College of Arts and Sciences
CACM Associate Professor Landon Hancock Publishes a New Edited Book
CACM Associate Professor, Landon Hancock, has published a new edited book, his third, this one entitled: "Narratives of Identity in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change,” Emerald Publishing Group, Bingley, UK, 2016. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/book/10.1108/S…
Kent State Professor Weighs in on the Rush to Save Government Scientific Data
Kent State Professor Anne Jefferson expresses concern over losing valuable scientific data following proposed budget cuts.
Kent State and SPCS Featured in College Magazine
In "Top 10 Schools for History Buffs" in College Magazine, Kent State University is #4 on the list -- with a special mention of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies (then the Center for Applied Conflict Management) and the May 4 Task Force. An SPCS major talks about he…Kent State’s African Community Theatre Presents Spring Production of “Venus”
Kent State University’s African Community Theatre in the Department of Pan-African Studies has announced plans for a production of “Venus” by Suzan-Lori Parks to be directed by D. Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies, and performed by the Pan-…
Students Turn Smartphone Cases Into Lifesaving Medical Devices
Three Kent State students have created smartphone cases that contain vital medication.
Together, with the help of LaunchNET Kent State, the three created Case.MD. Ariella Yager, entrepreneur major in Kent State’s College of Business Administration; Samuel Graska, cell and molecular biology major in Kent State’s College of Arts and Sciences; and Justin Gleason, graduate student in Kent State’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design spent more than a year planning, inventing, designing and 3-D printing smartphone cases that contain vital medication. Wherever your smartphone goes, so does the medication.
Prof Moves Into Motel to Study the People That Society ‘Doesn’t Care Enough About’
Struggling addicts, registered sex offenders, released prisoners and the recently homeless. A Kent State professor documents their stories to raise awareness of the issues they face.
Students Turn Smartphone Cases Into Lifesaving Medical Devices
With the help of LaunchNET Kent State, three students have created smartphone cases that contain vital medication. Wherever your smartphone goes, so does the medication.
Kent State Researchers to Study the Effects of Probiotics on Brain Health
University partners with i-Health and Stow-Glen Retirement Village Kent State University, in partnership with the Stow-Glen Retirement Village in Stow, Ohio, recently received an industry-funded grant of $430,000 from i-Health Inc., a subsidiary of DSM Nutritional Products, to examine whether takin…
Kent State Students to Collaborate With Kyoto University Researchers
Kent State University students in the College of Arts and Sciences will get the opportunity to travel to Japan to do collaborative research in a world-class institute, specializing in primate biology, thanks to a recently signed memorandum of understanding with the Primate Research Institute of Kyot…
Hillary Clinton Campaign Inspires College Course
Hillary Clinton is the subject of a special topics course at Kent State University.