Flash Medical Center, a one-day hands-on experience for high school students interested in a healthcare-related field, returns to Kent State University at Ashtabula for the third year on Friday, October 11, 2019. In each of the past two years, over 20 students from Ashtabula and Lake Counties participated in the selective event, which transformed Robert S. Morrison Hall into a “hospital” and simulated a “day in the life” of health care workers in the areas of nursing, radiology, physical therapy, occupational therapy and respiratory care.  Activities involved a simulated injury, patien...

Almost 50 years ago, the shootings of Kent State University students by the Ohio National Guard brought to a head the cultural divides that had split the nation. The Kent State University Museum’s exhibition, “Culture/Counterculture: Fashions of the 1960s and ’70s,” opening Sept. 20, explores the sharp contrast between supporters of the establishment and those opposed.   “Culture/Counterculture,” which coincides with the 50th anniversary of Kent State’s shootings on May 4, 1970, focuses on the generational gap during that time. The exhibition draws from the rich holdings of the...

Imagine a poet working with an endocrinologist or a neuroscientist working with a sociologist. What breakthroughs might result from their collective study as they try to learn more about how the brain works or to research cures for neurodegenerative diseases? These are the kinds of cross-departmental collaborations that Michael Lehman, the inaugural director of Kent State University’s Brain Health Research Institute, envisions for the future. His goal is to unite researchers from a wide range of disciplines at Kent State and throughout Northeast Ohio to explore, expand and advance our kn...

The Kent State University Alumni Association is proud to announce its 2019 Alumni Award recipients. Recipients are chosen based on their exceptional contributions in their chosen profession, in their communities and at Kent State. Sponsored by the Kent State Alumni Association, the Alumni Awards are Kent State’s most prestigious honors given to alumni.  “The alumni association received many outstanding nominations that truly represent the diversity and success of our graduates,” said Lori Randorf, assistant vice president of alumni relations at Kent State. “These alumni award recipient...

Kent State University at Ashtabula’s Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) student organization together with Northeast Ohio AITP will host a Digital Forensics Workshop Thursday, September 19, 2019 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in Main Hall Room A223.  The workshop is free and open to the public. The hands-on workshop will show participants how to use digital forensics software to answer questions such as: Can a deleted file be restored? What information is stored in file metadata? What is file slack and how is it used in forensic investigations? What evidence of...

Kent State’s Design Innovation Hub is setting the stage for transformative research and innovation across disciplines. By Dan Pompili Kent State broke ground in April on the Design Innovation Hub, a $44.5-million renovation of the former Art Building on the Kent Campus. J.R. Campbell, MFA, appointed last year as the inaugural director of the Design Innovation (DI) Initiative, recently discussed how it fits into Kent State’s broader research and innovation goals. “The DI Initiative is much more student-focused but has some pretty deep implications for research as well,” he says. “The core...