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Kent State Faculty and Students Play a Key Role in ‘Little Bang’ Being Observed for the First Time With Ultra-High Precision

Kent State University faculty and students in the Department of Physics, in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently played a key role in using a new silicon detector technology to examine nuclear collisions that recreate the Big Bang on a tiny scale in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York, on Long Island. 

Kent State Professor Shares Concerns About Potential Budget Cuts to Scientific Research

Associate Geology Professor Anne Jefferson voices concern over proposed cuts to environmental research.

Kent State Professor voices concerns about budget cuts to environmental research.

CACM Instructor Anuj Gurung Completes Noteworthy Research Project

A CACM Instructor, Anuj Gurung, just completed an important applied research project worth noting and celebrating…

CACM Instructor Anuj Gurung Completes Noteworthy Research Project
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Visiting Researchers to Discuss Study of Communication Between Humans, Robots on April 21

The School of Communication Studies will host a robotics demonstration on the third floor of the Kent State Library, Rm. 330, Friday, April 21, from 2:30-4 p.m.

Visiting Researchers to Discuss Study of Communication Between Humans, Robots on April 21

VCD and Architecture Students Partner to Reimagine Downtown Akron

A Kent State Visual Communication Design (VCD) class is stepping outside the box this semester. VCD students from Assistant Professor Jessica Barness’ Interaction Design class have teamed up with a group of students from the College of Architecture and Environmental Design (CAED) to reimagine the Akron Innerbelt.

 

Researcher Receives Five-Year Grant From the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health

Kent State's Gemma Casadesus Smith is studying why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's. 

Gemma Casadesus Smith, an associate professor in Kent State’s Department of Biological Sciences, has been awarded a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health.
Gemma Casadesus Smith, an associate professor in Kent State’s Department of Biological Sciences, has been awarded a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health.

Students Assist in Diversity Training for College of Communication and Information

On Tuesday, May 2, the Organizational Communication Training and Development in the School of Communication Studies will hold a showcase of its diversity research work on the third floor of the University Library. It is open to the public. Refreshments will be available at 12:15 p.m. with the program beginning promptly at 12:45 p.m.

The students in Molly Taggart’s Organizational Communication Training and Development class have started a company to utilize what they are learning in their coursework.

Kent State Archaeologist Explains Innovation of “Fluting” Ancient Stone Weaponry

Approximately 13,500 years after nomadic Clovis hunters crossed the frozen land bridge from Asia to North America, researchers are still asking questions and putting together clues as to how they not only survived in a new landscape with unique new challenges but adapted with stone tools and weapons to thrive for thousands of years. 

Pictured is a collection of Clovis point replicas and casts in the archaeology lab at Kent State University.
Pictured is a collection of Clovis point replicas and casts in the archaeology lab at Kent State University.

Course Project Builds Awareness, Gathers Donations of Feminine Products for Kent State Women’s Center

Kent State University School of Communication Studies students are producing a persuasive health campaign to gather donations of women’s feminine products, or money to be used for such products, for the Kent State Women’s Center pantry. This project is for the course Communication and Influence which is taught by COMM Assistant Professor J.D. Ponder, Ph.D.

Course Project to Build Awareness, Gather Donations of Feminine Products for Kent State Women’s Center

From Research Lab to Commercial Market: State Awards Grant to Boost Economy

Kent State University is among the institutions and businesses in Ohio to share $10 million in grants from the state’s Third Frontier Commission.

Kent State will share $400,000 with Cleveland State University to help commercialize the inventions that they create through research.

The grants are used to give a boost to the state’s economy through startup and other technology companies

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Kent State receives grant to help move inventions to the commercial market.

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