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Rewriting Russian History

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s administration has slowly changed the way Soviet history is taught in Russia, according to Todd Nelson, Ph.D., a recent Kent State University political science doctoral graduate.  In his recent article, published in Post-Soviet Affairs, Nelson examines how …

Tags: Department of Political Science , College of Arts and Sciences , History , Research & Science

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A National Treasure

For Kent State University Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream.  
  So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to t…

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Earth Sciences , Success Story , Research & Science

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Geography Awareness Week

November 16-22 Too many young Americans are unable to make effective decisions, understand geo-spatial issues, or even recognize their impacts as global citizens. National Geographic created Geography Awareness Week to raise awareness to this dangerous deficiency in American education and excite …

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Five College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Honored

On October 24, six Kent State educators (five from the College of Arts and Sciences) were honored for their achievements in the classroom during the 21st annual Celebrating College Teaching Conference. Three faculty members received the Kent State University Alumni Association's Distinguished Tea…

Tags: Outstanding Teaching Award , Department of Sociology and Criminology , Geography , Awards and Honors , Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies , Department of Biological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences

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Kent State’s SOLE Center to Host Summit on Learning and Education

Kent State University’s Science of Learning and Education (SOLE) Center will host “Improving Student Achievement: A Summit on Learning and Education” at the Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center in Kent, Ohio, on Oct. 9-10. Researchers from across the country (and one from Australia) in …

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Kent State’s SOLE Center to Host Summit on Learning and Education

Kent State University’s Science of Learning and Education (SOLE) Center will host “Improving Student Achievement: A Summit on Learning and Education” at the Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center in Kent, Ohio, on Oct. 9-10. Researchers from across the country (and one from Australia) in …

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Psychological Sciences , Science of Learning and Education Center , Events , College of Education, Health and Human Services , College of Education, Health and Human Services

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Can Fireworks Damage Mount Rushmore? 


For Kent State University Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream.  
  So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to the…

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Earth Sciences , Research & Science

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Speaker to Discuss the Holocaust in Poland

The Kent State University Jewish Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences will host a presentation by Annamaria Orla-Bukowska, Ph.D., a social anthropologist at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland on Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Cohn Jewish Student Center on the Kent Campus.  …

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of History , Jewish Studies , Porthouse Theatre

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Pictured from left to right is Yonathan Admassu, assistant professor at James Madison University and a Kent State University alumnus; Lindsay Poluga, geology master’s student at Kent State; and Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., Kent State professor and principal Inve

Can Fireworks Damage Mount Rushmore? Kent State Researchers Study the Stability of National Monument

For Kent State University Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream.     So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to the …

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Earth Sciences , Research & Science

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National Poetry Day!

  October 15 is National Poetry Day!  Please join us at the May Prentice House to celebrate. "Celebrating Our Own" is an annual poetry reading hosted by the Wick Poetry Center featuring our high school and undergraduate scholarship winners. May Prentice House Tuesday, October 15, 20…

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