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NIH Funds Kent State Psychologist’s Project to Teach Children Food Allergy Safety Skills

A Kent State University researcher with a background in safety training models — and a very personal motivation — has devised a method to help some children with food allergies stay safe, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) just granted him the funding to test it.

Kent State Holds Summer Commencement Ceremonies on Aug. 17

The Kent State University alumni network will again grow its ranks this summer as more than a thousand Golden Flashes get their degrees. Kent State will hold its Summer 2019 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center.

Kent State Researcher and Professor Elected to the European Academy of Sciences

One of Kent State University’s most prolific and renowned researchers has been elected to the European

Female Flyers Played Vital Role in World War II, Kent State Associate Professor Says

The recent death of one of the remaining members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II has a Kent State University associate professor recalling the vital role the female pilots played during the war.

Covering the Carnage: Journalists Risk Own Mental, Physical Health In Reporting from Dayton, El Paso

Note: Gretchen Hoak is a former television reporter/anchor and current assistant professor of journalism in Kent State University’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Her research survey, “Are We Teaching Trauma?”,  focused on how universities prepare young journalists for the trauma they may endure in covering violence. Kent State Today asked Hoak to share her thoughts on the impact the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton will have on the reporters assigned to cover these events.  

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Kent State Student Wins Talent Show for Singing in Sign

A North Royalton woman whom who will become a Kent State University student in the fall, won first place at the Medina County Fair talent show for performing a song in American Sign Language.

Dr. Margaret Tsai, ’02, Honors Her Father, Dr. Chun-Che Tsai, Through Endowed Scholarship

“It is an honor to invest in this endowed scholarship that provides needed assistance and support to future generations of students pursuing their dreams.” – Dr. Margaret Tsai, ‘02 

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.

Alumna Reconnects to Passion of Nursing While Volunteering in Africa

Kent State alumna Shannon Gardiner, BSN ’09, RN, CCRN, always knew she wanted to help people, but also longed for a career that would provide flexibility along the way. After a few years working in Akron Children’s Hospital’s pediatric Intensive Care Unit, followed by some time as a traveling nurse, a Google search for volunteer opportunities led her to Mercy Ships, who own and operate the largest non-governmental hospital ship in the world.

Kent State Prepares LeBron James Family Foundation I PROMISE Students for College Entrance Exams

Kent State University hosted several dozen high school students from the LeBron James Family Foundation's I PROMISE program for a month of intensive college entrance exam preparation.
 

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.