Nearly 150 area high school students with an insatiable hunger for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics enjoyed a banquet of ‘small bites’ during two Women in STEM Day events hosted by the Kent State University Geauga and the Twinsburg Academic Center this fall. The first Women in STEM Day attracted 108 high schoolers to the Kent State Geauga Campus in Burton on October 18. Students from Berkshire (41), iSTEM Geauga (44), and James A. Garfield (23) all mingled to listen to a keynote speaker and to participate in two of four randomly-assigned workshops in math, chemistry, and bi...
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November is a month to reflect and be thankful. We’d like to start this post by thanking everyone for supporting the Kent State’s social media efforts throughout the year. We appreciate each and every one of our followers! Now, let’s take a look back at some of our top content from the month of November. This Instagram post from Nov. 26, highlights our previous blog post about the most Instagram-worthy spots at the Kent Campus. The image, which features the John Elliot Center for Architecture and Environmental Design, had the highest engagement of all Instagram posts this past mo...
Catch phrases come and go in the world of sports that can also be applied to any individual’s journey through life. One comes to mind when looking at the story former athletic director, now nationally known speaker, author and business consultant Joan C. Cronan could share as commencement speaker with every Kent State University graduate at its Dec. 14 commencement ceremony: “Go get it, and come back with it.” From an early age, Cronan knew she wanted to live and work in the world of athletics, even as it was primarily a closed shop to women. But through a career that i...
Two nationally known neuroscience researchers have joined Kent State to continue their quest to uncover the brain’s complex functions—and to collaborate with researchers from a wide range of disciplines at the university and across the region to advance our knowledge of the human brain and translate those discoveries into new treatments and care for brain and nervous system diseases. In January 2019, Kent State University welcomed Michael Lehman, Ph.D., as the Brain Health Research Institute’s inaugural director, and his longtime collaborator and wife, Lique Coolen, Ph.D., a globally ...
The Direction Home of Eastern Ohio recently donated funds to the Kent State East Liverpool Season’s Readings project, marking the agency’s support of the project for a third year. Formerly known as the Area Agency on Aging Chapter 11, the agency donated $750 to purchase new children’s books, which will be distributed by Kent State to youngsters along the parade route of the East Liverpool Christmas parade. Joe Rossi, chief executive officer of Direction Home of Eastern Ohio, made the presentation to Kent State East Liverpool. “We are so proud to be able to support this projec...
