For the second year in a row, Kent State University has the distinction of ranking among the top 20 companies nationwide in Forbes’ recently released list of America’s Best Employers for Diversity 2020. Kent State ranks No. 13 among 500 companies in 24 industry sectors and is the only Ohio public or private college or university to make the 2020 ranking. Duke University (No. 8) was the only higher education employer ranked above Kent State. Kent State President Todd Diacon said he is proud of staff, faculty and administration for their steadfast dedication to diversity and inclusion. ...

  肯特州立大学护理学院将在2020年秋季学期迎来重新设计课程后的第一批护理学博士。新开发的科学课程经过精心设计，使学生在护理历史和哲学、护理理论、科学写作、研究方法、统计学、定量和定性设计等领域获得基本知识，并为应对新兴的护理科学领域做好准备。     调整后的博士项目 负责研究生项目的副院长Wendy Umberger博士说:“调整后的项目将满足我们学生和更广泛的护理社区的需求。它可以是全日制的，也可以是在职的，为学生提供了更大的灵活性，他们中的许多人在完成课程和论文研究的同时继续工作。” 为了更好地培养学生成为未来护理研究的科学领导者，每个学生都将与一位有着相似研究兴趣的教员密切合作。在整个博士项目期间，学生将有机会与他们的指导老师一起发表和展示研究成果，从而通过实践的方式学习，同时也成为一名适应社会需求的护理学家。     Umberger博士说:“对博士生来说，在项目的早期接受专业社会化是很重要的，以便学生明白成为一名研究人员和科学家意味着什么。在选择博士项目时，学生们会找一位他们非常认可的研究领域专家作为指导老师和导师。”   更多研究方向 肯特州立大学护理学院的教师们研究方向非常广泛，包括: •在整个生命周期中对急慢性疾病进行自我管理 •家庭系统...

Nothing compares to a child’s love for a canine. In fact, dogs are believed to be an integral part of a child’s life and many kids feel better when they’re with pets. Nevertheless, there is surprisingly little research, and no well-established measures, on how best to evaluate children’s relationships with their pet dogs. Led by Kent State researchers Kathryn Kerns and Manfred van Dulmen from the Department of Psychological Sciences, and funded by a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, this new study will seek to measure children’s relationships with thei...

Ecosystems in today's world are responding to a wide variety of environmental changes. What happens when these changes interact? That was the topic of a paper published by David Ward, Ph.D., the Art and Margaret Herrick endowed professor of Plant Biology in Kent State’s Department of Biological Sciences, and international colleagues and graduate students in the journal Scientific Reports. In their new paper, Ward and colleagues asked whether this encroachment of woody shrubs into grasslands in South Africa would increase or decrease the amount of carbon stored in the soil under the plants. A...