Stark County Alumni Chapter Holiday Party

Join the Stark County Alumni Chapter in the heart of downtown Canton for a festive and fun holiday party to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year! The event will feature holiday games and activities, a holiday sweater contest and Kent State inspired drinks. Drinks are on your own, but small bites to snack on will be provided. Milestone has a great menu, so guests are welcome to purchase additional food as well. We hope to see you in your most festive attire Sunday, Dec. 3!

Doctoral student Pratyusha Ghanta won third place in the fall 2023 Three Minute Thesis competition

Kent State University doctoral candidate Pratyusha Ghanta became fascinated by cancer and how it works after earning her bachelor’s degree many years ago in her native India.  Five years ago when she enrolled in a program through Kent State and Northeast Ohio Medical University she was excited to discover she could do cancer research here.   "When I joined Dr. [Moses] Oyewumi’s lab I asked him if I could get a project in cancer, any type of cancer,” Ghanta said. “I was ecstatic when he said that he does have a project in this specific field and that we can work on exploring...

Readability

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Color Contrast

The Color Contrast category contains criteria that determine how easily a user can read and understand the content of your app with respect to color. Color blindness is one of the most common disabilities, so ensuring that color contrast is accessible is a top priority.

Color Contrast accessibility criteria include:

Interaction

The Interaction category contains criteria that determine how well a user can interact with certain content and elements of your app. Interactive elements within the app should be clearly labeled, easy to access, and not require any complex gestures or motions to activate.

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Navigation

The Navigation category contains criteria that determine how well a user can navigate around the content and different screens of your app. Although mobile phones and tablets are primarily touch devices, a user may still choose to connect a physical or virtual keyboard to their device to navigate. Accessibility criteria relating to keyboard navigation and focus are still critically important here.

Navigation accessibility criteria include:

Woman in lab working on computer

Kent State University’s Brain Health Research Institute sponsored a Research Skills Workshop, to allow students and faculty to learn how to operate the state-of-the-art technology located in the Integrated Sciences Building.  The workshop was a lead-in event to the institute’s 11th Annual Neuroscience Symposium, held Oct. 26-27, and provided the opportunity for symposium attendees to learn about cutting-edge neuroscience techniques, including the use of resources available in the institute's laboratories, located in the basement of the Integrated Sciences Building. ...

Joanne Caniglia

Joanne Caniglia, Ph.D., professor in the School of Teaching, Learninga and Curriculum Sciences, received the Kenneth Cummins 2023 Teacher Award for College/University from the Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Each year, the Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics recognizes outstanding teachers, curriculum leaders/coaches, professors, emerging leaders, contributors to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives who engage, inspire and empower students with mathematics. The Kenneth Cummins Award is presented for exemplary mathematics teaching to a college level...

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