A new federal grant will help Kent State University expand an international relationship and provide invaluable opportunities for some graduate students. The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded Kent State a three-year, $298,000 International Research Experience for Students (IRES) grant that will allow graduate students to travel to Kyoto University in Japan to study primates and human evolution at the world-renowned Primate Research Institute. The IRES grant is under the direction of Anthony Tosi, Ph.D., associate professor of anthropology in the College of Arts and Science...
The American Institute of Professional Geologists Annual Conference Student Poster Contest was held September 15-17, 2019 in Burlington, Vermont. Geology doctoral student, Israel Olaoye, received first place in the graduate category with his poster Assessing land Use/Land Cover (LULC) Change and Climate Change Vulnerablity Using Machine Learning, Markov Chain Model and GIS: A Case Study on Old Woman Creek (OWC) Watershed, OH. Congratulations Israel! ...
This past month, the Kent State University at Tuscarawas community lost a beloved friend and leader in Dr. Kamal Bichara, longtime emeritus professor and former engineering technology director at the Tuscarawas Campus. He passed away leaving a lasting impact on thousands of individuals, whether they had him as a professor, advisor or even as an acquaintance over his long career at Kent State Tuscarawas. He will be greatly missed, as he was a trailblazer in engineering technology here for nearly 40 years. To commemorate his dedication and commitment to engineering and our students, ...
Liquid crystals can exhibit spatial patterns in molecular alignment at interfaces that can be reconfigured by external stimuli. This property of anisotropic fluids provides a valuable tool for patterning nanoparticles adsorbed at fluid interfaces, of importance for optical and energy applications. Colloidal particles at the cholesteric liquid crystal interface have been reported to localize either near bulk defects or in regions of favorable surface anchoring. In this work, we demonstrate that both types of ordering can be achieved within the same system. We investigate nanoparticle ordering a...
Sonia Sanchez’s visit to Kent State University’s campus on Wednesday, September 18, touched many members of the community, both students and visitors alike. Sanchez's visit is part of the year long 50th Commemoration of the events of May 4, 1970 at Kent State. Sanchez discussed how poetry, civil rights, student activism, and peace can enact change; these themes are as relevant now as they were in 1970, and they take on new significance in the context of the 50th anniversary of May 4th, which occurs next year in May of 2020. In addition to her speaki...
In April 2019, Kent State University welcomed Neil Cooper, Ph.D, as the new inaugural director of Kent State's School of Peace and Conflict Studies. The School of Peace and Conflict Studies was originally called the Center for Peaceful Change when it was founded in 1971 as the university's first ‘living memorial’ for the events that occurred on May 4th, 1970. Prior to his arrival, Cooper was head of Peace Studies and International Development at the University of Bradford in the U.K. There he led programs for undergraduate, graduate and doctoral level students through the cen...
Kent State Graduate Taylor Pendrith, ‘14, earned the Canada Life Candian Player of the Year honors on the Mackenzie Tour -- PGA TOUR Canada on Sunday, Sept. 15. This is Pendrith’s second time receiving the honor in the past four years. “Canada Life has been a great supporter of the Tour for the last few years, and it’s an awesome little bonus for the Canadian players who compete out here,” Pendrith told PGATour.com Pendrith finished second at the Canada Life Championship and has previously won two tournaments this year, becoming the first Canadian to win on the Macken...
On Sept. 24, 2019, we were honored to welcome in culinary historian and Jewish educator Michael Twitty at Kent State. Twitty calls his way of cooking Kosher/Soul food “Afro Ashkefardi.” Black and Jewish communities are the only people commonly known to use their culinary works to talk about their history, all the while enjoying great food. His blog titled “Afroculinaria” gives voice to the racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of African American-Jewish identity and experience. It was a heartfelt and enjoyable event. Join us for story-telling and kosher soul food tasting with culinary his...