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AIGA Beaux Arts Ball 2023

IN A FLASH: Having a Ball in the CAED

Earlier this month, Kent State architecture students attended a black-tie, costume ball.

Tags: College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Students Life, Nationally Distinctive

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Lawrence Fung, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University, spoke at Kent State University on Friday, April 21.

Stanford University Professor Encourages Neurodiversity Advocacy Through Education and Research

Lawrence Fung, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University, spoke at Kent State University on Friday, April 21, for the inaugural Neurodiversity Research Initiative Invited Lectureship, sponsored by the new Neurodiversity Research Initiative. 

Tags: Research & Science, Diverse Kent State, Nationally Distinctive

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Administrators at Crawford Hall Beam Signing

IN A FLASH: Signs of Support - and Progress

University administrators, donors and other supports of the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship participated in a signing of the ceremonial final beam for Crawford Hall. 

Tags: University News, Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, Students First, Nationally Distinctive, Office of the President, Office of the Provost, Division of Finance and Administration

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Phone in beachbag on sand

Put the Phone Away This Summer Vacation

Smartphones make traveling so much easier..most of the time. Professor Andrew Lepp recently talked to Vox about how “Your Phone Is Ruining Your Vacation.”

Tags: Community & Society, Research & Science, Nationally Distinctive

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Screenshot of designer fashion courtesy of WCPO-TV

Acquiring Designer Fashion at Discount Prices

Lauren Copeland, Ph.D., assistant professor at Kent State’s School of Fashion, discusses how consumers can obtain designer clothing at discount prices and what to look for when purchasing secondhand apparel.

Tags: Arts & Culture, Nationally Distinctive, School of Fashion

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Professor Emeritus Jerry M. Lewis speaks at the inaugural luncheon established to honor his legacy as a May 4, 1970, historian and advocate.

Erica Eckert Selected to Speak at Kent State’s Jerry M. Lewis May 4 Lecture Series

The lecture series created in 2022 to honor the legacy of Kent State University Professor Emeritus of Sociology Jerry M. Lewis, Ph.D., will feature Kent State Assistant Professor of Higher Education Administration Erica Eckert, Ph.D., as this year’s selected speaker.

Tags: May 4 50, Nationally Distinctive, May 4, May 4 Commemoration, College of Education, Health and Human Services

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Students standing in green house

What Determines Your Social Behavior as You Develop Into an Adult?

For two decades, Heather Caldwell, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Kent State University, has been studying what happens within the brain that potentially modulates social behavior such as aggression, social memory and maternal care.

Tags: Research & Science, Nationally Distinctive

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