Deepshikha Bhati

Deepshikha Bhati has reached several milestones in her short career as an educator and researcher, all of which highlights her dedication and passion for sharing her expertise with others. She is a computer science lecturer on the Kent State Stark campus, with a keen interest in artificial intelligence (AI) technology.Just this year, Bhati was selected as a John and Fonda Elliot Design Innovation Faculty Fellow through which she is engaged in a prestigious interdisciplinary program focused on human-centered design and innovation strategy. She was also named a Teaching Scholars Program Fel...

  Department of Psychological Sciences’ assistant professor Dr. Kathleen Casto co-authored a commentary in Nature Medicine that advocates for studying menstrual cycle irregularities such as polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) in brain research. For more information about this commentary and Dr. Casto’s research, check out the following post from the KSU Brain Health Research Institute: https://www.kent.edu/brainhealth/news/dr-kathleen-casto-co-authors-commentary-womens-reproductive-health-research-nature...

Hadi Rahmati

When School of Visual Communication Design professor Hadi Rahmati met Computer Science assistant professor Raiful Hasan at Kent State University's new faculty orientation in 2023, their conversation about their respective research interests led to an important project. They're working together to solve a big problem: how can self-driving cars communicate better with pedestrians?Based on suggestions from Hasan, Rahmati read about 20 research articles on human-machine interaction and noticed something important was missing. None of the articles applied communication theory – the science of how p...

Squirrel statue.

  In its home among the plants at the edge of the Beyer-Murin Gardens, near the University Library on the Kent Campus, the large black squirrel statue is a campus landmark, a central meeting place and a photo opportunity.   Apparently, it can also serve as a fashion model or an impromptu "lost and found," wearing clothing that might have been lost or accidentally left behind by students. Want to see YOUR photos in “IN A FLASH?” Submit your Kent State-related photos to InAFlash@kent.edu and you may see them in a future Kent State Today post. Photos s...

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