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Justin Lathia PhD, Vice Chair and Staff, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
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Art history professor emerita Carol Salus was interviewed for a new ideastream documentary about artist Roy Lichtenstein and his wife, Isabel. Salus was a family friend of the Lichtensteins. The documentary centers around the couple's time living in Cleveland and Isabel's successful career as an interior decorator, by which she financially supported her family in the 1950s. "Roy Lichtenstein's impact on the art world is well documented, but the story of his pre-Pop days in Cleveland and the woman who supported him as he developed his signature style is largely unknown," stated a summary o...
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Omid Tavakoli, M.F.A. '19 Print Media and Photography, was interviewed about his life and art for ideastream in April. The article “Equity in Art: Balancing Biracial Identity" centers around about his experience being a biracial artist. He also talks about his time studying at Kent State. Read the interview now on ideastream's website. ...
Roughly four out of 10 Americans have glossophobia, better known as having a fear of public speaking, and it is even slotted ahead of death, spiders, and a fear of heights. You can cross Lisa Sims off that list. Sims, a Psychologist in Counseling and Psychological Services at DeWeese Health Center, participated in the Toastmasters International speech contest after joining in September 2020. Participants – known as Toastmasters – begin at a smaller local level and advance based on how prolific the stories are they can tell in an impromptu fashion. The area contests, held on March 13...
Kent State alumna Kimberly Hathaway was awarded with the Joanne Rand Schwartz Cooperating Teacher of the Year Award on Tuesday, May 18th. While attending a staff meeting at Judith A. Resnik School where she teaches, Kimberly was surprised to see her former student teacher and mentee, Danielle Cardinal (Early Childhood Education, '20), deliver a brief speech about her exceptional experience as a student teacher under Kimberly's leadership. “The entire time I was part of her classroom, she never treated me like a ‘student-teacher,’ more than anything she treated ...
The United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) announced its' All-American and End of the Year Award winners for baseball and softball during the Homerun Derby at Showers Field, as part of the small college national championship events. Five Kent State University at Tuscarawas spring athletes were recognized for their athletic and academic accomplishments. Karlee Peach, a graduating senior who played first base for the Golden Eagles was selected as a USCAA Second Team All-American. She was a steady force in fielding and ranked 1st in the USCAA in batting average with a scorching ...
Kent State University alumna Jeannette Reyes, ’12, uses TikTok for fun outside of her television anchor responsibilities at FOX 5 Washington, D.C. Last October, Reyes posted a video with her husband using their “anchor talk” voices to decide on choices for dinner. She never expected her video to gain so much momentum. “This video got 5 million views on Twitter and gained attraction from Jimmy Kimmel and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez commenting and retweeting,” Reyes said. “At that time, I probably had 25,000 followers on TikTok, and since then, it's grown to almost 700,000. After eight mont...
Metropolis Future 100 honors the top 100 architecture and interior design graduates of the class of 2021. The magazine’s list includes 50 Architecture and 50 Interior Design students from the U.S. and Canada. Among them are three Kent State Interior Design students, Ashley Schwartz, Elizabeth Koening, and Madelyn Orcutt—the most named from any University. Ashley Schwartz - Fourth Year | Interior Design Ashley started out in the CAED Architecture program before switching to Interior Design in her second year. She found herself admiring the projects that the Interior Desi...
The Global Vaccine Poem, launched in early April by Kent State University’s Wick Poetry Center and the University of Arizona’s Poetry Center, has grown to more than 1,700 stanzas submitted by people in all 50 states and 89 countries. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, at his May 17 news briefing on the COVID-19 pandemic, shared a video about the project to encourage all Ohioans to submit a stanza. April, which is designated as National Poetry Month, was chosen as the month for the project’s kickoff. “We are so excited to have the governor give this attention to our project,” said David...
Four members of the Spring 2021 graduating class - Brittany Gattarello, Bryan Huston, Jennifer Jerman and Nick Pizzi - reflect on their respective journeys, and the obstacles each faced and overcome, to obtain their Kent State Ashtabula degrees as part of the 72 Commencement Ceremony celebration on Friday, May 14, 2021 at SPIRE in Geneva, Ohio. If video does not load properly, CLICK HERE to watch. More Commencement Coverage ...