Kent State University celebrated the grand opening of its newest and much-anticipated building, the Center for Architecture and Environmental Design, on Oct. 7. Visitors, alumni and friends from around the world toured the 110,191-square-foot contemporary glass-and-brick building, stretching along the Lefton Esplanade from Lincoln Street toward downtown Kent.   ...

Second-year students in the Occupational Therapy Assistant Program at Kent State University at East Liverpool participated in the annual American Occupational Therapy Assistant Association’s Hill Day in Washington, D.C., last month, taking messages straight to the doorsteps of their state representatives. For weeks preceding the conference, students in the occupational therapy assistant program called to schedule appointments with individual senators and representatives from Ohio and Pennsylvania. Once in Washington, D.C., the students met in the offices of U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown and Rob ...

For those wondering what it is like to complete an internship abroad, Kent State University students Brian Yurko and Stephanie Fair, both in the Hospitality Management program, and their professor, Nicoletta Peluffo at Kent State University’s location in Florence, Italy, shared their experiences of interning in Italy during this past summer. You can view the Hospitality Management students’ full experiences on their internship blog at http://kentstateselite8.wix.com/elite8. Yurko, 22, from Macedonia, Ohio, interned at Eataly Firenze, a food-centered property containing two restaurants, a café...

Thanks to a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, two Kent State University professors are researching climate change in Alaska. Elizabeth Herndon, Ph.D., and Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professors from Kent State’s College of Arts and Sciences, spent a week in Fairbanks, Alaska, in June studying how climate change affects the availability of plant nutrients in arctic and sub-arctic ecosystems. The grant teams up two of Kent State’s newest researchers. “I think it’s really great that two early-career scientists were awarded the funds to do this research,” Her...

Nationally honored strategist aims to dramatically advance Kent State’s reputation, distinction Following a national search, Kent State University has selected Karen B. Clarke as its senior vice president for strategic communications and external affairs. Clarke comes to Kent State from Temple University in Philadelphia, where she has served as vice president for strategic marketing and communications. Last year, the American Marketing Association named Clarke its “National Higher Education Visionary Leader in Marketing.” She joins Kent State on Jan. 3, 2017.   Clarke will report directl...

Dr. Valerie Cubon-Bell has been named one of three campus-wide recipients of the Outstanding Teaching Award presented by the University Teaching Council. Each year, Kent State University honors full-time, non-tenure-track and part-time faculty members who are nominated by their students and peers for being among the most dedicated, highly effective and motivated professors at the university. Dr. Cubon-Bell, who is an assistant professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Kent State University at Trumbull, will receive the award at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 12 in Kent State Trumbull’s...

Nursing Instructor Angela Douglass has been announced a finalist for Kent State University's 2016 Outstanding Teaching Award. Three recipients will be awarded this year on Friday, October 21, 2016. ELIGIBILITY A faculty member must have been on a non-tenure-track or part-time contract at the Kent Campus or any Regional Campus of the University for a minimum of five consecutive years (annually, not necessarily every semester), including the current academic year. Returning emeriti are excluded. Those receiving the awards must be on contract during the Fall semester in which the awar...