Alicia Costello is making the rounds of Northeast Ohio. As an upperclassman who was born in the Sandy Valley area, she now resides in Canton, and commutes to the Kent State Salem and Stark campuses regularly to attend class. Last academic year, she also became a fellow within the Environmental Science and Design Research Institute (ESDRI) at Kent State, which means she occasionally comes to the Kent Campus now. Alicia also drives all over the state to see her siblings (including an identical twin sister at Ohio State University), hike, ski, snowboard and spend time with...
Daniela Popescu, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor at Kent State University Geauga Campus, in the Biological Sciences Department, has earned three awards from the university’s Center of Teaching and Learning (CTL). During the fall 2021 semester, she medalled at the Bronze, Silver and Gold levels. Each teaching award reflects her ability to adapt to new technologies and implement them into the classroom for enhanced learning outcomes among her students. Dr. Popescu won a Bronze Teaching Recognition Award for completing the “Canvas in a Flash” course and implementing what she learned into h...
The National Science Foundation recently awarded a two-year $198,978 grant to Tao Shen, Ph.D., for the development of a compact, cable-driven serial robot that can be used in medical settings. Shen, assistant professor in the College of Aeronautics & Engineering, aims to build a robot with his students that will address the critical limitations that most current medical robots have. “Surgical robots use very tiny motors to operate in a human body, but even then the robot itself ends up being very big,” Shen said. “And it needs to be sterilized using heat or chemicals, which kills the b...
Each week throughout the month of April, Cancerwellness.com will publish excerpts from Adjunct Professor Laura Yeager's cancer memoir, Cancer Loot. ...
A plethora of activities are on tap for faculty, staff and students to celebrate National Public Health Week. Visit the CPH website to register. Use hashtags #NPHW and @kentcph for social media posts! Learn more. ...
Practicing gratitude is one of the most reliable methods for increasing positivity and life satisfaction. For the sixth consecutive year, Kent State will participate in the Gratitude Graffiti Project, a practice of purposeful reflection and appreciation expressed through interactive art. The first three years consisted of poster boards filled of colorful post-it notes with sentiments of gratitude, as well as window displays reflecting window chalk expressions of thankfulness across all KSU campuses. In 2020, Gratitude Graffiti went virtual, and we continue that this year during ...
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). SAAM is a national campaign that raises awareness and promotes education about sexual harassment, sexual violence, and how to prevent it. The Office of Gender Equity and Title IX encourages all employees to show your support for SAAM by completing your annual Beyond Compliance Training. Register here for the next Let’s Talk Title IX prevention course scheduled for April 11, from 2 - 3 p.m., or scan the enclosed QR code. This course counts as 1 hour of Beyond Compliance training. To stay up to date on other Tit...
School of Theatre and Dance faculty members Tamara L. Honesty, associate professor of scenic design, Michelle Hunt Souza, assistant professor of costume design, Grace Cochran Keenan, assistant professor of costume technology, and Jakyung C. Seo, associate professor of lighting design recently made significant contributions at the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) annual conference in Baltimore, one of the largest theatre conferences in the country. Founded in 1960, USITT promotes dialogue, research, and learning amon...
Join us this week as the Materials Science Graduate Program celebrate Graduate Student Appreciation Week. ...
Dear Kent State University Students, Faculty and Staff, Welcome back! We hope you had an enjoyable spring break and that you are rejuvenated and ready to finish the 2022 Spring Semester on a high note. The sustained decline of COVID-19 cases has given us reason to feel hopeful, and we encourage you to do your part to make sure that our university community remains safe and healthy for the remainder of the semester. COVID-19 Testing The omicron BA.2 variant of COVID-19 continues to increase its spread worldwide and throughout the U.S. We encourage all of you, particularl...