November-December 2010 News Archive
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Department Receives NSF Grant to Improve 500 MHz NMR Spectrometer
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has received a $327,753 grant from the National Science Foundation (CHE-1048645) to improve its Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy facilities.
- Posted Dec. 23, 2010 -
Kent State Hosts Community Celebration of Kwanzaa, Dec. 27
The Center of Pan-African Culture at Kent State University holds an open community celebration of Kwanzaa on Monday, Dec. 27, at 6 p.m. in the African Community Theatre located in Oscar Ritchie Hall room 230, on Terrace Drive in Kent, Ohio. The program is free and open to the public.
- Posted Dec. 22, 2010 -
Professor Develops Interactive Educational Product
Dr. Leslie switched gears from her usual teaching assignments this Fall to develop an exciting new educational tool for McGraw-Hill's General Chemistry textbook by Martin Silberberg and other McGraw-Hill texts.
- Posted Dec. 20, 2010 -
Endowed Chair Position in Plant Conservation Available
Plant Conservation, Endowed Chair
- Posted Dec. 20, 2010 -
Ohio Employee Ownership Center Receives $500,000 Award
The Ohio Department of Development (ODOD) recently announced that the Ohio Employee Ownership Center (OEOC) based at Kent State University has been awarded $500,000 to be a partner in the department’s Early Warning Network. The purpose of the network is to avert layoffs and job loss in Ohio through timely intervention in at-risk companies.
- Posted Dec. 16, 2010 -
Research Provides Better Understanding of Changes in Climate System
For more than a decade, Dr. Joseph Ortiz, associate professor of geology at Kent State University and part of an international team of National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded researchers, has been studying long-term climate variability associated with El Niño.
- Posted Dec. 2, 2010 -
Dr. Bernice Sandler to speak Monday, December 6, 2010
Dr. Bernice Sandler, the "Godmother of Title IX," will be coming to visit Kent State University on December 6 and 7, 2010.
- Posted Nov. 29, 2010 -
Summer 2011 Courses in Chemistry and Biochemistry
Summer courses in Chemistry and Biochemistry are a great way to work a step ahead on your degree.
- Posted Nov. 22, 2010 -
Kent State Translator Receives Funds to Spotlight Spanish Works
Dr. Kelly Washbourne, associate professor of Spanish translation in the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at Kent State University, looks to language as a challenge. His curiosity about other cultures and languages has earned him a $25,000 Translation Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
- Posted Nov. 22, 2010 -
Celebrating Native American Culture
Celebrating Native American Culture : films, speakers CHECK BACK for more details!
- Posted Nov. 18, 2010 -
The History Department Presents:
2010 Global Lens Film Festival
- Posted Nov. 10, 2010 -
Professor Peter Tandy Collaborates on Physics Breakthrough
Kent State physics professor Peter Tandy is part of a team of researchers that is challenging some established thinking in particle physics. Tandy collaborated with Stanley Brodsky a professor at Stanford University’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; Robert Shrock, a professor at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Stony Brook University; and Craig Roberts, a senior physicist at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois.
- Posted Nov. 10, 2010 -
Centennial Lecture Focuses on American Indian Philosophy, Nov. 16
- Posted Nov. 10, 2010 -
Lunch & Learn: Remembering the "Night of the Broken Glass"
The Kent State Jewish Studies Program presents: A Lunch and Learn with Dr. Richard Steigmann-Gall: Remembering the "Night of the Broken Glass" -- Kristallnacht. Tuesday, November 9, 2010
- Posted Nov. 9, 2010 -
Professors Study Oldest Fossil Shrimp Preserved With Muscles
Rodney Feldmann, professor emeritus, and Carrie Schweitzer, associate professor, from Kent State University’s Department of Geology report on the oldest fossil shrimp known to date in the world.
- Posted Nov. 9, 2010 -
Dr. Motry Nominated for Distinguished Teaching Award
Kent State University at Salem is proud to announce that Associate Professor Douglas Motry, Department of Chemistry, was one of only nine individuals nominated for Kent State University’s Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA).
- Posted Nov. 8, 2010 -
Professor Awarded Third Doctor of Honoris Causa
Congratulations to Dr. Mietek Jaroniec, who was awarded a Doctor Honoris Causa title from the Military University of Technology (MUT) in Warsaw, Poland.
- Posted Nov. 7, 2010 -
Dr. Angela Guercio Receives Award for Paper at 16th ICMDS/WDET
- Posted Nov. 4, 2010 -
Guest speaker Florian Metze to speak on Speech-to-speech machine translation
IAL sponsors talk on Speech-to-speech'machine translation by Carnegie Mellon expert Florian Metze
- Posted Nov. 4, 2010 -
Justice Studies Programs Merge with Sociology Department
The Justice Studies Program is now integrated within the Sociology Department. The programs within the Justice Studies curriculum are rooted in the liberal arts, humanities and social sciences, integrating the knowledge and skills acquired in disciplines such as sociology, psychology and political science with a range of justice subjects.
- Posted Nov. 3, 2010 -
Interested in a Chemistry or Biochemistry Major?
We invite high school students and their parents and siblings to visit the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for Explore Kent Chemistry Day on Saturday, February 12, 2011.
- Posted Nov. 1, 2010 -
Professor Named a Finalist for Distinguished Teaching Award
Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor Douglas Motry, of Kent State University at Salem, was named a finalist for the 2010 Distinguished Teaching Award.
- Posted Nov. 1, 2010
