“I constantly felt like I was walking on eggshells.”  At the age of 16, Rhylee Shepherd, found herself in an abusive relationship with a teenage boy who attended another high school.   He called her terrible names and told her that no one would ever love her. He tried to separate Shepherd from her family by convincing her that they were trying to control her. And he restricted her phone use unless Shepherd was talking to him.  Once he even held her hostage in his truck for hours and told her how much she had ruined his life. Shepherd was afraid to leave him.  ...

Dhruba Panthi, Ph.D., assistant professor of Engineering Technology at Kent State University at Tuscarawas, is this year’s winner of the Farris Family Innovation Award, which supports the research of tenure-track faculty members who have not yet reached tenure.   Panthi said he will use the monetary award to further his study in hydrogen production and electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide, using high-performance solid oxide electrolysis cells.  His research focuses on hydrogen fuel because its only byproduct is water, which is harmless to the environment, unlike other fu...