The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry hosted an activity station at Spooky Science, entitled, "Matter is Molecules and Molecules Matter." The Spooky Science event is held over four days every October on the trails of Beech Creek Botanical Gardens in Alliance, Ohio. Families explore science through activity stations set in the stunning autumnal colors of the Gardens; a perfect way to celebrate Fall while learning about nature. For more information about Spooky Science and Beech Creek, visit https://www.beechcreekgardens.org. Department Chair Christopher Fenk said, "As ...
Eyewitness accounts, analysis and other perspectives of the day four students were shot and nine others wounded by Ohio National Guard soldiers have become the topic of multiple podcasts. In an era that has seen the number of podcasts grow exponentially, the debate over May 4 is well-suited for those who wish to share their views and memories, often uninterrupted via a longer format than traditional storytelling. There are currently more than 750,000 podcasts featuring more than 30 million episodes, according to podcastinginsights.com. As the university community continues its ac...
One of Kent State University’s most prolific and renowned researchers has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences. Quan Li, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow in the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, joins the prestigious Brussels-based organization that includes about 660 members from 45 nations, including 65 Nobel Prize and Fields Medal winners. Li’s election to the academy recognizes his profound contributions as a leading authority on the development of advanced smart materials, particularly in the field of liquid crystals. “I think I speak for many people, if not eve...
BHRI Seminar Series - Ranjan Dutta, Ph.D., Department of Neurosciences, Cleveland Clinic
Ranjan Dutta, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosciences
Learner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
Remyelination Failure as a Cause of Disease Progression in Multiple sclerosis
https://www.lerner.ccf.org/neurosci/dutta/
Dr. Daniel Dankovich, lecturer-biology at Kent State East Liverpool, received the 2019 Outstanding Teaching Award from the University Teaching Council at Kent State. This is the university’s highest honor for nontenure-track faculty. Dankovich began teaching part-time for Kent State in 2010, teaching on the Salem, Twinsburg, Burton and East Liverpool campuses. He became a fulltime faculty member on the East Liverpool Campus in 2018, teaching human biology and anatomy/physiology. Now living in Canfield, Dankovich graduated from Austintown Fitch High School in 1980. He received two b...
Huffman Mayer Paolo Wealth Management Group of Wells Fargo Advisors is announcing a combined $140,000 in gifts to support Kent State University at Ashtabula’s Rising Scholars program. The initial $90,000 will go directly to Kent State Ashtabula and the program while another $50,000 will go into the Rising Scholars Fund through the Ashtabula Foundation. ““I am eternally grateful to the staff at Huffman Mayer Paolo Wealth Management Group for their leadership in support of the Rising Scholars program,” said Dean and Chief Administrative Officer Susan J. Stocker, Ph.D. “The culture that ...