Each year, the School of Information makes an effort to award scholarships to students with a variety of interests. Students interested in applying for next year's scholarships should visit the School of Information's scholarships page. Below are the awards and award winners who have received our acclaim for 2023. Tiffany Whitman Alumni and Friends Council Endowed Minority Scholarship Tiffany Whitman is pursuing a Master’s in Library and Information Science (MLIS) degree, with a goal to secure a position at a 4-year institution with primary responsibility for resear...
From Kent State University's Division of Research & Economic Development
Kent State University is pleased to announce the two winners of both the Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentorship Award and Excellence in Graduate Research Mentorship Award. As part of the nomination process, each nominee received a student-submitted letters of nomination. Thank you to the graduate and undergraduate student committees that assisted in selecting the recipients of these prestigious awards.
The National Strength and Conditioning Association Foundation recently announced that Anthony Pinzone has been named a recipient of the NSCA’s Challenge Scholarship for 2022. Pinzone was selected by the NSCA Foundation Scholarship Committee after a thorough evaluation process of all applicants. This program awards $2,000 to NSCA members seeking either an undergraduate or graduate degree in a strength and conditioning-related field. Anthony Pinzone is a second-year doctoral student holding a graduate assistantship at Kent State University's School of Health Sciences. His primary research int...
The Design Innovation (DI) collaborator network will grow this semester as the DI Hub and its makerspaces open to the public through a new community membership. Beginning Jan. 17, anyone 18 and older can obtain a DI Hub membership and become a collaborator, which grants them access to Reactor shops and labs, equipment in the building’s makerspaces and staff assistance with projects. This membership, which was previously only available to Kent State students, faculty and staff, is now open to the external community. Membership levels start at $15 a month for “DI Collaborator,” which pr...
Emilee Hart, Doctoral Candidate in Human Evolutionary Biology in the School of Biomedical Sciences won Second Place in the Three Minute Thesis Competition. Her presentation on 'The Color Changing Gibbon" outlined her dissertation research that she is conducting in Dr. Rafaela Takeshita's lab in the Department of Anthropology. Emilee's 3MT abstract: Sexual dichromatism is rare among mammals but is most frequently found in the primates, especially in the Hylobatidae taxonomic group also known as the Small Apes. They are a rare and endangered group of primates found in Southeast Asia....