Congrats to Exercise Physiology doctoral student Brittany Smith for winning first place in the 2024 American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Aging Interest Group Thematic Poster Research Awards.The awards program recognizes exemplary achievements by promising students and early-career scientists in the field of aging and exercise. This year's theme is Physical Activity, Fitness, and Function: Emerging Findings on Aging.Smith, who is also a student member of the Kent State's Brain Health Research Institute, presented a poster titled Motor Responses to Patient-Specific Adaptive Dynam...

   1st Lt. Ashley White, who graduated from Kent State University in 2009 with a bachelor of science degree in athletic training, was recently featured in CBS News' Memorial Day coverage for her trailblazing service and ultimate sacrifice in Afghanistan. Tragically, White was killed at age 24 by an improvised explosive device during her deployment. White, who grew up in Northeast Ohio, joined the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps during her second semester at Kent State. According the CBS News report, she went on to be recruited as one of the first few dozen women soldiers d...

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...