Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) affects 1 in 10 women, roughly five million nationwide, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In addition to infertility, PCOS increases the risk of type 2 diabetes and other metabolic disorders—and there is no cure. The name suggests it originates in the ovaries, but Aleisha Moore, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in Kent State’s Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI), believes the origin will be found in the brain. “It’s a multimodal disease, and there are many things that lead to it,” Moore said. “But what we’ve found is that chan...

The events of May 4, 1970, mark an important time for current students to reflect and connect to the ones who shaped history almost five decades ago. Today, the similarities between the lives of May 4 students and today’s students seem more pertinent than ever. “I’m a college student. They were college students. The only thing separating us was time,” said Cameron Gorman, ‘19. Gorman graduated from Kent State in May with a degree in journalism and is now getting her graduate degree in creative writing at The Ohio State University. Before graduating, Gorman was involved in Jacqueline Mari...

With so many different social media platforms, it can be hard to know which one meets your needs and which one is right for you. Each platform has its own purpose and its own strengths and weaknesses. Keep reading to learn about the difference between Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat, what’s on the horizon for each platform and how Kent State leverages these channels.   Card   Instagram: Many individuals utilize Instagram to share their personal photos and videos with followers who can like and comment on the posts. With filters and other editing options within the plat...

As part of its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration held Jan. 24, Kent State University has announced the 2020 recipients of its Diversity Trailblazer Award, Beverly J. Warren Unity Award for Diversity and Rozell Duncan Student Diversity Award. Diversity Trailblazer Award Alfreda Brown, Kent State’s vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, was honored with the university’s 2020 Diversity Trailblazer Award for her years of promoting diversity, equity and inclusion across all eight Kent State campuses. The Diversity Trailblazer Award recognizes diversity pioneers associa...

As part of its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration held Jan. 24, Kent State University has announced the 2020 recipients of its Diversity Trailblazer Award, Beverly J. Warren Unity Award for Diversity and Rozell Duncan Student Diversity Award. Diversity Trailblazer Award Alfreda Brown, Kent State’s vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, was honored with the university’s 2020 Diversity Trailblazer Award for her years of promoting diversity, equity and inclusion across all eight Kent State campuses. The Diversity Trailblazer Award recognizes diversity pioneers associa...

Kent State University Geauga Campus is not just an academic institution. It’s also a workplace where young adults with special needs receive on-the-job training and transferrable skills that make them productive citizens in their own communities. This has become possible through a new partnership with the Educational Service Center of the Western Reserve (ESC), formerly the Geauga County Educational Service Center. Through the ESC, Kent State Geauga is a new job training site for local students with physical, cognitive, social, and/or emotional disabilities. The students, aged 16-22, are en...

Kent State's Employee Assistance Program, IMPACT, Introduces TESS TESS Provides Mental Health Support Using Artificial Intelligence TESS is an artificial intelligence chatbox that provides users with psychological and emotional support and improves your mental health and well-being. TESS, like all IMPACT services, is available to all Kent State full- and part-time faculty/staff, their spouse/domestic partner, dependent children in and away from home, and parents/parents-in-law. Tess simulates how a human would behave as a conversational partner while providing clinically prov...

On Friday, Jan. 24, members of the Kent State University community and the general public will gather to celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. The university’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration will start at 4 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. This year’s keynote speaker is Melissa Harris-Perry, Ph.D., the Maya Angelou Presidential Chair at Wake Forest University, television host, author and political commentator. At Wake Forest, Harris-Perry serves as the founding director of the Anna Julia Cooper Center, whose mission is to advance justice through interse...

Weight management can be challenging for all adolescents, but those from low-income families face added stressors that can make weight loss even more difficult. Those are the findings of Amy Sato, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, who has been studying the connection between obesity and low-income youth for more than seven years. “My focus is on pediatric obesity health disparities,” Sato said. “My passion is really finding ways to help youth who are from lower income areas to be healthier.” Sato’s current research is funded by a two-year, $417,000...

U.S. News & World Report has named two Kent State University programs as U.S. News Best Online Programs for 2020. Kent State is recognized in the Best Online MBA Programs and Best Online Graduate Education Programs rankings. U.S. News released its 2020 Best Online Programs rankings Tuesday, Jan. 14. Kent State’s Online MBA program, offered by the College of Business Administration, advanced to the top ranked program in northern Ohio on the 2020 Best Online MBA Programs list. In addition, the Online MBA is ranked among the top 100 public programs in the nation in the 2020 rankings. Th...