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Kent State to Dedicate May 4 Site as National Historic Landmark, Host Renowned Journalist Dan Rather During 48th Annual May 4 Commemoration
April 30, 2018
A portion of Kent State University’s Kent Campus has taken its place alongside the nation’s most significant historic locations, joining such sites as the Grand Canyon National Park, Pearl Harbor and the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama.
Read More »Kent State’s May 4 Visitors Center Presents “Freedom Sings: A Concert” on April 26
April 24, 2018
Kent State University’s May 4 Visitors Center presents “Freedom Sings: A Concert” on Thursday, April 26, at 7 p.m. in University Auditorium at Cartwright Hall. Cartwright Hall is located at 650 Hilltop Drive in Kent. During this event, the story of free speech in America will be…
Read More »Kent State and the National Black MBA Association Cleveland Northeast Ohio Chapter Are “Getting Down to Business” in Support of Student Success
Feb. 22, 2018
Transitioning from college life to the work world can be a harrowing experience for just about anyone: figuring out what to wear, how to effectively network, interview protocol – it is difficult to know where to start. Fortunately, help is on the way.
Read More »Pulitzer Prize Winner Art Spiegelman to Speak at Kent State
Feb. 20, 2018
When it comes to comics and graphic narratives, few names are as renowned and revered as Art Spiegelman. Since the 1960s, Mr. Spiegelman has been influencing the comics genre and leaving his mark on American culture. Whether it is through his creation of the Garbage Pail Kids…
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Researchers End Ongoing Debate Over How to Determine the Age of Beluga Whales
Feb. 5, 2018
You have likely seen one at an aquarium. It is the friendly creature with the oversized head that swims up to the glass with what looks like a smile on its face. Beluga whales are extremely social mammals that are often called sea canaries because of their high-pitched chatter,…
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Dramatic Change in Brain Chemistry May Have Initiated Human Evolution
Jan. 22, 2018
Biological anthropology researchers in Kent State University’s College of Arts and Sciences have again shed new light on the very old topic of human origins. In two new journal articles appearing this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers…
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Planting the Seeds of Science to Grow Better Green Roofs
Jan. 9, 2018
Doctoral student plants gardens atop Cleveland buildings to bridge urban design with natural biology
Read More »NSF Grant Funds Kent State Anthropology Professor’s Study of Primate Evolution
Dec. 19, 2017
Recent research has uncovered that up to 5 percent of the DNA of many modern humans originated from ancient interbreeding with Neanderthal populations. This raises the broader question of whether a species’ genetic makeup includes genes brought together through occasional…
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Kent State Research Group Publishes Analysis of Primate Brains in Top Science Journal
Nov. 30, 2017
How different are human brains compared to the brains of other primates such as chimpanzees, gorillas and monkeys? It’s one of many important questions that scientists have asked for years while pursuing a better understanding of human evolution.
Read More »Kent State Professor Emerita Elected as 2017 Fellow of Prestigious Scientific Society
Nov. 20, 2017
Marilyn Norconk, Ph.D., a Professor Emerita of Anthropology in Kent State University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the…
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