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������ Professor Wins Marie Curie Award POLAND - Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences at ������, was recently awarded the Medal of Marie Sklodowska-Curie by the Polish Chemical Society for his scientific achievements. The prestigious medal is awarded to outstanding chemists working permanently abroad for exceptional scientific achievements of international significance and for contributions to the community of Polish chemists. Jaroniec delivered an invited plenary lecture, "Na...

There is much research about stress and what causes it. We also have volumes of information on how to manage or reduce it. So, why do we repeatedly experience such an increase in stress around the holidays? It's probably true that everyone with “holiday stress” could give unique answers on why they are stressed during this time, particularly in the months of November and December. On Tuesday, Oct. 30, from noon-1 p.m., presenter Terri O'Reilly, M. Ed., will address holiday stress and how to effectively manage it. This popular lunch-and-learn workshop will be delivered via lives...

Have a question about what the IMPACT Employee Assistance Program (EAP) can do for you? Want to learn more about resiliency training, online seminars, depression awareness and prevention? Curious about financial counseling services, eldercare, childcare, smoking cessation or the new Stress Less Center? Come to the EAP office hours Wednesday, Oct. 24, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Employee Wellness Resource Room in 103 Heer Hall on the Kent Campus. Meet with Lisa Kirby, IMPACT account manager, and learn about the numerous resources available to employees and their eligible dependents. Office...

������ faculty and staff are eligible for discount tickets to “I-X Trick or Treat Street,” Cleveland’s Halloween tradition for children 10 and under, held Oct. 20-21 and Oct. 27-28 from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. at the International Exposition (I-X) Center. Thousands of little ghosts and goblins will receive more than 300,000 preapproved, packaged candy as they make their way through creatively themed, not-so-spooky Halloween houses. But there’s more than just candy. Surrounded by fall foliage including pumpkins and larger-than-life decorations, trick-or-treaters will ...

Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of ������’s College of Arts and Sciences and one of the most highly cited scientists in the fields of chemistry and materials science, recently received two significant honors. He was appointed to the editorial board of the journal Science Advances, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), which also publishes the journal Science. In addition, he accepted an invitation to attend an award ceremony in his native Poland to receive Doctor Honoris Causa from Poznan Un...

Last weekend’s celebration of 100 years of homecoming at Kent State was “ruled” by 2018 Homecoming Queen Jennifer Uren and Homecoming King Jordan Euell.         ...

Heather Caldwell, Ph.D., a professor in ������’s Department of Biological Sciences, recently received a $450,000 grant to study the role that oxytocin plays in the developing brain. Labeled by some as “the bonding hormone,” oxytocin is well known for helping pregnant mothers with uterine contraction while in labor, milk letdown while breastfeeding and a feeling of euphoria when cuddling with their infants. But, there is still much that researchers do not know about how this hormone works in the brains of children. The grant, which came from the National Institutes of Healt...