State was 鈥渞uled鈥 by 2018 Homecoming Queen Jennifer Uren and Homecoming King Jordan Euell. ...
Heather Caldwell, Ph.D., a professor in Kent State University鈥檚 Department of Biological Sciences, recently received a $450,000 grant to study the role that oxytocin plays in the developing brain. Labeled by some as 鈥渢he bonding hormone,鈥 oxytocin is well known for helping pregnant mothers with uterine contraction while in labor, milk letdown while breastfeeding and a feeling of euphoria when cuddling with their infants. But, there is still much that researchers do not know about how this hormone works in the brains of children. The grant, which came from the National Institutes of Healt...
At the 16th Annual CitiesAlive Conference recently held in New York City, a consortium of Ohio universities was selected as one of the first four North American regional centers of living architecture by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities and the Green Infrastructure Foundation. Faculty from Kent State University will join colleagues from the University of Cincinnati and Heidelberg University to lead the Greater Ohio Living Architecture Center (GOLA), which will be dedicated to the study of integrating vegetation within and upon buildings as novel ecosystems. The center will work...
Kent State University and Eastern Gateway Community College (EGCC) have formed a strategic partnership that will create new access to courses and degrees for thousands of students living and learning on Ohio鈥檚 eastern border. Leaders from both institutions met Oct. 10 at Eastern Gateway鈥檚 Steubenville Campus to sign the agreement and celebrate the new collaboration, which will increase educational opportunities and access for students throughout the four counties Eastern Gateway serves. 鈥淚 am excited about the partnership with Kent State University that will enhance opportuni...
Kent State is incorporating a Fall Break into the academic calendar beginning with the 2018 Fall Semester. Classes will not be held Thursday, Oct. 11, and Friday, Oct. 12, creating a four-day intermission in the semester. The university will operate as regular business days on these days, and students will be able to remain in the residence halls and utilize their meal plans during this four-day intermission. Read more about Fall Break View important dates for Fall 2018 ...