Kent State University has recently received a flurry of grants totaling more than $3 million in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), which will support research and innovation in a wide range of fields within the College of Arts and Sciences. “We’re thrilled to receive this funding,” Vice President of Research and Sponsored Programs Paul DiCorleto said. “Especially impressive is the breadth and scope of research being funded. To have such a wide range of faculty being successful at garnering extremely competitive funding is a testament to the excellent researchers we have...
As racial tensions shook the nation to its core throughout the summer of 2020, the historic rock located at the front of campus became a focal point of derogatory remarks. At that time, members of the Integrated Greek Council (IGC) took charge, deciding not only that things needed to change but in a meaningful and impactful way for decades to come. That’s when Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. and IGC plots Committee Chair Sydney Evans put together a thoughtful and inspiring letter to the university, which stated in part more needed to be done to recognize Black and Latino students on campu...
By: Jessica Ordóñez-Lancet May 04, 2021 RESTON, Va. – Across more than 200 college campuses in 43 states, millions of students participated in the 2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste competition, where they helped to reduce their waste footprint through waste minimization efforts, and the donation, composting, and recycling of more than 25.8 million pounds of waste. "Over the last two decades, more than 1,000 higher education campuses have joined our Campus Race to Zero Waste program. By reducing their waste, these campuses have decreased the amount of trash ent...
It’s a sunny spring day at Kent State University at Stark – the perfect day to install an educational groundwater well field behind the campus’ Pond & Wetlands Research Area. And while contractors dig deep, science faculty know the groundbreaking will have an impact that’s limitless: real-world learning through hands-on experience. Near the drilling site, Eric Taylor, Ph.D., associate professor of geology, and Carrie Schweitzer, Ph.D., professor of geology, watch eagerly. This moment is one they’ve been looking forward to for years. Tradesmen from Ohio Testbor, Inc. – contracted by ...
May Wellness Webinars: Plant-Based Living
As part of their May focus on plant-based living, Employee Wellness will offer the following webinars, worth 10 Tier 2 points for all full- and part-time faculty and staff participating in the wellness rewards program. Click on the webinar titles to register.
Kent State Magazine Spring/Summer 2021 By Candace Goforth DeSantis, BS ’94, and Jim Maxwell, BS ’00, MS ’11 By now, it is well understood that the role of women in science has gone largely uncredited throughout history. In recent years, a movement has grown to correct the record and bring attention to the overlooked contributions of women scientists. One of those women is Eunice Newton Foote, whose discovery 165 years ago paved the way for our modern understanding of Earth’s natural greenhouse effect, which is fundamental to the study of climate change. Joseph D. Ortiz, PhD, co-authored a ...
Kent Wired Article Kaitlyn Finchler Reporter May 2, 2021 The university launched numerous projects and efforts for Earth Month to get the community involved. David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center, collaborated with the Center for Earth Ethics at Columbia University and others at Kent State to launch an Earth Month poetry project. “Earth Stanzas is a collaborative project that we launched last year for the 50th commemoration of Earth Day,” Hassler said. “For Earth Stanzas we curated, with the Center for Earth Ethics, eight beautiful different...
Mahoning Matters Article May 1, 2021 By: Mahoning Matters staff WARREN — After a year everyone can agree was stressful, Kent State University at Trumbull is building on its mindfulness initiatives. The campus recently broke ground on a Mindfulness Walk that will travel along the south side of the classroom/administration building near Lake Anne and the campus’s nine-hole disc golf course. The project is being spearheaded by Chris Popadak, the campus’ Kent State of Wellness representative; Barb Ozimek, Kent State Trumbull’s full-time mental...
Dr. Metin Eren receives the KSU 2020-2021 New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholar Award. This award is sponsored by the University Research Council and the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, this award is intended to recognize Kent State’s exceptional researchers and scholars. The awardees are selected based on the quality of their research, creative activities and scholarship and their impact on society. Congratulations on this well-earned achievement, Dr. Eren! ...
Kent Wired Article By Anna Huntsman and Laina Yost April 21, 2019 Office of Sustainability, architects monitor campus building energy expenditure To improve a university’s carbon footprint, experts say the first step is to track its energy. In 2017, Kent State began tracking the energy expenditure of each building on campus. “Back before we started all the energy conservation projects back in 2012, we did not have accurate building-by-building metering,” said Bob Misbrener, a project manager in the university architect’s office. “After the energy project, we knew...