The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has announced the selection of Kent State University coach and cancer survivor Danielle O'Banion as the winner of the Pat Summitt Most Courageous Award for women's basketball, and the late former Butler player Andrew Smith and his widow, Samantha, as co-recipients of the USBWA's Most Courageous Award for men's basketball. The two courage awards are presented annually by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association to honor players, coaches, officials or administrators in college basketball who have demon...

Nikki, the Top Hawk Cessna aircraft, was revealed on Feb. 23 at the Kent State University Airport. The aircraft is named in celebration of the life of Nicole “Nikki” Kukwa, a Kent State aeronautics student who died on Oct. 23, 2006, after receiving a leukemia diagnosis during her junior year.      ...

I have a HealthRider Softstrider treadmill that I am not using enough. It works fine. The treadmill was passed on to me so I am interested in passing it on to someone who will use it, for free. Please email aschmidt@kent.edu. I moved it in the back of my Jeep, folded up. You will need to transport it. ...

Denice Sheehan, Ph.D., RN, and Pamela Stephenson, Ph.D., RN, AOCNS, PMHCNS-BS, from the College of Nursing, participated in the 2016 Massachusetts General Hospital Workshop on Research Methods in Supportive Oncology in Boston, Massachusetts, from Feb. 21-26. Sheehan and Stephenson attended the intensive, multidisciplinary workshop, which is designed to expose participants to a broad range of research topics, while also providing dedicated time to focus on individual grant writing under the direction of experienced mentors. Sheehan’s research focuses on adolescents who have a parent in ho...

David H. Kaplan, Department of Geography, and Melanie Knowles, Office of Sustainability, authored “Developing a Next-Generation Campus Bike-Share Program” in Planning for Higher Education/Society for College and University Planning, 44(1), 1-13, Claire Turcotte (Ed.). (2015). ...

Athena Salaba, School of Library and Information Science, has co-authored and updated the 4th edition of Cataloging and Classification: An Introduction, which was previously authored by Lois Mai Chan. The new fourth edition (2016) conforms to the Library of Congress’ new standard for cataloging systems, Resource Description and Access (RDA).  ...

As part of the RecycleMania competition, Kent State University’s Division of Human Resources will partner with the Office of Sustainability to host Shred-Mania on Wednesday, March 30, from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Kent State Ice Arena parking lot. Shred-Mania is open to all students, faculty, staff and the Kent community. Shred-Mania allows participants to recycle unwanted paper documents using a secured, onsite document destruction service. Materials permitted at Shred-Mania include documents, drawings, photos, blueprints, coupons, tickets, checks, magazines, spiral notebooks, hangi...

Watch parties with finger-friendly foods, like piping hot pizza, crunchy potato chips, spicy chicken wings and a plethora of dips, are staples of college basketball in the spring. Fortunately, there are ways to slim down some of your favorite March Madness meals without sacrificing taste. In this cooking demo, to be held March 15 from noon-1 p.m. in Heer Hall, Room 107, you will learn easy ways to prepare healthy and delicious versions of popular appetizers. These crowd-pleasing recipes will let you enjoy the game and the food minus the guilt. Our Be Well dietician and team members wil...