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. ...
College of the Arts
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. ...
College of the Arts
Davin Ebanks, assistant professor of glass and M.F.A. alumnus, has been selected for the group exhibition "Full Spectrum: Visionaries Elevating Art, Craft, and Design" on view at the Pittsburgh Glass Center through May 23, 2022. The exhibition, curated by Corey Pemberton, Nisha Blackwell and April Felipe, showcases visionary makers of color from around the country who are producing extraordinary craft objects, while illustrating the vast number of pathways to a successful and meaningful career. Artists included in the exhibition are Natalia Arbelaez, Ana Armengod, N.E. Brown, Eunsuh Choi, Tany...
College of Communication & Information
Scrolling through Instagram led Kent State alumnus Liam Reis, '18, to the opportunity of a lifetime: serving as a Youth Ambassador for the USA Pavilion at World Expo in Dubai from Jan. 7 until April 2, 2022. Reis felt drawn to this amazing opportunity after seeing the Instagram ad — a photo of the USA Pavilion in which he would work if selected as an Ambassador. He learned that Youth Ambassadors would be representing the United States at the Global Expo and be a part of a program with the U.S. Department of State. Liam was competitively selected for this hono...