November-December 2012 News Archive
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Dr. Hancock appointed to lead Peace Studies Section of the ISA
Dr. Landon Hancock was elected in 2012 to a two-year term as Chairperson of the Peace Studies Section of the International Studies Association (ISA). The ISA is the premier academic organization connecting scholars of international relations around the world. The Peace Studies Section that Professor Hancock is overseeing is the third largest section of the ISA, with over 600 members.
- Posted Dec. 28, 2012 -
Graduate Student Michael Alosco Receives Award
Michael Alosco is a recipient of the 2012 APA Early Graduate Student Researcher Award. Michael is a clinical student in the Psychology Program.
- Posted Dec. 18, 2012 -
Ohio Third Frontier Funding Could Lead to New Kent State Spin-Off Technology Companies
The State of Ohio’s Third Frontier Program announced on Dec. 13 that Kent State University was awarded three of the nine Phase I awards given through its Technology Validation and Start-Up Fund (TVSF). The goal of the TVSF is to create greater economic growth in Ohio-based start-up companies that commercialize technologies developed by Ohio institutions of higher education and other Ohio not-for-profit research institutions.
- Posted Dec. 17, 2012 -
New Doctoral track in Conflict Analysis and Management in Political Science PhD
The Kent State Department of Political Science and the Center for Applied Conflict Management announce the creation of a track in “Conflict Analysis and Management” in the Political Science Ph.D degree.* KSU’s Department of Political Science has offered a popular doctorate since the late 1960s. The Center for Applied Conflict Management (CACM) is a long-time leader in peace and conflict studies both in the state and nationally.
- Posted Dec. 14, 2012 -
Congratulations to Dr. Bridgett King on the Outstanding Graduate Teaching
Dr. Bridgett King was awarded the Political Science Department's annual Thomas R. Hensley Teaching Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching for AY 2011-12. Dr. King received her Ph.D. in May 2012 and is now a Voting Rights Researcher in the Democracy Program in the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of law.
- Posted Dec. 13, 2012 -
COF Scholarship Application for 2013/14 Now Available
- Posted Dec. 13, 2012 -
Math REU Program - June 17-August 9, 2013
The Department of Mathematical Sciences at Kent State University will run an NSF-funded REU program from June 17 through August 9, 2013. Students will work on projects arising naturally in our faculty's research.
- Posted Dec. 13, 2012 -
Dr. John Updegraff featured on NBCNews.com
Dr. John Updegraff is featured on NBCNews.com with the article "Why men are less likely to eat veggies".
- Posted Dec. 10, 2012 -
Kent State Justice Studies Professor In the Department of Sociology Is Honored With Outstanding Teaching Award
A teacher who takes the time to help students grow — both academically and socially — and guide them through academic life is a teacher who has proven to be extraordinarily special in many ways.
- Posted Dec. 10, 2012 -
Research by Old Dominion, Kent State and USC Scientists Provides Better Understanding of Climate Changes
A team of scientists has identified for the first time a clear 1,500-year cycle in the Arctic Oscillation (AO), the surface atmosphere pressure pattern in the far north that greatly influences weather in the Northern Hemisphere.
- Posted Dec. 10, 2012 -
Dr. Andrew Curtis and Dr. Jacqueline Curtis present their research on dynamic fine scale built environments and crime.
Director Dr. Andrew Curtis, and Associate Director Dr. Jacqueline Curtis give a talk at the International Academy of Investigative Psychology (IAIP): The Behavioural Analysis of Crime and Investigations 14th International Conference in London, England entitled "Longitudinal Mapping and Spatial Analysis of Dynamic Fine Scale Built Environments and Crime".
- Posted Dec. 6, 2012 -
Kent State Undergraduate Contributes to Particle Physics Research Effort
This summer Kent State undergraduate Ben Stickel helped improve analysis software that reconstructs events occurring within proton-antiproton collisions, like those being studied at the Collider Detector at Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois.
- Posted Dec. 6, 2012 -
Peter Tandy's Research Program Receives over 30 Years of Continuous NSF Support
Since joining the faculty at Kent State University in 1979, Professor Peter Tandy (Department of Physics) has maintained a research program that has merited continuous funding from the National Science Foundation through Division of Physics programs in Nuclear Theory and Theoretical Physics. Over the past 33 years, Tandy has received 15 grants from NSF.
- Posted Dec. 5, 2012 -
A&S Requests Proposals for 2013 Research Incentives
The College of Arts & Sciences invites interested faculty to submit proposals for three Research Incentive programs which are designed to encourage research proposal development, and ultimately increased research expenditures, within the College. Applicants are required to submit preliminary information and an initial budget by January 16, 2013. The final submission deadline is February 6, 2013.
- Posted Dec. 5, 2012 -
A&S Launches Research Directory
The College of Arts & Sciences has recently launched a web-based Research Directory which lists information about external funding activity over the last several years including name of sponsor, principal investigator, proposal title, and award amount. The listing may be sorted by any field and some entries link to abstracts.
- Posted Dec. 5, 2012 -
CS Colloquium 12/05/2012 "Tire Modeling at Goodyear"
- Posted Dec. 3, 2012 -
GHH Lab Research Team Surveys Waldo Canyon Wildfire Burn Area in Colorado Springs, CO
Research Assistants Adam B Cinderich and Andrea Blanka Szell traveled to Colorado Springs, CO to conduct a recovery survey of the area impacted by the Waldo Canyon Wildfire using spatial video units. This preliminary data collection was part of a new project, recently funded by the Natural Hazards Center Quick Response Grant Program of the University of Colorado - Boulder under Principal Investigator Dr. Jacqueline (Mills) Curtis.
- Posted Dec. 3, 2012 -
Inaugural Internal Postdoctoral Seed Program to support 14 postdoctoral research fellows
The Division of Research and Sponsored Programs would like to congratulate the recipients of the inaugural Internal Post-doctoral Seed Program. In this initial round, 12 proposals were selected which resulted in awards for the support of 14 post-doctoral associates for one year. In addition, each of these awards was augmented by the investigators’ departments and/or colleges to provide a total of two years of post-doctoral support.
- Posted Nov. 28, 2012 -
Student Reflections from Trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Hear the voices of students who went on the 3rd annual trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. This trip was sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program and Hillel at Kent State and supported by the College of A&S Department of History and Religion Studies.
- Posted Nov. 27, 2012 -
Kent State’s Institute for Applied Linguistics Hosts Leading Translation Studies Scholar, Nov. 30
Kent State University’s Institute for Applied Linguistics will host Anthony Pym, a leading translation studies scholar, during the third annual Gregory M. Shreve Lecture Series. Pym will speak about radical asymmetry in cross-cultural communication on Friday, Nov. 30, at 3:30 p.m. in Room 112-A in Satterfield Hall.
- Posted Nov. 21, 2012 -
GHH Lab Research Team conducts 18-month post-tornado recovery survey in Joplin, MO
Lab Director Dr. Andrew Curtis, and Research Assistant Adam B. Cinderich traveled to Joplin, MO to collect spatial video data marking the 18-month anniversary of the May 22, 2011 tornado outbreak.
- Posted Nov. 19, 2012 -
Kent State University Planetarium Presents “The Skies of Winter”
- Posted Nov. 19, 2012 -
Tikvah Fund Fellowships and Summer Programs
The Tikvah Fund offers year-long salaried fellowships that range from $25,000 to $75,000. The Tikvah Fund also sponsors outstanding summer programs for students and young professionals.
- Posted Nov. 15, 2012 -
Cleveland Hillel Foundation Summer Internship Program
Cleveland Hillel Foundation, a Jewish campus organization, is coordinating a paid, summer internship program for Jewish college students who will be juniors and seniors.
- Posted Nov. 15, 2012 -
Research From Old Dominion, Kent State and USC Scientists Provides Better Understanding of Climate Changes
A team of scientists from Old Dominion University, Kent State University and the University of Southern California has identified for the first time a clear 1,500-year cycle in the Arctic Oscillation (AO), the surface atmosphere pressure pattern in the far north that greatly influences weather in the Northern Hemisphere.
- Posted Nov. 14, 2012 -
Kent State Mathematics Professor’s Passion for Teaching Leads to a Distinguished Teaching Award
Cynthia Barb’s teaching style uses mathematics not just to solve classroom problems, but to motivate students to use the concepts creatively and to solve problems in everyday life. And it shows.
- Posted Nov. 12, 2012 -
Kent State's Institute of Applied Linguistics Presents Third Annual Translation Studies Lecture Series
Fri, Nov 30, 3:30pm Room 112A Satterfield Hall
- Posted Nov. 7, 2012 -
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 23, 2013.
- Posted Nov. 6, 2012 -
Kent State and German University Partner in Faculty Exchange Program
As part of Kent State University President Lester A. Lefton’s visions for the university, Kent State established an international exchange program with the University of Würzburg, Germany, to broaden students’ educational experiences.
- Posted Nov. 5, 2012 -
African Community Theatre Presents Fall 2012 Production of “Broke-ology”
- Posted Nov. 5, 2012 -
Kent State’s African Community Theatre Presents Fall 2012 Production of “Broke-ology”
Kent State University’s African Community Theatre will present its fall 2012 production of “Broke-ology” by Nathan Louis Jackson and directed by Fran Dorsey, Ph.D., associate professor with Kent State’s Department of Pan-African Studies.
- Posted Nov. 1, 2012
