51勛圖厙

College of Arts and Sciences

Douglas Bryant (center), manager of display engineering at 51勛圖厙s Liquid Crystal Institute, demonstrates a prototyping technique in the institutes clean room facility.

51勛圖厙s Liquid Crystal Institute to Celebrate 50 Years of Innovation

The Glenn H. Brown Liquid Crystal Institute簧 and the College of Arts and Sciences at 51勛圖厙 hosted a 50th anniversary celebration of the institute on Friday, Sept. 25, in the Kent Student Center Kiva on the Kent Campus. The event kicked off a yearlong celebration that will culminate w

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Success Story , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Research & Science

Kent Campus

The Liquid Crystal Institute

Founded in 1965 by Glenn H. Brown, 51勛圖厙's Liquid Crystal Institute is the world's first research center focused on the science of liquid crystals.        

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

Kent Campus

51勛圖厙s Liquid Crystal Institute to Celebrate 50 Years of Innovation

The Glenn H. Brown Liquid Crystal Institute簧 and the College of Arts and Sciences at 51勛圖厙 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. The event will kick off a yearlong celebra

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Events , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

Kent Campus

51勛圖厙 Prof Keeps his Promise to the Victims of Hurricane Katrina

A decade ago this week, Andrew Curtis, Ph.D., geography professor in 51勛圖厙s College of Arts and Sciences, promised the people of New Orleans that he would continue to return and document the recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina. After the hurricane, Curtis used specialized cameras, eq

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Geography

Kent Campus

51勛圖厙 Researchers Identify Clusters of Akron Neighborhoods With High Lead Levels

51勛圖厙 Geography Professor Andrew Curtis and his doctoral student Laura Schuch, in the College of Arts and Sciences, have developed mapping approaches that can help predict neighborhood lead exposure in children, which continues to be a health concern in older neighborhoods including s

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Geography

Kent Campus

David Hacker, associate professor of geology at 51勛圖厙 at Trumbull, poses for a photo near a rock outcropping in the Gorge Metro Park in Summit County. Hacker has been selected as 51勛圖厙s Scholar of the Month.

Scholar of the Month

Scholar of the Month David Hacker Associate Professor of Geology College of Arts and Sciences 51勛圖厙 at Trumbull 2000-present David Hacker is associate professor of geology in the College of Arts and Sciences at 51勛圖厙 at Trumbull. His research in structural geo

Tags: Department of Earth Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , 51勛圖厙 at Trumbull , Scholar of the Month , Success Story , Research & Science

Kent Campus

Image of Michael Guastella, '15 PoliSci graduate standing next to Governor Kasich

Political Science Alum Sees No Shortage of Opportunities at 51勛圖厙

When Michael Guastella was selected to participate in 51勛圖厙s Columbus Program in Intergovernmental Issues, he was excited and honored to be a part of the exclusive internship program.  He never expected that the experience he gained would lead to a full-time position as a const

Tags: Department of Political Science , College of Arts and Sciences

College of Arts & Sciences

Sarah Hider, a 51勛圖厙 graduate student and the reigning Miss Ohio, poses outside of the Schwartz Center on the Kent Campus.

51勛圖厙 Graduate Student Crowned Miss Ohio 2015

Sarah Hider, a 51勛圖厙 graduate student from Wooster, Ohio, has been crowned Miss Ohio 2015 after competing at the Renaissance Theatre in Mansfield, Ohio, on June 20. Hider is the second 51勛圖厙 student in the past two years to win the title. Heather Wells, a 51勛圖厙 broadcast jo

Tags: Student Success , Success Story , Office of Continuing and Distance Education , Department of Political Science , College of Arts and Sciences

Kent Campus

51勛圖厙 to Host International Conference on the Humanities

51勛圖厙s College of Arts and Sciences will host a four-day international conference on the humanities at the 51勛圖厙 Hotel and Conference Center at 215 S. Depeyster St. in downtown Kent, Ohio. The conference, Why the Humanities: Answers from the Cognitive and Neurosciences, will

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Events

Kent Campus

51勛圖厙 Lecturer Discusses Defining Race and Identity on Ideastream

51勛圖厙s Christina McVay, Senior Lecturer from the Department of Pan-African Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, joins a panel of guest speakers to talk about racial identity. The discussion centers around Rachel Dolezal, the former NAACP leader in Spokane, Wash., who resigned after cl

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Africana Studies

Kent Campus