America has a fresh water problem. Here's why. By Samuel Chang and Sarah Gao America's fresh water is in danger. The Great Lakes hold roughly 20% of the world's surface freshwater, and Lake Erie alone provides drinking water to more than 11 million residents in the United States. But serious water quality, access and infrastructure problems are threatening our fresh water future. Watch the Midstory video here ...
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Kent, OH – Kent State University’s School of Theatre and Dance continues its 2021-2022 production season with the B.F.A. Senior Dance Concert/Student Dance Festival: AWAKENINGS. The concert will be presented in the Erdmann-Zucchero Theatre located in the Center for the Performing Arts, 1325 Theatre Drive, Kent, OH 44242. The concert series runs Fri., March 18 and Sat., March 19 at 7:30 pm and Sun., March 20 at 2:00 pm. The B.FA. Senior Dance Concert in collaboration with the Student Dance Festival will present nine pieces including a solo choreographed by Dance Division faculty member Erin ...
Two shows are coming to the Performing Arts Center at Kent State University – Tuscarawas that are sure to bring out the Irish in everyone. “Celtgrass” originators We Banjo 3 will perform on Thursday, March 3 and then celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with Velocity Irish Dance as they tap their way onto the PAC stage on Thursday, March 17. Both shows are at 7:30 p.m. Debuting in the U.S. in 2012, We Banjo 3 has since emerged as fast-rising touring darlings in the country that two of the members now call home. The Galway, Ireland, and Nashville-based quartet––comprised of two sets of brothers, Enda...
When he lost his job at a local manufacturing facility, Andrew Milarcik did what many former students do, he went back to school. “I had previously completed my AAS Mechanical Engineering Technology degree and thought that would be fine, but the company I worked for got bought out by a foreign concern and they really didn’t understand my degree,” he said. “So, I took a year to finish my bachelor’s.” As part of his coursework at Kent State University at Tuscarawas, Milarcik enrolled in Advanced Manufacturing, a class where he had to complete a project of his choice. His choice was unusu...
A retired Marine is using his journey to assist others at Kent State's Center for Adult and Veteran Services. Recently featured on Good Morning America’s “What You Need to Know” (GMA3) segment, Mark Stillion discussed his experience of adjusting to life after his four deployments and how Kent State’s programs have assisted him. Stillion returned to Kent State with the intention of earning a degree that would allow him to assist the veteran community professionally After a year in school, he was hired by the Center for Adult and Veteran Services. “I’m very proud to be in...
Julie Mazzei, Ph.D., associate professor and interim director of the School of Multidisciplinary Social Sciences and Humanities, in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University, will take part in a virtual roundtable discussion with her co-authors of an edited volume "Paramilitary Groups and the State under Globalization: Political Violence, Elites and Security", edited by Jasmin Hristov, Jeb Sprague and Aaron Tauss (London: Routledge, 2022) on February 23 from 2-3:30 pm EST online via Zoom. To register, visit: https://uoft.me/paramilitary. Mazzei wrote&...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded a $300,000 grant to Thorsten-Lars Schmidt, Ph.D., to develop molecular tools that allow researchers to study membrane proteins. Schmidt, assistant professor of the Department of Physics in the College of Arts & Sciences, began developing this project while still at the Technical University Dresden, before accepting a position at Kent State University. “Cell membranes that surround all cells contain a large number of membrane proteins,” Schmidt said. ”Without these proteins, cells would quickly die, as they take over a large v...
Intentionality to build successful academic mentoring relationships with students is what sets professors apart at Kent State, and each year two professors at the graduate and undergraduate level receive a student-nominated award for their ability to do so. “Each year the Office of Student Research informs current students and alumni who have been involved in undergraduate and graduate research about the opportunity to nominate a research mentor for this award,” said Ann Gosky, director of the Office of Student Research in the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs. The...