What happens when two neutron stars collide? What extreme densities and temperatures are reached? What new states of matter exist within the core of a neutron star? These and other questions like them are nearly impossible for scientists, including astrophysicists, to answer on their own. It takes interdisciplinary collaborations from multiple institutions who share their own data and combine it to begin exploring and analyzing various models and theories. These enormous computational efforts are complex, to say the least. In fact, it takes large-scale computer clusters and ultimately ...
Campus Pride has released its 2021 Best of the Best LGBTQ-Friendly Colleges and Universities list, and for the second time in two years, Kent State University has landed on it. Kent State is the only Ohio public university to make the 2021 list, and it again is the only school in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) to receive this recognition. Celebrating its 20th year, Campus Pride has continued to support college and university campuses to help improve campus life for LGBTQ students. The 2021 Best of the Best Colleges and Universities list is based on several factor...
Kent State Tuscarawas will hold a walk-in COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic on Thurs., Oct. 7, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Founders Hall Lobby. The New Philadelphia Health Department will provide the Pfizer vaccine free of cost to anyone 12 years or older. Those under the age of 18 will need parental consent. The vaccine is available for students, faculty, staff and the public. The return date for the second dose of the vaccine is Thurs., Oct. 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the Founders Hall lobby. Please protect yourself, your family and your community by getting vaccinated! ...
The Farris Family Innovation Awards support the research of tenure-track faculty members who are not yet tenured at Kent State and who have shown promising drive for their field of study. In May 2021, Faculty Affairs announced the recipients of this year's Farris Family Innovation Awards: Michelle Bebber, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology, and Elda Hegmann, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Materials Science Graduate Program. “Research is part of the core mission of Kent State,” Douglas Delahanty, interim vice president for Research and Sponsored Program...
The Employee Vaccination Drawing Week 1 Winners are: Name Award Tile Chris Dorsten $100 University Registrar Jameka Wilson $100 Dir, One Stop Student Svcs Kristina Racher $100 Payroll Specialist Laine Seliga $100 Faculty Part-Time -Semester Christopher O'Daniel $100 Sr Applications Developer Andrew Watkins $100 Emergency Services Dispatcher Jean Day $100 Custodial Worker Karen Martinez $100 Faculty Part-Time -...