More than two dozen Kent State University faculty, staff members and students took part in Saturday’s Equality March, which kicked off the inaugural Akron Pride 2017 event. This is the first time the city of Akron has sponsored a Pride event, and the university participated as a sponsor for the day’s activities, which begin with the march at 11 a.m. in Akron’s Highland Square neighborhood. The march headed west on West Market Street about 1.5 miles to Hardesty Park, where a Pride festival took place from noon to 8 p.m. Katie Mattise, program coordinator for Kent State’s LGBTQ Student ...
College of Communication & Information
After a year of renovations, Taylor Hall will reopen for classes on Monday, Aug. 28. The Schools of Communication Studies (COMM) and Visual Communication Design (VCD) share the space in the modernized, four-floor building. The May 4 Visitors Center also calls Taylor Hall home and will reopen with normal hours on Sept. 5. The School of Digital Sciences (DSCI), which joined the College of Communication and Information (CCI) in July, will spend the 2017-2018 academic year in Taylor Hall, as well. Find the updated locations of classes by viewing course sched...
According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases diagnosed and 600,920 cancer deaths in the U.S. in 2017. These numbers are stark and sobering, and worse yet, we still do not know exactly why cancer develops in its victims or how to stop it. A recent online publication in Nature Nanotechnology by Kent State University researchers and their colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan, however, may offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad. Hanbin Mao, Ph.D., professor of chemistry and biochemistry in Kent State’s College of ...
Kent Campus
Kent State University and downtown Kent prepare to welcome new and returning students for the fall semester. ...
Kent State Tuscarawas 5K Returns to Harry Clever Field for Fourth Year It’s time to take flight for scholarships! Registrations are being accepted for the 2017 Kent State Tuscarawas Alumni Association Glowway Run 5K, presented by Geib Funeral Home and Crematory. Open to the public, the 5K Run and 1.5 mile Fun Run/Walk will be held Sept. 16 at Harry Clever Field in New Philadelphia. Registration begins at 6:15 p.m. and the race at 7:15 p.m. “We are excited to have the race at Harry Clever Field,” said Chad Conrad, director of advancement at Kent State Tuscarawas ...
Haithem Zourrig, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship, and Joe Cosentino, undergraduate student at Kent State Stark, have received a Best Paper Award in the “Multicultural Issues track,” discerned by the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences (ASBBS) at the 24th annual ASBBS conference meeting held in March 23-25, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The co-authored paper is titled “Insurance Fraud: A Cross-Cultural Perspective.” ...
Gregory King and Megan Young, School of Theatre and Dance, presented "Cloud of Whiteness" at the Spaces Gallery in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 5, 2017. "Clouds of Whiteness," is an interactive sculpture, environment and performance space concept. Designed and directed by Young and performed by King, in "Clouds of Whiteness," Young abstracts social and political erasure through a sculptural feedback loop whereby cleaning or moving the modular brick sculpture triggers a fresh layer of white residue. The antagonistic mechanisms are made visible so that viewers may consider agency withi...
It’s that time of year again! As part of the Wellness Your Way employee incentive program, full-time, benefits-eligible employees are invited to attend an onsite health screening, or have one completed in their primary care physician's office. Screenings conducted from Sept. 27, 2017, through April 30, 2018, will go toward the employee Tier One requirement for 2018 incentives. This puts employees well on their way toward their first $150, which will be paid out in February 2018, so that the Employee Wellness Team may complete the 2017 incentive processing that is underway. Onsite Scree...
Kent Campus
Familiar Face Kathryn Wilson Professor Department of Economics Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I teach and do research in economics. The courses I teach include everything from First Year Experience (FYE) for incoming students to the capstone course in the major. My research focuses on social mobility, income distribution and poverty. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: August 1996 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: Graduate student LIKES MOST ABOUT KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: I love the people at Kent State, especially the students. I also love all that Kent as a colle...