October 2012 News Archive
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Dr. Jacqueline W. (Mills) Curtis receives Quick Response Grant from Natural Hazards Center
Dr. Jacqueline W. (Mills) Curtis receives Quick Response Grant from the Natural Hazards Center of the University of Colorado at Boulder to study the recovery efforts in Colorado Springs, CO following the 2012 Waldo Canyon Wildfires.
- Posted Oct. 23, 2012 -
Dr. Gerald Thompkins honored as Distinguished Alumni
- Posted Oct. 23, 2012 -
Kent State Researchers Awarded National Science Foundation Grant
Researchers from Kent State University’s Department of Geology have been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study diversity, evolution and extinction in crabs, lobsters, and shrimps. The $100,000, two-year grant will fund the study of this economically important, diverse group of animals whose geologic history extends back 400 million years.
- Posted Oct. 23, 2012 -
The Department of Geography announces its 2013 study abroad / away opportunities.
This year 3-credit hour classes are available for travel to Yucatan, Mexico (Spring Break), Los Angeles (April), Peru (May), Belgium and the Netherlands (May), and Poland and the Czech Republic (May). No pre-requisites required. Please see: http://www.kent.edu/CAS/Geography/studyaway/ for details.
- Posted Oct. 23, 2012 -
NASA Ohio Space Grant Consortium accepting Scholarship Applications
The NASA Ohio Space Grant Consortium is now accepting scholarship applications for their undergraduate program.
- Posted Oct. 22, 2012 -
Kent State Presents World-Renowned Photographer Frédéric Brenner, Oct. 29
Kent State University presents a lecture by Frédéric Brenner, a contemporary French photographer documenting the lives of the Jewish community, on Monday, Oct. 29, at 7 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva. The lecture is free and open to the public.
- Posted Oct. 18, 2012 -
Award-Winning Poet Ruth Schwartz Comes to Wick Poetry Center
- Posted Oct. 18, 2012 -
Kent State’s Pan-African Studies Welcomes Hilary Jones to Lecture in Ritchie Hall, Oct. 25
Kent State University’s Department of Pan-African Studies welcomes Hilary Jones, assistant professor of West Africa and Africa Diaspora at the University of Maryland, College Park, for a lecture on Thursday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. in Room 214, Ritchie Hall.
- Posted Oct. 17, 2012 -
Congratulations to Lisa Hager on top paper award at 2012 OAEPS Annual Meeting.
Congratulations to Lisa Hager (PhD Student) for winning the award for the top graduate student paper at the 2012 OAEPS Annual Meeting. Her paper is titled "Committee Requests, Assignments, and the Female Representative: Evidence from the 80th-103rd Congresses".
- Posted Oct. 16, 2012 -
Trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington D.C. Sun. Nov. 4 2012. Register by Oct. 23
- Posted Oct. 15, 2012 -
Award-Winning Poet Ruth Schwartz Comes to Wick Poetry Center
- Posted Oct. 15, 2012 -
Hilary Jones to Lecture in Ritchie Hall
- Posted Oct. 15, 2012 -
Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar to Speak About Inequality at Birth
- Posted Oct. 15, 2012 -
Job Opportunity in the Department of Mathematical Sciences
Kent State University's Department of Mathematical Sciences is currently accepting applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Statistics.
- Posted Oct. 10, 2012 -
Professor Seed Wins Distinguished Teaching Award
Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor Alexander Seed was selected to receive one of the three 2012 Distinguished Teaching Awards from the Kent State University Alumni Association.
- Posted Oct. 9, 2012 -
Dr. Janet Currie, Princeton University, will lecture on “Inequality at Birth: Some Causes and Consequences”
Mon., Oct. 15, 7:00pm
- Posted Oct. 9, 2012 -
Fetna Mikati nominated for Outstanding Teaching Award
Every year, the University Teaching Council recognizes Kent State’s outstanding full-time, nontenure-track and part-time faculty by awarding three educators with the Outstanding Teaching Awards. Arabic instructor Fetna Mikati is among this year's nominees.
- Posted Oct. 8, 2012 -
Kent State and German University Partner in Faculty Exchange Program
Kent State's international exchange program broadens students’ educational experiences.
- Posted Oct. 8, 2012 -
Wick Writing Club Youth Opens Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
- Posted Oct. 8, 2012 -
Outstanding Teaching Awards for Kent State’s Best Educators
Every year, the University Teaching Council recognizes Kent State’s outstanding full-time, non-tenure track and part-time faculty by awarding three educators with the Outstanding Teaching Awards.
- Posted Oct. 8, 2012 -
Kent State Provost Announces New Appointments
Todd Diacon, Kent State University senior vice president for academic affairs and provost, today announced new leadership appointments in the Division of Academic Affairs. The Division of Academic Affairs is responsible for all academic programs at the university, including all of Kent State’s colleges, campuses and a variety of other initiatives.
- Posted Oct. 5, 2012 -
Department Brown Bag "Return to Pangaea: Kent in a Borderless World (RTP) " - Thu October 11, 12:30-1:30 Bow 208
- Posted Oct. 4, 2012 -
hacKSU Meeting - Oct. 4th, 2012
- Posted Oct. 3, 2012 -
A Poetry Reading with Carolyn Creedon and Edward Hirsch
- Posted Oct. 2, 2012 -
Wine and Cheese Reception at the Cohn Jewish Student Center
- Posted Oct. 1, 2012 -
Poets Edward Hirsch, Carolyn Creedon in Reading Series at Wick Poetry
- Posted Oct. 1, 2012
