For the second year in a row, Kent State University has the distinction of ranking among the top 20 companies nationwide in Forbes’ recently released list of America’s Best Employers for Diversity 2020. 连续两年，肯特州立大学在福布斯全美最具多元化公司排行榜上取得显著成绩。根据福布斯最新发布的2020美国最具多元化雇主排行榜，我校名列全美前20。 Kent State ranks No. 13 among 500 companies in 24 industry sectors and is the only Ohio public or private college or university to make the 2020 ranking. Duke University (No. 8) was the only higher education employer ranked above Kent State. 在2020年的排名中，肯特州立大学在24个行业500家公司中排名13，并且是俄亥俄州唯一个进入排名的公立/私立大学/学院。杜克大...
肯特州立大学心理学教授约翰·冈斯塔德（John Gunstad）博士已从美国国立卫生研究院（National Institutes of Health）获得近260万美元的资助，用于将扩大他所领导的阿尔茨海默氏病研究至全国范围。 语言识别与阿尔茨海默症 冈斯塔德教授正在研究如何将老年人的语音特征变化用作阿尔茨海默氏症的早期检测的方法。阿尔茨海默氏症是进行性神经系统疾病，是老年痴呆症的主要原因。在出现症状之前，阿尔茨海默氏症会引起大脑变化。 从去年开始，此项研究就获得了由肯特州立大学的大脑健康研究所与克利夫兰大脑健康研究所的合作提供的40,000美元的赠款，以用于60人的初步研究。 冈斯塔德教授进行研究的想法源于IBM现有的工作，它使用新技术研究精神病或精神分裂症患者的言语模式变化，以确定谁在未来住院的风险最高。 冈斯塔德教授与IBM研究人员联系，以查看他是否可以使用公司的技术来收集和检查老年人的语音，从而根据他们的语音模式变化来确定谁最容易患痴呆症。这促进与IBM研究员Rachel Ostrand博士进行了初步研究，冈斯塔德教授表示，他对扩大该技术的使用充满热情。 “这样的语言变化包括患者在找不到合适的单词时遇到想出单词的麻烦或用模糊的术语或代词代替”，例如，冈斯塔德教授说，“患者可能开始将诸如椅子之类的物品称为‘事物’，而不是使用确切的名词。”...
Due to the University limiting on-campus operations in response to Governor Mike DeWine's mandates surrounding COVID-19, all onsite "Know Your Numbers" health screenings during the months of March and April have been cancelled. In addition, we know that routine office screenings and visits will also be highly limited as the healthcare system focuses on those affected by the virus. With these factors in mind,Employee Wellness has extended the Wellness Your Way Tier 1 deadline to June 30. To accommodate those employees still working on Tier 1, we have added 3 new onsite screening da...
It seems like years have passed since the world first heard of an “atypical pneumonia” circulating in the Hubei province of China in December 2019. When we’ve seen similar reports in the past, the illnesses have had a variety of causes, but all were eventually containable. In the late 1990s, it was “bird flu,” an influenza virus that spread from birds to humans, strain H5N1. After 18 individuals were infected and 6 of them died, Hong Kong culled millions of chickens in an effort to contain the virus, but it popped up again in 2003 and has spread slowly around the globe since then, sickeni...
They remember the sights and sounds of helicopters and trucks as the Ohio National Guard moved into their small college town. They remember the smell of tear gas. They remember the chants of the protesters against the Vietnam War and invasion of Cambodia. They remember the panic and fear that ensued immediately after they heard that four students were killed and nine wounded when the guardsmen opened fire on campus. On May 4, 1970, many people in Kent experienced a traumatic event that they will never forget. These tragic events not only became a watershed moment for our country but left a ...
The new SECURE Act recently passed by congress addresses distributions from your IRA, 401k or 403b. It states that beneficiaries of retirement accounts must withdraw inherited funds within 10 years. So, taxable distributions to most beneficiaries will be larger and the taxes they pay will be higher. But there is a solution – it’s called a Testamentary Charitable Remainder Unitrust. This unitrust is a tax-exempt trust that is set up through your estate plan and will make income payments to your heirs for a term of up to 20 years. At the end of the trust, remaining funds are distributed to su...
On December 20, 2019, Congress made sweeping changes to the U.S. retirement landscape. The SECURE Act, or “Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement,” will affect nearly everyone. Here are two major changes. Required Minimum Distribution Age Change Instead of 70-½ , the SECURE Act now allows you to wait until age 72 to take your first Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) from your IRA, allowing you a year and a half longer to save for retirement. This change only applies to those who have not yet reached age 70-½. If you turned 70-½ in 2019, you must take your RMD under ...
