Marianne Martens, School of Library and Information Science

If you’ve been on the Kent Campus this summer you’ve undoubtedly noticed the considerable construction projects, including new buildings, renovations to existing facilities and improvements to several parking lots. Here’s a recap of what’s been happening, including several department moves. 

Buildings and Moves

As part of a campuswide commemoration of veterans, the Uumbaji Art Gallery at Kent State University is requesting artwork submissions of any subject matter and various mediums. Entry forms can be downloaded at www.kent.edu/pas/uumbaji. The dates of the exhibit are Oct. 31 to Dec. 1, 2016. An opening reception will take place on Thursday, Nov. 3, at 5 p.m. in the Uumbaji Gallery, located on the first floor of Ritchie Hall, Room 134, on the Kent Campus.

University College and the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Kent State University are accepting nominations for the second annual Social Responsibility and Diversity Awards Celebration. The  Social Responsibility and Diversity Awards recognize students, faculty, alumni and community supporters who provide outreach support and programs focused on increasing the success of underrepresented and/or underserved students.

As we begin the new semester, the Office of the University Registrar asks for your assistance in making sure that all students are properly registered for their fall 2016 courses.

For decades, biologists researching a cure for Alzheimer’s disease have remained in the dark almost as much as the ailment’s victims. A Kent State University professor, however, is looking to stop the disease before it starts.

Three Kent State University at Salem students planned summer writing workshops for area kids, teaching youngsters how to travel to far off places through writing and by using their imaginations.

In this final feature, Kent State University employees shared some of their favorite summer vacation photos with e-Inside.

Richard (Rick) Feinberg, Department of Anthropology, Cathleen Conboy Pyrek and Alexander Mawyer authored “Navigating Spatial Relationships in Oceania” in Structure and Dynamics: eJournal of Anthropology and Related Sciences, Vol. 9 (1). Dwight Read and Murray Leaf (Eds.) (2016), 1-7.

Richard Feinberg, Department of Anthropology, Cathleen Pyrek (a recent Kent State master’s graduate), and Alexander Mawyer (University of Hawai'i at Manoa) guest-edited a special issue of Structure and Dynamics, an online open-access journal hosted by the University of California.