Rising Scholars Compete in NASA Challenge

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A team of Columbiana County Rising Scholars students recently participated in the finals of the NASA HUNCH culinary competition at the Johnson Space Center in Houston to determine if their culinary creation would be a future meal for International Space Station astronauts. This team was one of the top ten teams in the country invited to participate.The High Schools United with NASA to Create Hardware (HUNCH) program includes high school student teams across the country who participate in project-based learning programs to develop skills and explore future career opportunities. The Culinary Art...

EMAT Students Showcase Neurodiversity in Augmented Reality Experience

Growing up, students Rebecca Haywood and Riley Schaefer saw little to no representation of neurodivergent characters in children’s media. When the two took the augmented reality in children’s literature course offered through their program and Design Innovation last year, they wanted to change that for others. So, they created an interactive story where readers immerse themselves in the playground fun of two neurodivergent characters.

Honoring Retiring Director Kessler and Celebrating 50 Years of Jewish Studies

From left to right: Mandy Munro-Stasiuk, Char Factor, President Todd Diacon, Chaya Kessler, Erika Gold and Sol Factor

On the evening of May 16, Kent State University celebrated and honored the career of Senior Lecturer Chaya Kessler, the retiring director of Kent State’s Jewish Studies Program (JSP), with a special event held at the Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center. With a theme of “Getting to Now – Now More Than Ever,” over 150 of Kessler’s friends, colleagues and community members showed their support in helping to kick off the program's 50th anniversary year."Chaya has shown a deep commitment and invested a tremendous amount of herself into the program since she started teaching at Kent,” ...

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England, Egypt and Now … Ohio

National Park signage for Hopewell Culture National Historical Park

What do Chillicothe and Newark, Ohio, have in common with national landmarks like the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone and Yosemite National Parks?All these U.S. locations are designated as UNESCO World Cultural Sites. The ancient earthworks of the Hopewell located in Chillicothe and Newark earned the designation in September of 2023.According to Kent State University Professor Emeritus Mark Seeman, Ph.D., an anthropology educator whose research focuses on the Hopewell culture, this designation is a significant recognition.“It places the earthworks, attributed to people of the Hopewell culture who fl...

Kent State Observes Memorial Day on May 27

The American flag flies on a flagpole on campus.

Kent State University observes Memorial Day on May 27. No classes are scheduled on the holiday, and university offices are closed. The university will resume normal operations on May 28.To see a list of state-designated holidays and dates when the university is closed, please visit Kent State’s Academic Calendar....

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