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High school students from Portage County and surrounding areas hold Chinese hand fans during a past STARTALK Summer Foreign Language Camp at Kent State.

Model Kent State Language Academy Continues With 12th Year of Federal Funding

While the daily news is full of tumultuous conversations about Russia and China, Kent State University has been helping some area high school students learn to converse in Russian and Chinese to facilitate greater global understanding and a less contentious tomorrow.

Tags: Global Reach , Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies , College of Arts and Sciences , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs , Global Understanding Research Initiative

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NSF Award Helps Kent State Anthropologists Expand International Partnership

A new federal grant will help Kent State University expand an international relationship and provide invaluable opportunities for some graduate students. The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded Kent State a three-year $298,000 International Research Experience for Students (IRES) gra…

Tags: Department of Anthropology , College of Arts and Sciences , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs , Research and Science , National Science Foundation , Graduate Education , Primates , Center for International and Intercultural Education

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Military personnel in camouflage put on ventilator masks before an exercise involving airborne toxins

NSF Supports Inter-institutional Project to Develop Chemical Sensor Technology

Toxic air pollutants such as chlorine and ozone are hazards for civilian workers and public service employees like firefighters, police and military personnel. Some airborne chemicals can be difficult to detect at low levels with high specificity, though, and relevant technologies like wearable sens…

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , National Science Foundation , Science And Technology , Research and Science , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs

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Kent State Joins Lieutenant Governor’s Collaboration to Foster Innovation and Drive Economic Growth

Kent State University, in collaboration with Ohio’s public universities, has pledged support for Lt. Gov. Jon Husted’s “Ohio Intellectual Property (IP) Promise,” a collaborative effort to strengthen Ohio’s innovation economy, attract innovative researchers and serve as a magnet for investors and ent…

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A man in a chef's hat shows young children how to make food.

NSF Awards Kent State Researchers $1.3 Million to Nourish Children’s Minds, Fill Their Bellies

Science is complex, and it’s difficult to discuss it with children under the best circumstances; it’s even more difficult when they are hungry. Two Kent State University researchers may have cooked up a way to solve both of those problems, and the National Science Foundation just awarded them a three-year, $1.3 million grant to determine if their recipe works.

Tags: Research & Science , Health , National Science Foundation , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs , College of Education, Health and Human Services , College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Psychological Sciences , Science of Learning and Education Center

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Oleg Lavrentovich, Ph.D. (second from left), works in a microscopy lab with a colleague and Kent State students.

NSF Awards Kent State Researcher Nearly $1 Million for Separate Liquid Crystal Studies

Trustees Research Professor Oleg Lavrentovich, Ph.D., a chemical physicist in Kent State University’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute (AMLCI), just received nearly $1 million between two grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for separate studies with potential applications in biomedical science, commercial electronics and beyond.

Tags: Research & Science , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs , National Science Foundation

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Torsten Hegmann, Ph.D., talks to the crowd about some of the things he would like to accomplish as director of Kent State’s Advance Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute.

New Director Named for Kent State’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

Torsten Hegmann, Ph.D., was named the new director of Kent State University’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, effective July 1, having been selected for his research accomplishments, entrepreneurial spirit and passion for social impact.

Tags: University News , Research & Science , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs , Success Story

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Kent State to Introduce the New Director of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

WHAT: Kent State University President Todd Diacon will introduce the new director of the university’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute on Tuesday, July 16. The birthplace of liquid crystal displays, the institute embraces all materials research on campus with an initial emphasis on m…

Tags: Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Division of Research and Sponsored Programs

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Kent State University researchers Elda and Torsten Hegmann pose with one of the sensors they created that detects toxic gases. Their project was supported by a grant from the TeCK Fund.

State Approves Round 2 of Kent State-Cleveland State Innovation Partnership

State of Ohio officials have renewed a $600,000 technology commercialization partnership between Kent State University and Cleveland State University.

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