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Kent State’s Institute for Applied Linguistics Receives NEH Grant to Host Translation Institute
Sept. 19, 2014
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded Kent State University’s Institute for Applied Linguistics (IAL), in the College of Arts and Sciences, a $166,000 grant to host a three-week summer institute on literature in translation as a means of enhancing cross-…
Read More »The Science of Learning and Education (SOLE) to Host Summit on Improving Student Scholarship
Sept. 8, 2014
Thursday, Oct. 9 will feature Keynote speaker Mark McDaniel, Ph.D. at the Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center. The public is invited to attend. The following day, Friday, Oct. 10, will include multiple presentations by world-renowned scholars, including:
Read More »Mindy Farmer Selected as the New Director of Kent State’s May 4 Visitors Center
Sept. 3, 2014
Mindy Farmer, Ph.D., has been selected as the new director of the May 4 Visitors Center in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University. She started her new position on July 1. Farmer also will teach public history courses in Kent State’s Department of History as an…
Read More »Kent State to host Midwest Jewish Studies Association Academic Conference
Aug. 29, 2014
The Jewish Studies Program, in Kent State University’s College of Arts and Sciences, will host the 26th Annual Midwest Jewish Studies Association Academic Conference on Sept. 14 – 15 at the Kent State Hotel and Conference Center in downtown Kent. Approximately 30 scholars and…
Read More »Kent State Hosts Global Adolescence Research Summer School
Aug. 28, 2014
Kent State University will host the annual 2013 European Society for Research on Adolescence (EARA)/Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) Summer School from June 16-22. The summer school brings together established researchers, who are recognized for their expertise and…
Read More »“Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings” to be Topic of Co-Lecture at Kent State on Sept. 27
Aug. 28, 2014
Kent State University’s College of Arts and Sciences and the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship will host a co-lecture, “The Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings,” to be given by two of Northeast Ohio’s experts in Middle East politics and political…
Read More »Kent State Research Finds Meditation Effective in Reducing Blood Pressure
Aug. 28, 2014
Two researchers at Kent State Universities have found that mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) can reduce high blood pressure, which affects nearly 60 million adults in the United States. MBSR, which involves the practice of meditation, body awareness and some gentle yoga…
Read More »Covering the Egyptian Uprising: Award-Winning Independent Journalist to Speak at Kent State
Aug. 28, 2014
Kent State University’s College of Arts and Sciences will co-host a lecture, “Covering the Egyptian Uprising,” by Sharif Abdel Kouddous on Nov. 7 at 6:30 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva on the Kent Campus. Visitor parking is available in the Kent Student Center visitor lot…
Read More »New Director Announced for Kent State’s May 4 Visitors Center
Aug. 25, 2014
Mindy Farmer, Ph.D., has been appointed new director of the May 4 Visitors Center in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University, effective July 1. Farmer also will teach public history courses in the Department of History as an assistant professor starting in…
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