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![Kent State University graduate student Cody Ruiz (far left) practices zazen (seated meditation) at a Buddhist temple. Kent State University graduate student Cody Ruiz (far left) practices zazen (seated meditation) at a Buddhist temple.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/12.06.16%20Photo%20of%20Kent%20State%20graduate%20student%20Cody%20Ruiz%20practicing%20zazen%20at%20a%20Buddhist%20temple.jpg?VersionId=Z0Qh5cT.Ex3sqgIdm6tbXsGa1xI6qKrp)
Kent State University students in the College of Arts and Sciences will get the opportunity to travel to Japan to do collaborative research in a world-class institute, specializing in primate biology, thanks to a recently signed memorandum of understanding with the Primate…
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![Jacob Barkley (left), associate professor of exercise science in Kent State’s College of Education, Health and Human Services, oversees research activities with several students in a classroom in the MAC Center Annex. Jacob Barkley (left), associate professor of exercise science in Kent State’s College of Education, Health and Human Services, oversees research activities with several students in a classroom in the MAC Center Annex.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/1500x800_SOTMBarkley.jpg?VersionId=I9NBJDX4O0ASphwLb91ywEL_JPJsi3RC)
Kent State University’s Scholar of the Month for December would prefer that you read this standing up, or even doing some calisthenics. Go on, get moving.
Jacob Barkley, Ph.D., is an associate professor of exercise science in Kent State’s College of Education, Health and Human…
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![Kent State University students Nilin Rao (left) and Craig Verdin (right), and Exercise Science and Physiology Professor Ellen Glickman, Ph.D. (center), have invented an insole to help people with ulcerations on their feet. Kent State University students Nilin Rao (left) and Craig Verdin (right), and Exercise Science and Physiology Professor Ellen Glickman, Ph.D. (center), have invented an insole to help people with ulcerations on their feet.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/IMG_6336%20%282%29.jpg?VersionId=Xv39rh4yq_mH8LOvYjXMPZP_zsaH6fxm)
Product also can help athletes recover from blisters and calluses that can impede their performance
Kent State University students Nilin Rao, Ph.D., and Craig Verdin, and Exercise Science and Physiology Professor Ellen Glickman, Ph.D., are the co-founders of TheraPod Medical…
The Kent State University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting Wednesday, Dec. 7. The Board is scheduled to convene at 11:30 a.m. in Franklin Hall, Room 213. Franklin Hall is located at 550 Hilltop Drive in Kent, Ohio.
Trustees will retire into…
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![Two Kent State University students ride Flashfleet bikes in downtown Kent. Kent State was named a Green College in the 2016 Princeton Review’s “Guide to 361 Green Colleges” for its focus on environmentally friendly transportation. Two Kent State University students ride Flashfleet bikes in downtown Kent. Kent State was named a Green College in the 2016 Princeton Review’s “Guide to 361 Green Colleges” for its focus on environmentally friendly transportation.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/11.15.16%20Photo%20of%20Flashfleet.jpg?VersionId=BuIdq714dvJZO2NYX.kqEysyh1EPod50)
The new 2016 edition of The Princeton Review’s “Guide to 361 Green Colleges” features Kent State University as one of the most environmentally responsible “green” colleges.
“It is a recognition of the advancement we have made with regard to sustainability; we have been working…
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![Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Kent State University, was awarded the Medal of Marie Sklodowska-Curie by the Polish Chemical Society for his scientific achievements. Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Kent State University, was awarded the Medal of Marie Sklodowska-Curie by the Polish Chemical Society for his scientific achievements.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/11.03.16%20Photo%201%20of%20Mietek%20Jaroniec%20receiving%20the%20Medal%20of%20Marie%20Sklodowska-Curie_0.jpg?VersionId=mBj9oa1GkQaQGT7VW8qL46v9Bv_K1wV3)
Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University, was recently awarded the Medal of Marie Sklodowska-Curie by the Polish Chemical Society for his scientific achievements.
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![Jimmy Miller, a 2017 Kent State graduate who served as editor of The Kent Stater, takes notes while talking to a fellow student in the student media newsroom in Franklin Hall.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Jimmy1---USE-ON-HOME-PAGE-web.jpg?VersionId=Of1ZhBcxNYlvuIdTdL7vEvJp35mlT4h.)
Kent State University journalism major Jimmy Miller recently spent 10 weeks traveling the country examining the political views of white, working-class Americans, a group now credited as a difference maker in the successful campaign of President-elect Donald Trump.…
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Kent State University’s College of Business Administration is once again among the most outstanding business schools, according to the Princeton Review’s Best 294 Business Schools: 2017 Edition.