PhD candidates Heather Lawrentz and Rose Leach have each received a fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) to conduct research this summer with faculty at Kyoto University. JSPS is the main government agency supporting science programs in Japan, similar to the NSF in the United States. One of their initiatives is to promote international scientific cooperation through a variety of fellowships, including this summer program created specifically for pre- and post-doctoral students from North America and Europe. Only ~100 awards are given each year; thus, we are esp...
Dr. Noviar Andayani, Director of the WCS Indonesia Program and Professor of Biology at the University of Indonesia visited our department April 4-6. Dr. Andayani and Dr. Tosi, have been close friends since working together 20 years ago at the Center for Environmental Research and Conservation at Columbia University, NYC. They have overlapping interests in primate evolution and conservation. For 16 years, Dr. Andayani has been leading efforts to identify and protect genetically unique populations of plants and animals across Indonesia. Though she leads several programs throughout the c...
Kent State University at Stark commemorates Earth Day 2019 with a free, family friendly celebration. Expect chilly temperatures but plentiful sunshine. The Earth Day Celebration takes place rain or shine. Nearly two dozen new exhibitors highlight this year’s event, including an Akron Zoo animal presentation, Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens, Stark County Beekeepers Association and Ernie’s Bike Shop, among many others. Set to inspire environmental responsibility and to improve the appreciation for our planet’s natural resources, Kent State Stark’s Earth Day Celebration will be held fr...
Note: The Sunday, April 21 performance has been canceled. Student-led production is the first of its kind in the newly renovated and expanded Fine Arts Building. Kent State University at Stark Theatre’s first student-led production opens April 12 with the performance “Of Mice and Men”, a play based on the novella by John Steinbeck. The “Of Mice and Men” cast will take to the campus’ stage for opening night at 7:30 p.m. April 12 in the Studio Theatre, which is located in the newly expanded and renovated Fine Arts Building, 6000 Frank Ave. NW. Directed by Kent State ...
Popular lecture sold out, no tickets remain. Bestselling novelist Nicholas Sparks, the final speaker of the 2018-19 Featured Speakers Series, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 17. Now in its 28th year, the Featured Speakers Series is free and open to the public. All tickets for the evening's lecture have been distributed. Before Sparks was a world-famous writer, he worked a variety of jobs, including real estate appraisal, waiting tables, selling dental products by phone, and starting his own small manufacturing business, which struggled from the beginning. In 1994, at th...
Two Anthropology graduate students were Presentation Winners at Kent State University's 2019 Graduate Research Symposium on April 5. Michael Wilson received an award for his oral presentation, "Does it stick? Using thermoplastic vs. organic-based adhesives in experimental prehistoric ballistics weaponry testing" in the Anthropology, History, and Communications session. Kristen Hirter received an award for her poster presentation, "Neurochemical insights of human origins: A comparative analysis of dopaminergic innervation of the ventral striatum among primates" in the Biomedical Science...
Professor Carrie Schweitzer has discovered hundreds of new species. Now, this research standout is leading students in a new degree program. Carrie Schweitzer has always been interested in the things of Earth. The stuff that lies just below the surface of land and sea. This professor of geology is no stranger to discovering a new species (or several hundred!). Now, the research standout is leading a new degree program at Kent State University at Stark. The Bachelor of Arts in Geology is soon to become one of the more than 20 baccalaureate degrees that students can earn wit...
Dynamic duo. Jasmine Long and Sharon Ware grew up in different neighborhoods, but their connection transcends residential blocks. Broken barriers now build the dreams to change their communities for the better. Long hailed from the southeast side of Canton; Ware called Massillon home. But, the obstacles to accessible health care were the same. Today, they are medical students ready to change it. “Growing up, I watched as family members struggled daily with untreated health issues,” Long said. “Life could have been so much better for them, had they had access to the care they nee...
The 88th meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA) was held at the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio. A special symposium honoring the scientific contributions of Dr. C. Owen Lovejoy was part of this year’s program. The symposium included 19 posters that demonstrated the breadth and depth of Dr. Lovejoy’s contributions and research interests. Topics included biomechanics, bone development, comparative morphology, fossil interpretations, forensic applications, primatology, and neurochemistry. Discussants included Dr. Lovejoy’s former students, Bru...
Worth it. Theno “Kristo” Pantelides grew up in the hilly city of San Francisco, surrounded by ocean. A coastline not unlike the home of his father, where houses dot the shores of thousands of islands in a country influential in ancient times. Pantelides’ first words were Greek and he looked to his papáki̱s, Konstantine, for guidance at an early age. “Nothing worth doing is ever easy,” the senior Pantelides would often tell his son, a miracle baby right from the start. The family moved to Canton when Pantelides was 5 because his father wanted to be closer to the community where his fam...