Mary Ann Devine, Ph.D., and professor in the Recreation, Park and Tourism Management program, recently authored a book titled, “Inclusive Leisure: A Strengths-based Approach.” Devine’s book aims to take the rights of people with disabilities to a level where disability is viewed as simply a part of the human condition. Inclusive Leisure puts the strengths, abilities, and contributions of people with disabilities at the forefront of inclusion and access to leisure as a matter of social justice and common professional practice. “Inclusive leisure for persons with disabilities is a human ri...
The Results Are In! Launch Event Brought Together the Region’s Leadership to Address Health Disparities in the LGBTQ+ Community Nearly 200 guests attended The Results Are In! event, held Thursday, August 18, 2022, at the Akron Art Museum. Nine panelists from seven domains of holistic health shared their reactions and suggested next steps to address areas of unmet needs identified through the community-based participatory research process, as well as strengths and achievements the community has to leverage in addressing these needs. The needs assessment was spearheaded by Andrew M. Snyder, BS...
Partnership will support domestic industry growth Kent State University, in response to a request from Intel®, will lead a network that includes 13 other Ohio higher education institutions now poised to prepare the workforce to make the small electronic devices that play a large role in our everyday lives. From computers and cellphones, cars, bank ATMS and more, semiconductors and other microelectronics are central to the operations of the items that fuel daily living in the United States. The institutions will develop innovative solutions to best support Intel coming to Ohio to ...
CRISPR-Cas9 has emerged as a potent genome editing tool that promises unprecedented control and specificity in targeting desired sequences and has been successfully employed in many cell lines and organisms. However, whether CRISPR-Cas9 can function in a setting where the target sequences can fold into stable secondary structures (alternative structures to the well-known double-helix DNA) is not known. In this project, researchers from Physics and Chemistry departments will establish capabilities and limitations of CRISPR-Cas9 in targeting such sequences and functioning in the vicinity of...
Division of People, Culture and Belonging
Online midterm grading for all Fall 2022 lower-division undergraduate courses (levels 00000, 10000, 20000) meeting in the full term (Aug. 25, 2022, through Dec. 11, 2022) begins Sept. 15, 2022, via FlashFAST. Please remember that midterm grading applies ONLY to courses that meet for the full semester. Grading policies can be found in the University Catalog. The deadline for midterm grade submission is midnight on Wednesday, Oct. 12. Midterm grades may not be reported after the deadline. The Grade Change workflow cannot be used to report or change midterm grades after the...