On Friday, April 14, the Akron Section of the American Chemical Society will be holding its annual Crano Memorial Lecture and dinner. This year, it will be on the Kent Campus, in the Integrated Sciences Building. The schedule is as follows: 5:30pm: Networking 6:30pm: Dinner 7:00pm: Lecture (open to the public) The lecture, Reducing Carbon Footprint with Next Generation Photovoltaics, will be presented by Dr. Prashant V. Kamat (Notre Dame University). In addition, Outstanding Junior Chemistry Award Winners will be acknowledged, and the Gene Easter Award will be presented prior to Dr. Ka...

We’ve heard it countless times over the past three years - the term “new normal”. Companies around the world are using it to describe new telecommuting policies, social events are shrinking, and brick and mortar stores are closing in favor of web markets, all due in-part to the COVID-19 era of recent history. But when it comes to your continuing medical education, are hours spent isolated behind your computer screen the new normal? KSUCPM recently polled podiatric physicians and surgeons nationwide to find out. While it may have been the catalyst for change three years ago, it seems that th...

Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine (KSUCPM), one of 11 accredited colleges of podiatric medicine in the United States, is proud to enter into a Grant Agreement with the Bako Medical Education Foundation, Inc. (“BMEF”). The Bako Medical Education Foundation strives to advance diagnostic excellence in the field of podiatry through education, empowerment, and inspiration. Toward this goal, the Foundation sponsors with scholarships and fellowships educational institutions that seek to train the podiatric medical community on the innovations and best-practices of medical diagnos...

In honor of Women’s History Month, Kent State Today will be looking at the accomplishments of Kent State women who have advanced the cause of women, broken glass ceilings and left a lasting impact on women’s history.   When she came to Kent State University in October 2009, Alfreda Brown Ph.D., made history by becoming the first person ever to lead a university division dedicated completely to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.   As vice president for the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Brown served as a powerful voice for making sure no one i...

 Collaboration and teamwork have been the common threads that have led Kent State Media and Journalism alumna Raytevia Evans, M.A. ‘12, through teaching English abroad, graduate school, work as an education reporter and now, as a public information officer.She says that every time she’s produced work she’s proud of, it has been the result of a group project. And one of the first places she experienced this was in Kent State Student Media. “(Student media) gave me an opportunity to work with a lot of different writers (and) photographers that are right there on campus that you ca...