Kent State University psychology professor John Gunstad, Ph.D., has received a grant of nearly $2.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to expand his Alzheimer’s disease research into a national study. Gunstad is studying how speech patterns in older adults can be used as an early detector of Alzheimer’s, the progressive neurological disorder that is the leading cause of dementia in the elderly. Alzheimer’s causes changes in the brain before symptoms appear. Gunstad’s research began last year, through Kent State’s Brain Health Research Institute and its partnership with the C...
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Chaya Kessler, director of the Jewish Studies Program, recently received the Exemplary Holocaust Educator award from the group SSI, (Students Supporting Israel). This award speaks highly of how she has gone above and beyond to bring outstanding holocaust education to her students. It shows how passionate and committed Chaya is to teaching future generations in all areas of Judaism, including the holocaust. She was nominated by Sophia Witt, a graduate from the Jewish Studies Program, who was moved by Kessler’s teachings. Sophia stated, “The trip I took to Poland changed my life forever, and rem...
Kent State University, the city of Kent and the Portage Area Regional Transit Authority (PARTA) jointly have committed to the economic development of retail/entertainment areas serving students, employees and guests of the university and the city. Together, they have committed to work toward a successful design solution to alleviate traffic congestion and safety concerns along East Main Street from Willow Street to Horning Road. At its March 4 meeting, the Kent State Board of Trustees approved the memorandum of understanding between the three partners for the redevelopment project to transf...
Seven College of Aeronautics and Engineering (CAE) professional pilot/ flight technology students accepted qualified offers from Delta, making the group the first from Kent State University to receive the distinction from Delta. A ceremony took place at the FedEx Aeronautics Academic Center, part of the CAE, hosted by Delta, which welcomed families and Kent State faculty/staff to welcome the pilots to the Delta family. Barring the parameters to a role at Delta are met, the students will work for Delta within 42 months. “We couldn’t be more proud of our students who worked hard and were commi...
From Australia to Kentucky, Kent State University leaves its mark all over the world. Each year, Kent State students participate in off-campus study away/study abroad programs and internships in locations across the country and around the world. And they take photos—lots and lots of photos. The Kent State Magazine highlighted some of these trips by featuring some of the students' experiences. Hear from the students and see photos from their trips in the Fall/Winter 2019-20 Kent State Magazine ...
UPDATE: Following the March 10 announcement that Kent State University will follow Governor DeWine’s recommendations and those from state health authorities, the two scheduled appearances and book signings by author and speaker Mark McDonough, M.D. at Kent State University at Ashtabula for Wednesday, March 18, 2020 have been canceled. The event is not currently being rescheduled. However, copies of his book “Forged Through Fire” are available through the Kent State Ashtabula Barnes & Noble College Store. Mark McDonough, M.D., PT, will share his story of resiliency, survival and pers...
New paper by Lavrentovich group published in Nature Physics: Abstract Active matter exhibits remarkable collective behaviour in which flows, continuously generated by active particles, are intertwined with the orientational order of these particles. The relationship remains poorly understood as the activity and order are difficult to control independently. Here we demonstrate important facets of this interplay by exploring the dynamics of swimming bacteria in a liquid crystalline environment with predesigned periodic splay and bend in molecular orientation. The bacteria are expelled from...
Ohio, like many states, suffers from a teacher shortage, especially in early childhood education and special education. The Buckeye State also is in need of more school psychologists, analysts say. It’s fortunate, then, that the United States Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs just awarded a million-dollar grant to two Kent State University researchers to train teachers and school psychologists in those fields. Ching-I Chen, Ph.D., and Kizzy Albritton, Ph.D., assistant professors in the School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences in Kent Stat...
There are two cycles most people can’t avoid — sleep and the news. And If you’re awake, you can’t help hearing the news reporting about cannabinoids. A Kent State researcher may soon have news about how these substances affect our body’s natural clock. Eric Mintz, Ph.D., professor of Biological Sciences and associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, studies the human body’s circadian rhythms, which affect the sleeping-waking cycle. Not as well-known is how the brain’s other systems work in concert with that clock or what happens to it when we interfere with them. The Nation...