April 2011 News Archive
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Congratulations to Nicholas Tietz for Winning ACESS STEM Scholarship
Congratulations to Nicholas Tietz for winning this year's ACESS STEM Scholarship, which is awarded annually to a Kent State University student by the Akron Council of Engineering and Scientific Societies.
- Posted Apr. 28, 2011 -
Kent State Researchers Play Lead Role in New Science Discovery
Kent State University researchers are part of a team of international scientists who have discovered antihelium-4, the most massive antinucleus known to date. This new discovery is the antimatter partner of the helium-4 nucleus, also called the alpha particle. Helium-4 is the normal form of helium, the second most abundant element in the universe after hydrogen.
- Posted Apr. 26, 2011 -
Kent State Liquid Crystal Researcher to Speak at Ohio Innovation Conference
Kent State University researcher and chemistry professor John West from the university’s Liquid Crystal Institute will be among the top business leaders, government officials and university representatives who will speak at the “Building the Ohio Innovation Economy” conference in Cleveland, on April 25 and 26.
- Posted Apr. 22, 2011 -
Kent State Presents Ohio Employee Ownership Conference, April 29
Kent State University will host the 25th Annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference on Friday, April 29, at the Hilton West in Fairlawn, Ohio. The theme for the conference, presented by Kent State’s Ohio Employee Ownership Center (OEOC), is “Working Together, Saving Jobs.”
- Posted Apr. 20, 2011 -
Bisbee Winners Announced
- Posted Apr. 20, 2011 -
Increasing Scarcity of Mineral Based Materials Education and Research
Seminar by James D. McGuffin-Cawley, Thursday, April 21, 2011, 11:00am, KSU Samsung Auditorium Liquid Crystal & Materials Science Building
- Posted Apr. 13, 2011 -
Weight Loss Improves Memory, According to Kent State Researcher
John Gunstad, an associate professor in Kent State University’s Department of Psychology, and a team of researchers have discovered a link between weight loss and improved memory and concentration. The study shows that bariatric surgery patients exhibited improved memory function 12 weeks after their operations.
- Posted Apr. 12, 2011 -
Today’s Students Help Publish an Ancient Greek Work
Kent State University students will soon have the chance to analyze and decipher an original Greek papyrus from antiquity, as part of a research project through the Green Scholars Initiative.
- Posted Apr. 12, 2011 -
CS Department Honors Week Undergraduate Student Recognition Ceremony 4/13/2011
Please join us for our Honors Week Student Recognition Ceremony on Wednesday 13 April at 3:30pm, as we congratulate our very talented undergraduate students for their accomplishments over this past academic year.
- Posted Apr. 12, 2011 -
Jewish Studies presents Lunch & Learn with Dr. Monique Balbuena
Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 12:30-1:30pm, 110 Bowman Hall- An overview of contemporary works written in Judeo-Spanish in Argentina and Brazil and a look into the continuous making of the Sephardic repertoire
- Posted Apr. 12, 2011 -
12th Annual Symposium on Democracy, April 28-29
Kent State University presents the 12th Annual Symposium on Democracy. Held in commemoration of the events of May 4, 1970, the symposium takes place April 28-29 in Oscar Ritchie Hall and is sponsored by the university’s Department of History, Department of Pan-African Studies and Women’s Studies Program, with funding from the Office of the President and the College of Arts and Sciences.
- Posted Apr. 11, 2011 -
Jakli receives 2010 Luckhurst-Samulski Prize
- Posted Apr. 11, 2011 -
College Announces Winners of Distinguished Teaching and Distinguished Advising Awards
Congrats to Dr. Julie Mazzei and Dr. Kimberly Winebrenner for winning the 2010-2011 Arts and Sciences Distinguished Teaching and Distinguished Advising Awards!
- Posted Apr. 11, 2011 -
Congrats to Geology grad students at the Graduate Student Senate Research Symposium
Congrats to geology students Julie Gouin, Ovidiu Frantescu, and Adiël Klompmaker for winning awards at the Graduate Student Senate Research Symposium, held April 1, 2011.
- Posted Apr. 11, 2011 -
Prof. Nelson Burns Receives National Honor
Prof. Nelson Burns has been selected by The National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare to receive the Visionary Leadership Award for 2011. Prof. Burns is currently part-time faculty in the Department of Political Science. He will be among 13 individuals and organizations honored on May 3 during the 41st National Council Conference in San Diego.
- Posted Apr. 11, 2011 -
Angela Neal-Barnett Receives Harold K. Stubbs Humanitarian Award
- Posted Apr. 11, 2011 -
"Hate Violence Goes to School"
talk by Jack Levin, Friday, April 15th 12-130pm, 107 Merrill Hall.
- Posted Apr. 7, 2011 -
New Rotation Schedule for CS Core Courses
The Department of Computer Science will be implementing a new course rotation schedule beginning in Spring 2012, which has implications for students registering for Fall 2011
- Posted Apr. 7, 2011 -
9th Annual Chemistry Honors Week Celebration of Student Achievement
Join the faculty, students and staff of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 as we celebrate student achievement.
- Posted Apr. 6, 2011 -
Department of English 2011 Scholarship and Writing Contest Winners
Department of English announces 2011 Scholarship and Writing Contest Winners!
- Posted Apr. 6, 2011 -
Paul Finkelman to Lecture on Ohio Slave Fugitive Law and Oberlin Case, April 13
As part of its “Cosmopolitanism and Diversity in the African World” lecture series, Kent State University’s Department of Pan-African Studies presents a lecture by Paul Finkelman, the William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law and Public Policy and Senior Fellow at the Albany Law School’s Governor Law Center in Albany, N.Y. The lecture takes place Wednesday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m. in room 214 of Oscar Ritchie Hall on the Kent Campus. The event is free and open to the public.
- Posted Apr. 6, 2011 -
Posen Foundation Summer Seminar
Join us for the 2011 Summer Seminar: Literatures of Jewish Secularism and Secularization.
- Posted Apr. 6, 2011 -
Summer Internship Possibilities at The National Center for Jewish Film
Summer internship possibilities for undergraduate and graduate students at The National Center for Jewish Film via the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute.
- Posted Apr. 6, 2011 -
Grad student in the news- Andrea Mata
Psychology graduate student Andrea Mata and her advisor Manfred van Dulmen presented a paper entitled "Highly Involved Children: Descriptives, Predictors and Outcome"
- Posted Apr. 6, 2011 -
"Students' Trip to DC" April 13-16 Organized by KSU Political Science Club and Pi Sigma Alpha
- Posted Apr. 5, 2011 -
2011 High School and Undergraduate Competition Winners Announced
- Posted Apr. 4, 2011 -
Writing Commons Presents Workshops in Scientific Writing, April 2011
Writing Commons Tutors Jessica Kreiger and Jonathan Tietz will present their Scientific Writing Workshop series in two parts and in several locations on campus in the next few weeks.
- Posted Apr. 3, 2011 -
Kent State Presents Documentary on World’s Largest Deaf Community on April 7
On April 7, Kent State University will host a screening of the documentary film “Voices From El-Sayed,” which tells the story of world’s largest Deaf community located in an Israeli Bedoiun village. Director and writer Oded Adomi Leshem will be on hand to discuss the film.
- Posted Apr. 1, 2011
