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Kent State Hosts Groundbreaking for New Integrated Sciences Building
Sept. 28, 2015
The groundbreaking for Kent State University’s new Integrated Sciences Building was held Oct. 2 from 2-5 p.m. The event was free and open to the public. Following the groundbreaking, Kent State’s College of Arts and Sciences hosted a showcase of science and technology…
Read More »Kent State’s Liquid Crystal Institute to Celebrate “50 Years of Innovation”
Sept. 16, 2015
The Glenn H. Brown Liquid Crystal Institute® and the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University will host a 50th anniversary celebration of the institute on Friday, Sept. 25, starting at 10 a.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva on the Kent Campus.
Read More »Kent State to Host International Conference on the Humanities
July 2, 2015
Kent State University’s College of Arts and Sciences will host a four-day international conference on the humanities at the Kent State Hotel and Conference Center at 215 S. Depeyster St. in downtown Kent, Ohio.
Read More »Kent State Professors Use Satellite Imagery to Better Understand the Landscape of the Cambodian Genocide
June 9, 2015
Kent State University recently received a $330,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to use historical satellite imagery and archival research to study landscapes of mass violence in Cambodia during and after the regime of the Khmer Rouge from 1975 to 1979.
Read More »Kent State’s Liquid Crystal Institute Hosts Chirality Symposium June 4-5
May 26, 2015
Kent State University’s Liquid Crystal Institute® will host a symposium called “Chirality at the Nanoscale” on June 4-5 in the Kent Student Center on the Kent Campus.
Read More »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.
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