Kent State University is among the institutions and businesses in Ohio to share $10 million in grants from the state鈥檚 Third Frontier Commission. Kent State will share $400,000 with Cleveland State University to help commercialize the inventions that they create through research. The grants are used to give a boost to the state鈥檚 economy through startup and other technology companies Learn more from WKSU Learn more from the Akron Beacon Journal ...
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 19.0px Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} span.s2 {text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none; color: #042eee; -webkit-text-stroke: 0px #042eee} td.td1 {width: 1193.0px; margin: 0.5px 0.5px 0.5px 0.5px} Move over Indiana Jones 鈥 Archaeology has a fresh new face. Metin I. Eren, director of archaeology and an assistant professor of anthropology in Kent State University鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, is using a $215,000 National Science Foundation grant to lead the analysis of wea...
Get On the Move and earn valuable wellness points with lunchtime yoga for faculty and staff. Yoga is offered Tuesdays from 12:15-1 p.m. and Thursdays from 1:15-2 p.m. throughout the spring semester. These 45-minute sessions are a great way to rejuvenate yourself and take care of your mind, body and spirit. Each session is worth 10 wellness points for those participating in the Wellness Your Way incentive program. Space is limited. Registration is required and open for April and May sessions. Simply select each Tuesday or Thursday session from our wellness calendar to be taken to ...
Bring your bike from home or check out a bike through the Flashfleet bike-sharing program at one of eight locations around the Kent Campus. Flashfleet locations include the Student Recreation and Wellness Center, Eastway Center, Van Campen Hall, Tri-Towers, Terrace Hall, Stopher-Johnson, the Kent Student Center and PARTA in downtown Kent. Our first ride will take place on Tuesday, April 18, from noon-1 p.m., as Chris John from the Department of Recreational Services will lead us on a 30-40 minute campus ride, as well as around the surrounding community. Please plan to meet at noo...
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 19.0px Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 19.0px Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 23.0px} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} span.s2 {text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none; color: #042eee; -webkit-text-stroke: 0px #042eee} td.td1 {width: 1193.0px; margin: 0.5px 0.5px 0.5px 0.5px} Research shows that women are more likely to develop Alzheimer鈥檚 disease than men by a 3-to-2 margin. Some scientists believe this is because when women reach menopause,...
In Ohio, most seventh graders are learning earth and space science, physical science and life science in a middle school classroom. While peers are learning about Earth鈥檚 oceanic currents and the periodic table, Jameson Payne attends Kent State University鈥檚 Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg, taking Molecules of Life, Seven Ideas That Shook the Universe and General Chemistry I. At age 12, Payne is earning college credits through the College Credit Plus program. He is one of 1,977 students across the Kent State system earning college credits while simultaneously attending a secondary school...
Joshua Looser, a junior entrepreneurship major in Kent State University's College of Business Administration, received the Red Cross Acts of Courage Award on March 2 after successfully performing the Heimlich maneuver on a woman who was choking last year. In March 2016, Looser was walking around the building during his shift at Swensons when he noticed someone sitting in a car, and something seemed off. 鈥淪omething was weird,鈥 Looser says. 鈥淪he opened the door slightly and then stopped, so I ran over and asked if she was okay, and she didn鈥檛 answer.鈥 Realizing she was choking, Loo...
What better way can Kent State University alumni make a difference in their community than by volunteering with fellow Golden Flashes? The Kent State Alumni Association is hosting the ninth annual Alumni Day of Service on Saturday, April 29, encouraging alumni worldwide to make a difference in their local communities. Participants can choose from more than 25 domestic and international volunteer sites. Alumni Association Assistant Director of Outreach Lisa Mascellino, 鈥94, says that the purpose of Alumni Day of Service is to bring Kent State alumni together, volunteerin...
New rankings released by U.S. News & World Report (March 14) place Kent State University鈥檚 School of Library and Information Science (iSchool) among the nation鈥檚 top 20 graduate programs in library and information science 鈥 again. Kendra S. Albright, Ph.D., who became director of the iSchool in July 2016, acknowledged the program鈥檚 rigorous academic standards and renowned faculty as key factors in the strong ranking. 鈥淐urrent and future students should be confident that they will receive a relevant, leading-edge education,鈥 Albright said. 鈥淜ent State鈥檚 iSchool has an international re...