October 2011 News Archive
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A&S Research Incentives
To support faculty research, the College of Arts & Sciences has initiated two research incentive programs, the A&S Research Advance Program, which is directed at mid-career faculty, and the A&S Resources & Tools Program, which will support travel to collections and the purchase of research tools and materials. The College will accept an initial round of applications at the beginning of Spring 2012 term.
- Posted Oct. 31, 2011 -
CS Colloquium 11/2/2011 "Rubik's Cube in Twenty Moves or Less"
Rubik's Cube in Twenty Moves or Less -- Dr. Morley Davidson -- Mathematical Sciences Department -- Kent State University -- 3:45 pm, 2 November 2011, 228 MSB
- Posted Oct. 29, 2011 -
Rizal Mohd Nor and Mikhail Nesterenko Win Best Student Paper Award
Rizal Mohd Nor, Mikhail Nesterenko (both of Kent State University) and Christian Scheideler (University of Padeborn) were awarded "best student paper" at the 13th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS) for their paper "Corona: A Stabilizing Deterministic Message-Passing Skip List".
- Posted Oct. 26, 2011 -
Kent State and Carnegie Mellon Receive $250,000 NSF Grant to Advance Computational Research
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a collaborative research grant to Kent State University and Carnegie Mellon University for a project to advance computational research. The $250,000 grant is part of the NSF’s Cyberinfrastructure Training, Education, Advancement, and Mentoring for Our 21st Century Workforce program (CI-TEAM).
- Posted Oct. 24, 2011 -
Di Tsvey Duo to Perform Jewish Klezmer Music at Kent State University at Stark
- Posted Oct. 24, 2011 -
MEDIA ADVISORY: New Liquid Crystal-Based Technology that Rapidly Detects Multiple Pathogens in Food to be Introduced
On Oct. 26, Crystal Diagnostics will introduce a new technology using liquid crystals to detect multiple harmful pathogens in food in a single test. Crystal Diagnostics is the exclusive licensee of fundamental liquid crystal biosensor technologies developed jointly by a research partnership between Kent State University and Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED).
- Posted Oct. 20, 2011 -
Kent State Presents Lecture by Former Israeli Diplomat on Oct. 25
Kent State University will present a talk by former Israeli diplomat Ishmael Khaldi on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. in Room 137 of Bowman Hall on the Kent campus. The event, which is free and open to the public, is presented by the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA).
- Posted Oct. 19, 2011 -
A & S Leadership Program
The College of Arts & Sciences invites interested full time faculty to participate in the A&S Leadership Program, a reading and working group that will explore higher education administration, departmental and collegial leadership, and institutional strategies.
- Posted Oct. 18, 2011 -
Sixth-Grade Poet Reads at Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Ceremony
- Posted Oct. 17, 2011 -
Brasch Group Awarded NIH Grant to Study the Reactions of Vitamin B12 with Reactive Oxygen Species
The Brasch group in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has been awarded $219 K from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the NIH to study the reactions of vitamin B12 with reactive oxygen species.
- Posted Oct. 14, 2011 -
Department Mourns Loss of Professor Edwin S. Gould
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry extends its condolences to the family of Professor Edwin Gould who passed away at his home on October 11, 2011.
- Posted Oct. 12, 2011 -
Student Poets to Read Nov. 2 and 3
- Posted Oct. 10, 2011 -
Scholar Conducts Research at Kent State to Enhance Food Security in West Africa
Nigerian scholar Moses Abiala is conducting research at Kent State University on molecular identification of soil microorganisms that can help develop indigenous biological fertilizer to enhance the growth of corn and other major cereal crops in West Africa.
- Posted Oct. 10, 2011 -
Holocaust Survivor Eva Schloss Comes to Kent Stage on Oct. 18
- Posted Oct. 10, 2011 -
CS Colloquium 10/14/2011 "From Open-Loop Sensing to Closed-Loop Sensing and Control: Challenges to Embedded Wireless..."
From Open-Loop Sensing to Closed-Loop Sensing and Control: Challenges to Embedded Wireless Networking --
Dr. Hongwei Zhang --
Computer Science Department --
Wayne State University --
4:00 pm, 14 October 2011, 228 MSB
- Posted Oct. 7, 2011 -
Holocaust Survivor Eva Schloss Comes to Kent Stage on Oct. 18
Eva Schloss, Holocaust survivor and stepsister to wartime diarist Anne Frank, will participate in a multimedia performance, “And Then They Came for Me: Remembering the World of Anne Frank,” on Tuesday, Oct. 18, from noon to 1:30 p.m., at the Kent Stage on 175 E. Main St. in downtown Kent.
- Posted Oct. 4, 2011 -
Kent Political Union Debate, Tue Nov 1, Kiva
- Posted Oct. 3, 2011 -
CS Colloquium 10/5/2011 "Computational Modeling Towards Two-Dimensional Annotation of Genomes"
Computational Modeling Towards Two-Dimensional Annotation of Genomes -- Dr. Xuewen Chen -- Electrical Engineering and Computer Science -- University of Kansas -- 3:45 pm, 5 October 2011, 228 MSB
- Posted Oct. 3, 2011 -
Syndicated Columnist Gives an Insider’s Perspective on Happenings in the Middle East
- Posted Oct. 3, 2011
