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  • In the event that there is inclement weather but Kent campus is not closed, employees should always use sound personal judgments regarding the safety of their travel when deciding whether or not to report to work. Employees should notify their supervisors if they are unable to report to work or feel it necessary to leave early. Any absence must be recorded in the form of leave (vacation, personal, or comp time).

Bradley Morris delivering his presentation at R&I Forum Spring 2023

Bradley Morris, Ph.D., is an associate professor and program coordinator of Educational Psychology in Kent State’s School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences. He is also co-director of the university’s Science of Learning Education (SOLE) Center.   At his recent presentation at a Research and Innovation Forum, sponsored by SOLE and the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs (RASP), he said “The first question I get is ‘why would NSF (National Science Foundation) give you money to pop popcorn with kids?’” The leaky pipeline To answer the question, Morris r...

Image of young student thinking.

“Are you a math person?” That’s a question Dana Miller-Cotto, Ph.D., an assistant professor in Kent State's Department of Psychological Sciences, asked at the beginning of her presentation at the recent Research & Innovation Forum, sponsored by the university's Science of Learning Education (SOLE) Center and the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs (RASP). She acknowledged that some people feel very strongly about math, and some may even feel anxiety about it. Miller-Cotto also asked how people feel about being “a math person” – or not. She asked forum attendee...

Presenters at the February 2023 R & I Forum

Three researchers from Kent State’s Science of Learning Education (SOLE) Center presented their current projects today at the Research and Sponsored Programs (RASP) Research and Innovation Forum. ‘Nursing education study with emerging technologies, haptics and mixed reality’ Kwangtaek Kim, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in Kent State’s Department of Computer Science. His research involves using emerging technologies like haptics and mixed reality, to help teach nursing students important skills like inserting needles and IVs in a virtual environment. He works with other resea...

RUTH BLOG BANNER

My name is Ruth Morara and I am in the class of 2026. My major is Conservation Biology. I honestly feel more like Kent chose me than the other way around! I am Kenyan-American but my family lives in Kenya, and so have I for the past 12 years. The exchange rate between our currencies made my dream of studying in the US look impossible. However, several staff at Kent State reached out and connected me to resources which could help me bypass this financial obstacle. Within a couple of weeks, I was met with a plethora of financial aid; far higher than any offered by the other universities t...

East Palestine chemical cloud

On the night of Feb. 3, about 50 cars of a freight train operated by Norfolk Southern Railway derailed in a fiery crash on the outskirts of East Palestine, a tiny village in northeastern Ohio, nestled near the state line with Pennsylvania. Ten of the derailed cars were transporting hazardous materials, five of which contained vinyl chloride, a highly volatile colorless gas produced for commercial uses.   Since then, there have been many reports about the evacuation of nearby residents, the cleaning and environmental testing that are still underway and political coverage of governmental...

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