Oct. 13: Melissa Celko, Director of Kent State Wellness in the division of Student Affairs.  She talks of the rise of depression and anxiety in students, and Kent State Wellness and the initiatives used to combat those problems. Read the Age of Anxiety Article Learn more about  Kent State of WEllness Listen to the Elevations interview: ...

Lala Hajibayova, School of Information, authored “Leveraging collective intelligence: from univocal to multivocal representation of cultural heritage,” in Journal of Documentation, Vol. 74, Issue 6 (2018) 1190-1203. ...

Kent State University Professor Wins Marie Curie Award POLAND - Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University, was recently awarded the Medal of Marie Sklodowska-Curie by the Polish Chemical Society for his scientific achievements. The prestigious medal is awarded to outstanding chemists working permanently abroad for exceptional scientific achievements of international significance and for contributions to the community of Polish chemists. Jaroniec delivered an invited plenary lecture, "Na...

There is much research about stress and what causes it. We also have volumes of information on how to manage or reduce it. So, why do we repeatedly experience such an increase in stress around the holidays? It's probably true that everyone with “holiday stress” could give unique answers on why they are stressed during this time, particularly in the months of November and December. On Tuesday, Oct. 30, from noon-1 p.m., presenter Terri O'Reilly, M. Ed., will address holiday stress and how to effectively manage it. This popular lunch-and-learn workshop will be delivered via lives...

Have a question about what the IMPACT Employee Assistance Program (EAP) can do for you? Want to learn more about resiliency training, online seminars, depression awareness and prevention? Curious about financial counseling services, eldercare, childcare, smoking cessation or the new Stress Less Center? Come to the EAP office hours Wednesday, Oct. 24, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Employee Wellness Resource Room in 103 Heer Hall on the Kent Campus. Meet with Lisa Kirby, IMPACT account manager, and learn about the numerous resources available to employees and their eligible dependents. Office...