The most valuable thing I gained was the ability to build and apply AI solutions, not just understand them," Perumalla Dhanish, a recent graduate, said. "That shift – from just learning concepts to actually building things – was the biggest takeaway for me.
Blending her passion for storytelling with a dedication to healthcare, Jaime Shuster, Ph.D., has blazed a unique career path leading to her current position as research program manager in orthopedics and sports medicine at the Cleveland Clinic main campus.
Like mother, like daughter. Meet Christine Woo, Ph.D, and Nathalie Nicol, BSPH – mother and daughter – both graduates of the Kent State University College of Public Health. While Woo was completing her doctorate in 2022, Nicol was just starting her journey at Kent State.
“I wanted to make my parents proud. Not that being a mechanic wouldn’t make them proud, but I just felt like I had the potential to do more.”
State Representative and Kent State University graduate Heidi Workman recently visited the Kent Campus, where she met with faculty and received a presentation on the university's quantum computing research — a topic at the center of her legislative work in Columbus.Rep. Workman represents House District 72, covering most of Portage County, and earned a bachelor's degree in nursing in 2011.She serves as vice chair of the House Technology and Innovation Committee and has been appointed to the National Conference of State Legislatures Task Force on AI, Cybersecurity, and Privacy. Durin...
Professor Tang Tang, who holds a joint appointment in the School of Media and Journalism and the School of Emerging Media and Technology at Kent State University, has been elected by the Board of Directors of the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) to serve as the organization's Research Chair.The BEA is the premier international academic media organization, supporting excellence in media production and career advancement for educators, students and professionals worldwide. Its signature event is an annual conference held alongside the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in...
Kent State students and faculty from several disciplines came together for a research project that blends anthropology, microbiology, zoology, biochemistry and technical writing.The project is part of Kent State’s Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program and is connected to, but distinct from, anthropology professor Linda Spurlock, Ph.D.’s long-running “pig dig” course.As part of the SURE research, two pig carcasses were placed under controlled conditions to examine how microbial communities change over time and how those changes relate to odor and insect activity. One carcass w...
