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![Kent State researchers are kicking off the Student Life Study, an ambitious project that seeks to follow 10,000 students throughout their lifetime to offer help in real time and create a data pool to help inform educational policy. Kent State researchers are kicking off the Student Life Study, an ambitious project that seeks to follow 10,000 students throughout their lifetime to offer help in real time and create a data pool to help inform educational policy.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/230820-blast-off_RD-00063.jpg?VersionId=cnavggREGB1DZPqrVUIKJf3XXtg.WJGL)
Kent State researchers are looking for 10,000 students to participate in an ambitious Student Life Study launching this semester.
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With a specific focus on depressed and non-depressed parental groups, the study led by Sara Black, Ph.D., in the Department of Psychological Sciences, seeks to understand how parental depressive symptoms may influence parent-child interaction and the subsequent effects on child…
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Since the beginning of the pandemic, few disciplines have seen as many changes as psychology. In order to help students address these emerging challenges, Kent State University’s Department of Psychological Sciences is offering a slate of courses relevant to the changing trends…
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New research methods and topics have emerged as society has taken a greater interest in mental health issues specifically when it comes to cognitive psychology, which includes how we process music or how motivation fosters in the brain.
Meet Emily Rabinowitz, the Graduate Student Advancing Equity Award recipient. Emily is a Psychological Sciences Ph.D. student majoring in Clinical Psychology.
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Women represent nearly 60% of students in graduate or professional degree programs; however, they are still a minority in certain STEM fields like engineering and computer science. The Graduate College celebrated women’s history month by tackling this tough topic head-on.
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![Kent State employee Jeff Florentine, his wife, Jen, and son, Beckett, moved to Kent in July 2022. Kent State employee Jeff Florentine, his wife Jen and son Beckett, moved to Kent in July 2022.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/Florentine%20horizontal%20%282%29.jpg?VersionId=sHhqr2F_4aHgPRppA9Lbi_myAPzYtsL4)
After living in various other locations, Kent State staff and faculty make Kent their home because it's a community with small town charm and a flourishing downtown.
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The Skoolies, inspired by the bands of the 80s and onward, kicked off their career at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through socially distanced jam sessions, this band of university professors produced their debut album, Darker Rhymes.
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Professor of psychological sciences Mary Beth Spitznagel has experienced the burden of caregiving for her beloved dog, Allo, who developed bladder cancer. This influenced her research into how a pet with chronic illness can affect caregivers.
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Building a "sense of belonging to math" in underrepresented students.