Expanding University Initiatives

Giving Back and Creating a Legacy
Dr. James L. Raper, ’79, chose to support Kent State students with a planned gift that includes an endowed fund and endowed professorship that support nursing research and education.

Researcher Designs Safer Trauma Rooms
Research awarded a $2.4 million grant to study how to use design as a tool to improve efficient care in Level I trauma rooms that stabilize and save the lives of patients.

Smartbike Eases Parkinson’s Symptoms
A Kent State researcher has designed a bicycle specially tailored to Parkinson’s patients. The bike is based on a tandem bicycle model – a bike ridden by two people.
Champions of the Body and Mind
Only Together Can We Invent, Solve and Cure

Materials Science Research Receives Grant for New X-ray Scattering Instrument
Kent State University’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute soon will be home to a new X-ray scattering instrument capable of examining materials in scales from as small as a fraction of a nanometer to as large as several micrometers.
Societal Impact of Brain-Based Disorders
Design Innovation Teaching Hub Teaching Kitchen
Champions of the Body and Mind

Materials Science Research Receives Grant for New X-ray Scattering Instrument
Kent State University’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute soon will be home to a new X-ray scattering instrument capable of examining materials in scales from as small as a fraction of a nanometer to as large as several micrometers.