College of Arts and Sciences

Kent State Researchers Publish Breakthrough in Leading Scientific Journal

Senior Research Fellow Quan Li, Ph.D., and his research group at Kent State University’s Liquid Crystal Institute®, in the College of Arts and Sciences, have published a research article in the March 17 issue of Nature that could lead to a variety of breakthrough device applications and other indust…

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Research & Science

Materials Science Graduate Program: Graduate Education on Soft Matter Science

Kent State Honors 2016 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award Recipients

Three Kent State University faculty members were honored with the 2016 Outstanding Research and Scholarship Awards at a ceremony that took place on April 5 in the University Library. This year’s recipients were selected from a large number of nominees by the University Research Council chaired by…

Tags: College of Education, Health and Human Services , Department of Psychological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Philosophy , Awards and Honors , Research & Science

College of Education, Health and Human Services

Kent State Researchers Publish Breakthrough in Leading Scientific Journal

Senior Research Fellow Quan Li, Ph.D., and his research group at Kent State University’s Liquid Crystal Institute®, in the College of Arts and Sciences, have published a research article in the March 17 issue of Nature that could lead to a variety of breakthrough device applications and other indust…

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Research & Science

Kent Campus

Kent State's Wick Poetry Center to Expand Traveling Stanzas Project With $125,000 in New Funding From Knight Foundation

The Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University will expand its successful Traveling Stanzas project with $125,000 in new funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of its Knight Arts Challenge. The Knight Arts Challenge funds ideas that engage and enrich Akro…

Tags: Wick Poetry Center , Traveling Stanzas , Grants , College of Arts and Sciences , Department of English

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Brain Waves of Tibetan Monks Could One Day Help Students in the West

Since the time of the early Buddhist kings, Tibetan monks have practiced analytic meditation - where they memorize a Buddhist text and then attempt to deepen their understanding of this material by joining in debate pits lead by a senior monk, known as the challenger. “The challenger is s…

Tags: Department of Psychological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences

Kent Campus

Kent State Board Votes to Establish Unified Student Government Across All Kent State Campuses

Kent State University Board of Trustees approved establishing a unified student government across all campuses – Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Kent, Salem, Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas – during its March 9, 2016, board meeting.Each campus’ Undergraduate Student Government is recognized as the…

Tags: Board of Trustees , Undergraduate Student Government , College of Arts and Sciences , Division of Student Life , Enrollment , Intercollegiate Athletics , University Culinary Services , Department of Residence Services

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Kent State sophomore Liz Schmidt poses in the Student Multicultural Center after taking top honors with her “Compassionate Communities” essay.

Kent State Student Liz Schmidt Writes About Compassion to End Injustice, Takes Top Honors

When you first meet Liz Schmidt, an instant friendship emerges, filled with conversation illuminated with respect and kindness. Her friendly disposition and welcoming nature, coupled with her sense of adventure, reflects the social responsibility she lives by: “foster relationships and value people …

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Center for Applied Conflict Management , Department of Political Science , Success Story

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Kent State sophomore Liz Schmidt poses in the Student Multicultural Center after taking top honors with her “Compassionate Communities” essay.

Kent State Student Liz Schmidt Writes About Compassion to End Injustice, Takes Top Honors

When you first meet Liz Schmidt, an instant friendship emerges, filled with conversation illuminated with respect and kindness. Her friendly disposition and welcoming nature, coupled with her sense of adventure, reflects the social responsibility she lives by: “foster relationships and value people …

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Center for Applied Conflict Management , Department of Political Science , Success Story

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Kent State Professor, Wick Poetry Center Earn University’s Diversity Awards

Molly Merryman, Kent State University associate professor of sociology and founding director of the Kent State Women’s Center, has been awarded the university’s 2016 Diversity Trailblazer Award. The annual Diversity Trailblazer Award recognizes diversity pioneers associated with Kent State who have …

Tags: Awards and Honors , Department of Sociology and Criminology , Wick Poetry Center , College of Arts and Sciences

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Newly Developed Liquid Crystal Elastomer Material Could Enable Advanced Sensors, Kent State Researchers Say

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs), essentially rubbers with liquid crystal properties, can do a number of fascinating things, especially in the fields of optics, photonics, telecommunications and medicine. They can curl up, bend, twist, wrinkle and stretch when exposed to light, heat, gases and other…

Tags: Chemical Physics , College of Arts and Sciences , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Research & Science

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