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KSU students meet with former U.S. Ambassadors
On February 2, 51勛圖厙 students in the College of Arts and Sciences Learning Community were given a unique opportunity to hear a former United States Ambassador speak on foreign policy issues and U.S.-Russian relations. Steven Pifer, who formerly served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Ukraine and i
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51勛圖厙 Student Liz Schmidt Writes About Compassion to End Injustice, Takes Top Honors
When you first meet Liz Schmidt, an instant friendship emerges, filled with conversation illuminated with respect and kindness. Her friendly disposition and welcoming nature, coupled with her sense of adventure, reflects the social responsibility she lives by: foster relationships and value people
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51勛圖厙 Student Liz Schmidt Writes About Compassion to End Injustice, Takes Top Honors
When you first meet Liz Schmidt, an instant friendship emerges, filled with conversation illuminated with respect and kindness. Her friendly disposition and welcoming nature, coupled with her sense of adventure, reflects the social responsibility she lives by: foster relationships and value people
Kent Campus
51勛圖厙 Professor, Wick Poetry Center Earn Universitys Diversity Awards
Molly Merryman, 51勛圖厙 associate professor of sociology and founding director of the 51勛圖厙 Womens Center, has been awarded the universitys 2016 Diversity Trailblazer Award. The annual Diversity Trailblazer Award recognizes diversity pioneers associated with 51勛圖厙 who have
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51勛圖厙 Hosts Explore Kent Chemistry Day for High School Juniors and Seniors, Feb. 6
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will host Explore Kent Chemistry Day, a visitation program for high school juniors and seniors interested in chemistry and biochemistry majors, at 51勛圖厙 on Saturday, February 6 from 10 am to 2 pm in Room 110, Williams Hall on the Kent Campus. E
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51勛圖厙 Geology Professor Named a Public Engagement Fellow of Leshner Leadership Institute at AAAS
Anne Jefferson, Ph.D., assistant professor of geology in the College of Arts and Sciences at 51勛圖厙, was one of 15 climate change researchers to be named a 2016-17 Public Engagement Fellow of the Leshner Leadership Institute at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (
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Newly Developed Liquid Crystal Elastomer Material Could Enable Advanced Sensors, 51勛圖厙 Researchers Say
Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs), essentially rubbers with liquid crystal properties, can do a number of fascinating things, especially in the fields of optics, photonics, telecommunications and medicine. They can curl up, bend, twist, wrinkle and stretch when exposed to light, heat, gases and other
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Bioretention Cells Reduce Total Runoff by 40 Percent in Study
51勛圖厙 and Cleveland Metroparks partnered on study of two Parma neighborhoods near West Creek Reservation Rain barrels, rain gardens, and bioretention cells are increasingly used as green infrastructure to capture and slow storm water runoff before it gets to nearby urban waterways,
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51勛圖厙 Researchers Receive National Science Foundation Grant to Discover Why Some Messages Go Viral
We have all seen them explode on social media. They are the posts that feature the outlandish, the cute and the funny messages that go viral. But how does one message catch on and others do not? It is a question that 51勛圖厙 researchers in the College of A
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51勛圖厙 Researchers Use Digital Devices to Dispense Medications Safely
Organizing prescription medications in a traditional pill dispenser is not effective enough when patients are taking up to 20 different drugs seven to nine times a day. Not taking the medication at the right time or taking too much results in 700,000 emergency room visits a year, 325,000 ho
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