February 2011 News Archive
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President Obama Honors Kent State Alum and Former LCI Researcher
Kent State University alumnus Dr. Ivan Smalyukh was recently honored at the White House, receiving the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from President Barack Obama. Smalyukh, who earned his doctorate in chemical physics from Kent State in 2003, was also a researcher and adjunct assistant professor at Kent State’s Liquid Crystal Institute (LCI).
- Posted Feb. 28, 2011 -
CS Colloquium 3/7/2011 "Differential Modeling for Biomedical Applications"
Differential Modeling for Biomedical Applications --
Dr. Chandan Reddy --
Computer Science Department --
Wayne State University --
3:45 pm, March 7, 2011, Room 228 MSB
- Posted Feb. 26, 2011 -
President Obama praises Kent Displays, Inc. in Northeast Ohio stop
President Barack Obama hosted the “Winning the Future” forum in Cleveland yesterday to meet with the Northeast Ohio business community, including Albert Green, CEO of Kent Displays, Inc., a local spin-off company of the Liquid Crystal Institute that employs about 100 people.
- Posted Feb. 23, 2011 -
Kent State Geology Professor Presents Drought Study Findings
A group of researchers have studied the history of drought in the Pacific Northwest during the last 6,000 years, a time that spans the mid-Holocene geological epoch to the present. The team includes Dr. Joseph Ortiz, associate professor of geology at Kent State University.
- Posted Feb. 23, 2011 -
Dr. Daniel Rodgers to visit KSU- Transnationalizing U.S. History
The History department is please to announce that Daniel T. Rodgers, the Henry Charles Lea Professor of History and the Director of the Shelby Cullom Davis center for Historical Studies will be visiting Kent State University on March 1st. His visit to Kent will bring Professor Rodgers back to a topic that has long interested him--the transnational dimension of American history.
- Posted Feb. 23, 2011 -
Kent State Offers New Study in Israel Trip
Comparative Religious Thought, a standard philosophy course offered by Kent State University, will be offered for the first time as a study abroad course in Israel, allowing students to study in Israel during the summer.
- Posted Feb. 22, 2011 -
Trip Report: Ohio Celebration of Women in Computing (OCWIC 2011)
3 professors and 6 students participated in OCWIC 2011, hearing talks, making presentations, and participating in a poster competition.
- Posted Feb. 21, 2011 -
Wick Intern Describes the AWP Conference, Washington, D.C.
- Posted Feb. 21, 2011 -
Kent State University ACM Student Chapter Reboots
The ACM Student Chapter at Kent State University has recently reformed and is looking for new members. Meetings are usually held on Wednesdays at 7:00pm room 228 in the Math and Computer Science Building. We look forward to seeing you there!
- Posted Feb. 19, 2011 -
Summer 2011 Registration Starts Monday 2/21
Registration for summer classes starts Monday 21 February 2011.
- Posted Feb. 19, 2011 -
Ph.D. student creates new electronic glossary
Ph.D. student Leonardo Giannossa created a French English glossary of legal terms based on a corpus composed of the records of the international court in Cambodia. The electronic glossary is available at http://dev.serenelabs.com/clients/flsearchdb/ .
- Posted Feb. 18, 2011 -
Paul Finkleman Guest Speaker for PAS Meet & Greet
Please come out and meet the faculty, staff and students in Pan-African Studies and our guest speaker Paul Finkleman from Governor Law Center Albany Law School Albany, New York.
-Faculty/Staff and Students Meet & Greet is March 8, 2011 in room 240 here in Oscar Ritchie Hall at 1:45PM-2:45PM
-The Lecture by Mr. Finkleman will be in room 214 also in Oscar Ritchie Hall from 6:00PM-7:00PM
- Posted Feb. 16, 2011 -
Spring 2011 Spanish Film Festival
March 4-6, 2011, Michael Schwartz Auditorium All films are in Spanish with English subtitles and are FREE and open to the public. Co-sponsored by the History Department and the Center for Applied Linguistics.
- Posted Feb. 9, 2011 -
John Gunstad Receives Early Career Award from the International Neuropsychological Society
Dr. Gunstad receives the Early Career Award at the INS meeting in Boston.
- Posted Feb. 7, 2011 -
MEDIA OPPORTUNITY: Expert on Egyptian Crisis Available for Interviews
Joshua Stacher, assistant professor of political science at Kent State University, is a sought-after expert on the Middle East. He is carefully following the current crisis in Egypt situation, and he is available for interviews to provide perspective and up-to-date information.
- Posted Feb. 7, 2011 -
The History Department presents Dr. Deborah Kang- Discussion of the Borderlands
The grant team is pleased to announce Dr. Deborah Kang, currently a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of California at Berkeley, will be visiting us on February 11th. Feb. 8th 5:30- Lone Star in 217 BSA, Feb 9th 10am- selected readings by Dr. Kang in 110 Bowman, Feb. 11th 2pm-Q&A, 3:30-Dr. Kang's formal presentation in 204 Bowman
- Posted Feb. 4, 2011 -
A Day with Dr. Galia Sabar
The Jewish Studies Program, Pan-African Studies and Hillel at Kent State University proudly present: A day with Dr. Galia Sabar: Chair, African Studies-- Tel Aviv University; Recipient of the Dali Lama's Unsung Heroes of Compassion Award Thursday, Feb 3, 2011
- Posted Feb. 3, 2011 -
Kent State’s African Community Theatre Holds Auditions for Spring Production
The African Community Theatre at Kent State University will be holding auditions for its spring 2011 production of “Wine in the Wilderness.”
- Posted Feb. 1, 2011 -
Kent State Hosts Explore Kent Chemistry Day for High School Students
High school juniors and seniors will have the opportunity to learn about Kent State University’s chemistry programs at the “Explore Kent Chemistry Day” on Saturday, Feb. 12, from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Williams Hall on the Kent campus.
- Posted Feb. 1, 2011
