For two decades, Heather Caldwell, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Kent State University, has been studying what happens within the brain that potentially modulates social behavior such as aggression, social memory and maternal care....

The Princeton Review’s 2023 rankings of top undergraduate schools for game design have been released, and the Kent State University College of Applied and Technical Studies Bachelor of Science degree in Animation Game Design (AGD) program broke through the top 50 as one of the best programs in game design studies....

Introducing new perspectives can help students learn about unique cultures and explore similarities and differences. Ikram Toumi, an assistant professor in the School of Communication Studies, has brought that possibility to Kent State University with her global education initiatives. ...

There’s a swamp in the DI Gallery – scaled down to about five feet. The gallery’s latest exhibit, “Draining the Swamp: An Environmental History of Wetlands on the Kent Campus,” features decades of maps and newspaper clippings that tell the story of the once heavily forested campus. The centerpiece is a scaled down 3D model of the campus’ geography, including drained and preserved wetlands. Jennifer Mapes, an urban geographer and cartographer; Lauren Kinsman-Costello, a wetlands ecologist; and Seth Rainey, a master’s student in geography collaborated to bring to life the “university c...

Remember the Footprints Student Newsletter from your OCPM days? Footprints was the student newspaper of the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine, from 1952 to 2011. With the purpose of disseminating information to the student body, the newspaper included college news, upcoming events, information about the profession, and, occasionally, scholarly articles. Throughout its publication, the masthead included all college name changes: the Ohio College of Chiropody, the Ohio College of Podiatry and the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine (CPM). Now, you can take steps down memory lane with the CPM ...

In addition to serving KSUCPM for many years, dynamic doctor duo Edweana Robinson, MD and Robert L. Haynie, MD are busy mentors for student doctors everywhere. Most recently, they’re in the news as such for Case Western Reserve University Medical School student Tamia Potter. Tamia has recently made history in becoming the first Black woman doctor to be offered a highly coveted residency position in neurosurgery at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee! Tamia attributes much-needed mentorship and support to the two emeritus deans from Case, saying, “These people made sure that I coul...