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Kent State University’s Shanice Cheatham is one step closer to helping health care workers stop the spread of disease in underdeveloped countries. Cheatham took first place and won $4500 in the PITCH U elevator competition at the University of Akron, with the generous support of…
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The Campus Kitchen at Kent State University is celebrating its fifth anniversary and has launched a new program this summer as part of activities marking its fifth year. The Campus Kitchen’s new pop-up market offers healthy produce and pantry items to children and families at no…
Nationally honored strategist aims to dramatically advance Kent State’s reputation, distinction
Kent State Biology Professor Studies How Selfish Genes Cause Male Sterility in Flowering Plants
Why are plants often sterile when their parents are from different species? How do species remain separate entities in nature?
A Kent State University epidemiologist has refuted some age-old assumptions about depression in heart attack patients.
Studies have shown that people who suffer from depression are more likely to have heart disease or heart attacks in their lifetime. Worse still, similar…
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Kent State University President Beverly Warren delivered the State of the University address on Thursday, Oct. 13. Themed “Living the Kent State Promise,” Warren outlined her vision of a reimagined public research university.
Kent State University’s College of Education, Health and Human Services will honor seven distinguished alumni at the seventh Annual Education, Health and Human Services Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 21, at 6:30 p.m. in the Kent State University Hotel and…
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Kent State University celebrated the grand opening of its newest and much-anticipated building, the Center for Architecture and Environmental Design, on Oct. 7.
Visitors, alumni and friends from around the world toured the 110,191-square-foot contemporary glass-…
The 22nd annual National Depression Screening Day at Kent State University will be held Thursday, Oct. 6, at several Kent State campuses. The event is open to all students, faculty and staff, as well as the larger community.
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Scholar of the Month
Jon Yoder
Associate Professor of Architecture
College of Architecture and Environmental Design
2013-present
Paul DiCorleto, Kent State University’s vice president for research and sponsored programs, likes to say that “innovation occurs where fields collide…