By: Tara Smith, PhD – Professor of Epidemiology, College of Public Health I can’t count how many times I have said “we just don’t know yet” in interviews while discussing the emergence of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus responsible for causing COVID-19. Scientists and public health officials are operating without having all of the information about this new virus, and that makes it incredibly difficult to make confident predictions. In fact, the uncertainty makes the present conditions difficult for all of us. So, when I was asked to write about what will happen betwee...
By: Sydney Evans – Junior, Public Health Major and Undergraduate Student Government College of Public Health Senator "Life is 10% of what happens to you, and 90%” how you react to it." This is a quote from one of my favorite poems, “Attitude” by Charles Swindoll. For the last month, the social distancing rule has been a hot topic around the world and has prompted me to appreciate those words by Swindoll even more. So, what exactly is social distancing you ask? According to the Center for Disease Control, it is defined as “the act of physically distancing and reducin...
Congratulations to Tim Ogolla, Soumya Chandrasekhar and Xinfang Zhang for winning 1st, 2nd & 3rd place in the CPIP Spring 2020 Final Research Presentations. Each of them will receive a $25 dollar gift card to Amazon. Along with everyone else who presented will receive free memberships to OSA, SPIE and SID student chapters. Thank you again to everyone who presented and attended the research presentations! Also special thanks to the student chapters for their support and donations! ...
Kent State University’s virtual 50th Commemoration to honor and remember the events of May 4, 1970, will take place online beginning Friday, May 1. Visitors to the May 4 50th Commemoration website will be able to view a variety of special videos, online exhibits and interactive tours, all designed to honor and remember Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder, the Kent State students who lost their lives 50 years ago on the Kent State campus. On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard fired on Kent State students during an anti-war protest, killing four stude...
When students decide what college or university to attend, one of the biggest decisions that follows is whether to live on campus or commute to campus from home or an apartment. While living on campus is an integral part of the college experience for some students, each of these options has its perks and drawbacks, and students who commute should know that they have plenty of company, particularly at Kent State: according to data from Institutional Research, 49.2% of Kent State Honors College students commuted to campus during the fall 2019 semester. Gra...
Have you ever seen the “nasty green slime” – properly known as a harmful algal bloom, or HAB in Lake Erie? Remember the July 31, 2014 “Do Not Drink/Do Not Boil” public health warning messages in Toledo? Tests revealed that the algae was producing microcystin, a sometimes deadly liver toxin and suspected carcinogen. Experts say that without properly addressing the issues of high nutrient pollution (nitrogen and phosphorus which stimulate the growth of algae) from sewage, agriculture and suburban runoff, and high water temperatures (linked to climate change) these warnings could become more f...
亲爱的肯特学子及教职工团队，
俄亥俄州州长Mike DeWine于3月12日禁止了所有100人以上的室内和室外活动，同时，他也给出预测，冠状病毒（COVID-19）在俄亥俄州的传播很可能在4月下旬至5月中旬达到顶峰。为响应州长的号召，肯特州立大学将本学期剩余所有时间的课程都更改为远程指导课程。
在此，我们强烈建议仍然居住在肯特州立校区的学生返回家中，在家中度过本学期剩余的时间。对于在3月30日之前腾出宿舍的学生，我们将退回部分宿舍费用及膳食计划费用。我们将尽快更新费用退还的详细信息。我们也将帮助在此期间无法回家的学生，学校仍然允许他们使用数量有限的学生宿舍和就餐场所。
尊敬的学生及申请人：
肯特州立大学环球教育办公室了解到，许多社区都受到了冠状病毒/COVID-19疫情的影响，未来入学的学生可能面临不确定的未来。 谨在此通知您，我们仍将继续审核申请，并且录取过程不会中断。我们了解这种情况可能会影响您，因此我们鼓励您与我们联系，以根据具体情况对您的情况进行审查。
国际招生办公室还将继续为我们的申请人和招生提供支持。面对面咨询服务将暂停，恢复时间另行通知。此外，我们扩大了远程咨询的范围，并鼓励您访问我们的咨询网站以获取更多信息。如果您还有其他问题，请发送电子邮件至intladm@kent.edu。在国内的小伙伴也可以联系肯特州立中国中心，联系方式beijing@kent.edu。
April’s observance as Autism Awareness Month is coming to a close, but research into the whys and hows of autism is always ongoing at Kent State University. Michael N. Lehman, Ph.D., director of the Brain Health Research Institute at Kent State, said the university supports autism research that focuses on basic discoveries within the brain, as well as applied human research involving students with autism, which makes Kent State’s body of research unique and diverse. On the basic research front is Woo-Yang Kim, Ph.D., who joined Kent State’s faculty in the summer of 2018 as an a...