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Kent State’s Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies Receives $225,000 in Grants From Federal Government
April 24, 2015
Kent State University professors Brian James Baer, Ph.D., and Theresa Minick of the Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies have been awarded two federal government STARTALK grants, totaling $225,000, to support the Regents Foreign Language Academy, a summer language…
Read More »Kent State’s Jewish Studies Program Turns 40, Pays Tribute to Longest-Serving Director
April 23, 2015
Kent State University’s Jewish Studies Program will host a gala, “Memories, Milestones, Momentum,” in honor of its 40th anniversary on May 17 at the Kent State Hotel and Conference Center located at 215 Depeyster St. in downtown Kent.
Read More »Kent State Uses Mood Ring Technology to Help Diabetics
April 1, 2015
Researchers from Kent State University's Liquid Crystal Institute, School of Fashion Design and Merchandising and College of Podiatric Medicine have teamed up to create a fabric that could ultimately save the feet of diabetics. Like mood rings, the fabric uses liquid…
Read More »Investigating Alzheimer’s Disease: Kent State Researcher to Speak at Neuroscience Symposium on April 10
Feb. 26, 2015
Gemma Casadesus Smith describes herself as a scientist who likes to investigate ideas that run counter to prevailing thought.
Read More »Kent State Science Students to Benefit from Scholarships from National Science Foundation
Feb. 13, 2015
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the Kent State University Scholarships for Broadening Participation in the Sciences Program with funding to annually provide 21 scholarships of $5,000 each for undergraduate students.
Read More »Kent State’s James Blank Appointed New Dean of Its College of Arts and Sciences
Dec. 19, 2014
James L. Blank, Ph.D., interim dean of Kent State University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has been named the new dean of the college. The announcement was made by Todd Diacon, Kent State’s senior vice president for academic affairs and provost. Blank, who has been serving…
Read More »Kent State’s SOLE Center Researchers to Study Informal STEM Learning Experiences With NSF Grant
Dec. 5, 2014
While most can agree that STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) experiences outside of school can be exciting and engaging for young people, there is much that isn’t known about its impact on short-term and long-term learning. How can it best be connected to…
Read More »Two Kent State Collaborators Win Oral History Association Award for Work on May 4, 1970, Voices Documentary
Dec. 1, 2014
The documentary film May 4th Voices: Kent State, 1970, created by two Kent State University collaborators, is a recipient of the 2014 Oral History Association’s Oral History in a Nonprint Format Award. The Oral History Association is an organization that seeks to bring together…
Read More »Rewriting Russian History
Nov. 17, 2014
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,…
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Geography Awareness Week
Nov. 4, 2014
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…
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