Two Kent State University researchers from the College of Arts and Sciences have been awarded more than $1 million in federal grants for their research projects. The National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Aging awarded Gemma Casadesus-Smith, Ph.D., from Kent State’s Department of Biological Sciences, a three-year $444,000 grant to research the mechanisms associated with the benefits of Pramlintide — a synthetic hormone — in models of Alzheimer’s disease. Scott Sheridan, Ph.D., from Kent State’s Department of Geography, received a three-year $565,000 NASA grant to study cli...
Ohio Gov. John Kasich has appointed a new trustee to the Kent State University Board of Trustees. Kasich named Robin Kilbride of Wadsworth, Ohio, to a nine-year term as a trustee. Kilbride’s appointment began April 18, 2016, and ends May 16, 2024. “We welcome Robin to our board,” said Dennis E. Eckart, chair of the Kent State Board of Trustees. “Her financial and business experience will be a real plus, and we look forward to her longtime engagement with Kent State.” Kilbride serves as president, CEO and chairman of the board of Smithers-Oasis Company, a privately held company headquar...
Kent State University at Salem was well-represented earlier this month at the Ohio Society of Radiologic Technologists annual education seminar by students who competed, as well as by faculty and staff members who helped organize the event. Twenty students participated in the competitions, all graduating in May from the associate of applied science degree program in radiologic technology. Amber Biser placed first in the Philip Ballinger Student Assessment exam, recording the best score of nearly 300 students who completed the exam. The academic challenge quiz bowl team from the Salem Campus ...
Kent State University’s Ohio Employee Ownership Center (OEOC) will host the 30th Annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference on Friday, April 29, at the Hilton West in Fairlawn, Ohio. The theme for the conference is “Celebrating Three Decades of Success: Growing the Employee Ownership Future.” Participants at the conference will hear from keynote speaker J. Michael Keeling, president and chief staff officer of the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Association. Keeling has been well engaged in employee ownership, assuming his current role in 1991. He will share his experience and insights i...
Senior Research Fellow Quan Li, Ph.D., and his research group at Kent State University’s Liquid Crystal Institute®, in the College of Arts and Sciences, have published a research article in the March 17 issue of Nature that could lead to a variety of breakthrough device applications and other industrial opportunities. The publication is the result of close collaboration between Li’s team and his long-term collaborator Timothy J. Bunning, Ph.D., chief scientist of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate at the Air Force Research Laboratory at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Oh...
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The Intercultural Communication Society, a student organization within the School of Communication Studies, is hosting a Poetry Slam on Friday, April 22 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Wick Poetry Center. Any student, staff or faculty member is welcome to attend and represent his or her culture in the form of poetry, music, dance or food. Individuals interested in sharing their culture at the event should contact Yaling Sun at ysun27@kent.edu before Saturday, April 16. ...