Kent State/NEOMED Biomedical Sciences graduate students Kevin Budge and Rachel Corrigan earned top honors at the 2019 Cleveland Brain Health Initiative Retreat held at Case Western University on August 29th. Kevin won first place and Rachel won second place from among fifty presentations from top labs and institutions in the region. Kevin’s advisor is Dr. Fayez Safadi, Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED). Rachel’s advisor is Dr. Gemma Casadesus Smith, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Kent State University. Kevin and Rac...

Absence is said to make the heart grow fonder. It can certainly help you appreciate what you left behind. This is a lesson Lia Fuhry learned when she left Kent State University Geauga Campus and Twinsburg Academic Center to attend a big state university. Lia originally attended the Twinsburg Academic Center as a high school senior, taking classes on campus through the College Credit Plus program. Not a fan of public school, she was enrolled in online high school with Ohio Connections Academy. After graduating as valedictorian in 2017, she accepted a scholarship to Bowling Green St...