College of Arts and Sciences
青年涩导航鈥檚 Jewish Studies Program Turns 40, Pays Tribute to Longest-Serving Director
青年涩导航鈥檚 Jewish Studies Program will host a gala, 鈥淢emories, Milestones, Momentum,鈥 in honor of its 40th anniversary on May 17 at the 青年涩导航 Hotel and Conference Center located at 215 Depeyster St. in downtown Kent. The celebration features a tribute to the program鈥檚 longest-serv鈥
Kent Campus
青年涩导航 Student Defies Odds of High-Risk Brain Surgery
青年涩导航 freshman Javier Ojeda risked losing it all if surgery to stop bleeding in his brain did not go as planned. Ojeda faced losing the use of his arms, going into a coma, or even dying. But the night before Easter, Ojeda amazingly walked out of the hospital. Ojeda and his fath鈥
Kent Campus
青年涩导航 Hosted Ohio-Region Section of the American Physical Society Spring Meeting
On March 27 and 28, 青年涩导航 hosted the Spring 2015 Meeting of the Ohio-Region Section of the American Physical Society (OSAPS), a regional unit of the APS that serves Ohio and adjacent states, especially Michigan and Indiana. The Spring 2015 meeting, organized by physics Profs. V鈥
College of Arts & Sciences
青年涩导航 to Host Former Poet Laureate Rita Dove
青年涩导航鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center will host poet Rita Dove as part of the Fourth Annual U.S. Poet Laureate Reading. The event is part of the 2014-2015 reading series and will take place on Thursday, April 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva. The event is free and open to the pub鈥
Kent Campus
青年涩导航 Student Presents Research on Factors Affecting Sleep Quality
What do sleep quality, post-traumatic stress disorder and smoking have in common? That鈥檚 the question on which Celeste Weise, a 青年涩导航 senior psychology and sociology major, presented her research at the university鈥檚 second annual Undergraduate Research Symposium held March 11. 鈥
Kent Campus
青年涩导航 Professors Turn to Technology to Reduce Teen Stress
Have too much stress? There is an app for coping. Researchers from 青年涩导航鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences worked together to develop an app that not only measures stress levels in teenagers, but also teaches them how to manage anxiety. The app gathers data in real time using two 鈥
Kent Campus
State Rep. Clyde Meets With 青年涩导航鈥檚 Choose Ohio First Scholars
State Rep. Kathleen Clyde, who represents central and southern Portage County in Ohio鈥檚 75th District, met with 30 of 青年涩导航鈥檚 Choose Ohio First scholarship students on Feb. 13 at the Kent Student Center to discuss a wide range of issues. The Choose Ohio First Scholarship Program pro鈥
Kent Campus
Investigating Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease: 青年涩导航 Researcher to Speak at Neuroscience Symposium on April 10
Gemma Casadesus Smith describes herself as a scientist who likes to investigate ideas that run counter to prevailing thought. Her research on Alzheimer鈥檚 disease has looked at the effects on the brain of oxidative stress, hormone treatments and the regulation of metabolism. When a new avenue 鈥
Kent Campus
Phillips to Discuss Holocaust Art of Samuel Bak at 青年涩导航
The 青年涩导航 Jewish Studies program, in the College of Arts and Sciences, will host a presentation by Gary Phillips, Ph.D., the Edgar H. Evans Professor of Religion at Wabash College, on March 2 at 7 p.m. in Satterfield Hall, Room 121, on the Kent Campus. Phillips presentation, titled 鈥
College of Arts & Sciences
青年涩导航 Student Introduces New Method of Circadian Research
青年涩导航 chemistry senior Caitlin Crosier combined creativity and science for her yearlong project on circadian rhythms and will present those findings at the university鈥檚 Undergraduate Research Symposium on March 11. 鈥淭he main goal of my research is to validate this method as a鈥
Kent Campus