International Liquid Crystal Society member, Professor Mark Warner, has passed away. From the International Liquid Crystal Society website: " It is with great sadness that I have to inform the society that our friend and colleague Prof Mark Warner FRS has very recently passed away. Mark was emeritus professor at the Cavendish laboratories of the University of Cambridge and one of the founders of the field of liquid crystalline elastomers. He was an eminent physicist, a Fellow of the Royal Society and an honorary fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. Prof Warner has received...
Kent State public relations seniors helped lay the groundwork for future partnerships between the university and the city of Kent. And today, many of their ideas are coming to life. Students in the Media and Journalism capstone course Public Relations Campaigns (taught by Professor Michele Ewing) partnered with the newly formed Kent State Office of University Outreach and Engagement as their client during the Spring 2021 semester. The office was established in June 2020 to enhance town-and-gown relationships with the city of Kent, among other things. In teams of six, students worked on...
International team of researchers co-led by Kent State professor investigates In a new study, researchers report the creation of an artificial molecule with superpowers. It has the potential to revolutionize nanotechnology – and it also explains one of nature’s intriguing enigmas: Why do we have a right hand and a left hand? When scientists discovered DNA and learned how to control it, science was revolutionized. Today researchers and the medical industry routinely create artificial DNA structures for many purposes, including diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Now an international rese...
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Terrorism can be a heavy subject for many to digest, but for Associate Professor Stephanie Danes Smith and School of Communication Studies Director Paul Haridakis, it is a teaching opportunity. For years, Smith and Haridakis have been analyzing how different communication tactics are used in terrorism and developed the Communication Studies course, Communication and Terrorism, as a result. As professional communicators and professors of communication, their attention was drawn to how ...
KENT, Ohio – Kent State’s Office of Graduate Admissions will offer Free Application Week starting on Friday, January 14 and concluding on Monday, January 24. Applications for all Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship master’s, doctoral and graduate certificate programs are included in this promotion. The application fee will be automatically waived for applicants from the United States who submit an application during this time. No special code is required to participate. Applicants do not need to provide all application materials (e.g., transcripts, letters ...