Dear alumni and friends,Earlier this month, we held the seventh annual Spirit of Women in Business Conference. The event was once again a great success, with more than 250 professional women and men in attendance and a dynamic lineup of speakers and panelists featured throughout the day. Rita McGrath, Ph.D., professor at Columbia University's Business School and one of the world's leading experts on strategy and innovation, delivered a thought-provoking keynote on the topic of innovation to kick off the event.We were also pleased to honor Kent State alumnus and College of Busin...
Anne Jefferson, Ph.D., associate professor of geology at Kent State University’s College of Arts and Sciences, is speaking out about White House budget proposals that could impact Lake Erie and the surrounding areas. Jefferson is passionate about finding solutions to growing environmental problems. The core of her research focuses on studying stormwater flooding and pollution. “Like other Ohio scientists, my ability to do this research depends, in large part, on support from federal agencies,” Jefferson wrote in an editorial in The Plain Dealer. Jefferson is concerned that...
A low socioeconomic status might not be the underlying cause of infant mortality and low birth weight among African American babies. Instead, researchers are looking at the role stress plays. Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences in Kent State University’s College of Arts and Sciences, explains how racism causes stress, which in turns causes the body to over produce stress hormones, affecting mother and baby. Learn more from WEWS-TV ...
Kent State University Distinguished Professor of Human Evolutionary Studies C. Owen Lovejoy, Ph.D., received the President's Medal from President Beverly Warren during the One University Commencement Ceremony on May 13 in Dix Stadium. The President’s Medal is the highest honor conferred by Kent State. It recognizes faculty and administrative staff who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of Kent State through extraordinary and unique service. In a stellar academic career spanning nearly 50 years, Lovejoy has advanced the education of students and global understanding of ...
WKSU presents “The Future of Television, Media and Journalism, with NPR TV Critic Eric Deggans” on Tuesday, June 13, at 7 p.m. at the Cedar Lee Theatre in Cleveland Heights. General admission tickets can be purchased at ClevelandCinemas.com for $15. Details are available at www.WKSU.org/ericdeggans. Some have called this era of quality TV a new “Golden Age of Television.” From so-called prestige TV programming on cable to an ever-expanding array of apps and online subscription services, viewers have never had so much access to a range of media options. What does this choice mean to legacy bro...
Ohio Gov. John Kasich has appointed Donald L. Mason of Zanesville, Ohio, to a three-year term on the Kent State University Board of Trustees. Mason’s appointment began May 19, 2017, replacing the unexpired term of the late trustee Richard Marsh, which runs through May 2020. “We welcome Don Mason to our board,” said Lawrence Pollock, chair of the Kent State Board of Trustees. “His extensive public service and experience as a private attorney will be an asset to the strategic vision of the university’s eight-campus system, and we look forward to his engagement with Kent State University.”...