September 2011 News Archive
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Kent State University Hosts U.S. Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and U.S. Poet Laureate 2010-2011 W.S. Merwin is coming to Kent State University on Monday, Oct. 10, for two public events that will provide rare opportunities for the community to learn about his life and renowned poetry.
- Posted Sep. 29, 2011 -
Trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Kent State University Jewish Studies Program and Hillel at KSU invite you to join a trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Sign up by October 24!!
- Posted Sep. 29, 2011 -
Kent State University to Present French Film Series
On October 7-8 and 21- 22, 2011, Kent State University will present a series of five recent French films with English subtitles. Free admission & parking, Michael Schwartz Auditorium.
- Posted Sep. 28, 2011 -
What’s happening in the Middle East? Syndicated columnist gives an insider’s perspective for Cleveland audiences
Recent Arab uprisings in the Middle East raise questions about the region’s stability and future. The editor-at-large for the Beirut-based Daily Star, and internationally syndicated columnist and author, Rami Khouri will engage Cleveland-area audiences in a discussion and dialogue about these events when he gives two free, public talks as the guest speaker in the new series, sponsored by the Northeast Ohio Consortium for Middle East Studies.
- Posted Sep. 28, 2011 -
CS Colloquium 9/30/2011 "Integrative-omics Identification of Signaling Pathway Networks..."
Integrative-omics Identification of Signaling Pathway Networks and Clinical Associations in Cancer --
Dr. Gurkan Bebek --
Case Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics --
Case Western University --
3:45 pm, 30 September 2011, 228 MSB
- Posted Sep. 26, 2011 -
Undergraduate Poets to Read at KSU Library
Four undergraduate poets will read Tuesday, October 25, from 4-5 p.m. in the Wick Poetry Corner.
- Posted Sep. 26, 2011 -
Kent State University Celebrates U.S. Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin
Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and U.S. Poet Laureate 2010-2011 W.S. Merwin is coming to Kent State University on Monday, Oct. 10, for two public events.
- Posted Sep. 26, 2011 -
Speak Peace Appears at University of Arizona Poetry Center
David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center, recently visited the University of Arizona Poetry Center in Tucson, Arizona, where the Speak Peace exhibit was on display. The following article, which covered the exhibit and Hassler's trip, appeared in the Sierra Vista Herald/Review on September 21, 2011.
- Posted Sep. 23, 2011 -
Kent State’s African Community Theatre Holds Auditions for Fall Production, Sept. 29-30
The African Community Theatre at Kent State University will be holding auditions for its 2011-2012 season production of “Stagolee: A Black Folktale.” This ensemble production captures the folklore of African-Americans interspersed with music, song and dance.
- Posted Sep. 21, 2011 -
New Grant funded to LCI Theory Group
Professors Robin Selinger and Jonathan Selinger have been awarded a new grant from the National Science Foundation, Division of Materials Research. The project is entitled, "Topological Defects, Curved Geometries, and Shape Evolution in Soft Matter."
- Posted Sep. 20, 2011 -
Kent State Dedicates New Math Emporium
- Posted Sep. 19, 2011 -
University of Arizona Professor Dr. Aomar Boum to Lecture at Kent State about Jewish Culture and Societies in the Sahara
- Posted Sep. 19, 2011 -
ACM Speaker Series: Casey Stella on "Better News Through Data Science"
On Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 7 PM, the Kent State University Student Chapter of the ACM will be hosting speaker Casey Stella in 228 MSB, who will speak on "Better News Through Data Science."
- Posted Sep. 18, 2011 -
University of Arizona Professor Dr. Aomar Boum to Lecture about Jewish Culture and Societies in the Sahara, Sept. 26
Kent State University’s Department of Pan-African Studies presents Dr. Aomar Boum to lecture about Jewish culture and societies in the Sahara. His lecture, titled “Saharan Jewry: History, Memory and the Politics of Identity,” takes place Monday, Sept. 26, at 7 p.m. in room 214 of Oscar Ritchie Hall.
- Posted Sep. 16, 2011 -
Eva Schloss, stepsister of Anne Frank, coming to Kent Stage
Eva Schloss will be coming to Kent Stage on October 18 12:00-1:30 to participate in the multimedia performance, "And then they came for me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank"
- Posted Sep. 15, 2011 -
KSU Mock Trial Team, Thursday, Sep 15, 4:00 PM
- Posted Sep. 14, 2011 -
Constitution Day Celebration at East Liverpool
Come celebrate the 224th signing of the U.S. Constitution with us on Wednesday, September 21, 2011.
- Posted Sep. 12, 2011 -
Celebrating Our Own Reading
- Posted Sep. 12, 2011 -
Wick Juniors' Club Inspires Students and Teacher
- Posted Sep. 8, 2011 -
Kent State Dedicates New Math Emporium on Sept. 13
Members of the Kent State University community will gather Sept. 13 at 4 p.m. to celebrate the opening of the new Kent State University Math Emporium, a state-of-the-art computerized learning center designed to help students learn math. Located on the second floor of the Kent State University Library, the Math Emporium launched this fall with the start of classes on Aug. 29.
- Posted Sep. 7, 2011 -
Partnership for Innovation (PFI)
The National Science Foundation has announced its support for a new Partnership for Innovation (PFI) in Northeast Ohio, focused on liquid crystal - polymer interfaces, starting on Sept. 15th, 2011.
- Posted Sep. 6, 2011 -
Kent State’s Summer Boot Camp A Success
Before attending the summer remediation program, Boot Camp, math was student Tammy Moore’s most difficult subject. Upon entering the program this year, she took the University’s assessment test, COMPASS, and then spent eight weeks working on a computerized program called ALEKS.
- Posted Sep. 6, 2011
