There was lots to love this month, Golden Flashes. February was full of Valentine’s Day content, winter views of campus and so much more. Check out some of our top posts! Instagram It may be cold outside, but that just means that the university is glistening! Our top-performing post featured snapshots of Kent Campus with an icy shine.         View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by Kent State Uni...

  Abstract : Chirality in materials, such as liquid crystals, often entails a high degree of frustration, leading to a rich array of morphological phenomena. Here I will discuss how methods from contact geometry and topology can be used to give a qualitative understanding of the behaviour of chiral materials. Using experiments on cylindrically confined lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals as a model system, I will show how contact topology-theoretic methods lead to a topological description of the various metastable minima in the energy landscape, as well as explaining the existence ...

Kent State’s chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta (ALD) honored students earlier this semester during their induction ceremony on January 29, 2022. Current officers were tasked to make it the largest induction group ever and they did just that. The official ceremony was held both in-person and virtually via Instagram Live. The academic honors society invites all first-year students who have received a 3.5 GPA or higher to join the organization. Once initiated, they are made an honorary member for life and can receive scholarships, network, and expand on leadership and professional skills. The backbo...

Kent State University continues to exemplify leadership in its mission to support students as the Kent Campus is designated as a Military Friendly® School for the 13th consecutive year in a row, earning a Gold award. In addition, Kent State University at Trumbull earned a Silver award. Viqtory Media uses a public survey to indicate which campuses across the nation are considered the most supportive to their military-connected students. This year, the university’s Kent Campus placed in the top 5% of institutions in its category, giving it a Gold ranking for the very first time. More than 1,80...

KENT, Ohio – The School of Art Collection and Galleries at Kent State University are pleased to announce a new exhibit “This Is Home: Recent Paintings by Luanne Redeye.” The exhibit will be on display March 15 through May 14, 2022 at the KSU Downtown Gallery, located at 141 East Main Street in Kent, Ohio. “This is Home” is a part of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read events, organized in part by a partnership with the Massillon Museum.  An artist's reception will take place on Friday, April 22 from 5-7 p.m. at the KSU Downtown Gallery. Redeye will also be giving an artist...

The Kent State University Board of Trustees approved the establishment of the Bachelor of Social Work degree during the Board’s regular quarterly meeting held March 8. The new degree was developed based on the high demand for licensed social workers within the areas surrounding Kent State’s Regional Campuses. A recent labor data report demonstrated that job postings for social workers increased by 21% in Northeast Ohio from 2019 to 2020. The degree will be offered as a single program on three campuses: Ashtabula, Salem and Tuscarawas. Coursework will be delivered in a hybrid online/in-perso...

Researchers publish Assessment of psychological distress as a function of positive psychological variables during the COVID-19 pandemic: A university longitudinal study in the Journal of American College Health. Psychological distress and positive psychological metrics are examined among college students from a large public University in Northeast Ohio across three timepoints during the COVID-19 pandemic. The entire article can be found:  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07448481.2022.2032086?src= ...

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