Fathima Nafrisha Cassim Bawa, a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in the biomedical sciences program specializing in pharmacology, won the Biomedical/Healthcare division of the Global Cleveland International Pitch with her pitch, “Drug Repurposing to Treat Metabolic Syndrome by Utilizing Machine Learning Approaches.” Global Cleveland is an economic development organization that works to connect northeast Ohio with the international community. Nancy Janis, vice president and COO of Global Cleveland, said the pitch competition was developed to spotlight international talent at the university level....

While most 18-year-olds are finishing up their high school requirements for graduation and making plans to attend college or applying for jobs, a few exceptional students like Benjamin Mudrak are simply way ahead of their peers in their academic pursuits. Mudrak, who started taking college courses through the College Credit Plus Program (CCP) at Kent State University while in eighth grade, will graduate this Saturday, May 15, with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics through the College of Arts and Sciences. His future could not be much brighter as he is set to begin graduate school...

Kent State University at Tuscarawas engineering technology students collaborated on their capstone project during the spring semester and unveiled an electric powered ATV on finals night this week. A class of five students from electrical/electronics engineering technology and mechanical engineering technology participated in the process from the ground up – taking a gas-powered vehicle and converting it to one that runs on electric power. The capstone project was started in January 2020 but shuttered after the frame was stripped in March due to COVID-19 restrictions. This spring’s class fi...

Warren, OH (May 13, 2021) - When Richard Lehman Jr. joined the Army in 2010, he planned to make it a career. One night changed those plans when he was loading 30 mm ammunition onto an AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter. However, as is sometimes true, when one door closes, another one opens.  Lehman was stationed at Ft Campbell, Kentucky and deployed to Afghanistan twice in 2011 and then again in 2014. He was an armament avionics electrician and one of his duties was to load ammunition and to do it quickly. One night in extreme darkness, he was running toward the Apache and he fell ove...

The Division of Student Affairs at Kent State has been named one of the 30 Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs for 2021 by ACPA-College Student Educators International and Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. This is the first time the division has received the honor and was only one of three schools in Ohio to garner the award, joining Miami University-Oxford and The Ohio State University. With a direct focus on workplace diversity, staffing practices, and work environment, the research uses a web-based survey approach to examine categories such as family friendliness, sala...

Five Kent State University Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI) faculty were recently featured on National Public Radio’s The Academic Minute radio program.  The Academic Minute is a two-and-a-half-minute daily module which features researchers from colleges and universities around the world, keeping listeners abreast of what’s new and exciting in the academy.  During the week of April 19-23, 2021, different BHRI researchers were featured each day, sharing updates on groundbreaking neuroscience research and its impact on the world. “The BHRI is committed to improving ...

While all eyes were on the stage to meet the NFL stars of the future, scores of current and former Kent State students were nearby during the league’s recent draft, which was held in Cleveland on April 29-May 1, 2021. In all, more than 200 students, alumni, faculty and staff were given an opportunity to play a myriad of roles throughout draft weekend in both paid and volunteer capacities. They were divided into groups ranging from eight to 75 and were given responsibilities ranging from security and event services to managing the highly coveted VIP area for fully vaccinated guests. The o...

Congratulations to Julie Mazzei, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Political Science (in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University) for being awarded the 2021 Mid American Conference (MAC) Outstanding Faculty Award for Student Success. Mazzei is one of only 12 institutional winners for the award given out to recognize the outstanding efforts of MAC faculty to support and develop students both inside and outside of the classroom.  Mazzei has been a political science professor at Kent State since 2007. She earned her Ph.D. in Political Scie...