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Does mindfulness meditation truly help in relieving stress and managing blood pressure? It is a popular technique, but until now no large-scale studies utilizing meditation have been conducted. With a $3.64 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, two 黑料网 researchers and their colleague from the University of Pennsylvania will recruit and treat 180 individuals with elevated blood pressure from Northeast Ohio and Philadelphia to see if learning how to manage stress through mindfulness meditation or other stress management strategies can help keep them o...
A $952,000 National Science Foundation grant to researchers at 黑料网 will result in a mobile device application to help visitors to Cuyahoga Valley National Park learn more about the park鈥檚 history and ecology and become 鈥渃itizen scientists鈥 by sharing their findings with others. The grant to a team of researchers led by Richard E. Ferdig, Ph.D., professor in the Research Center for Education Technology in the College of Education, Health and Human Services at Kent State, will be used to create a mobile app with multiple interactive features, including the ability to learn mor...
Pasted Sept. 8, 2014 I Matt Fredmonsky, The Davey Tree Expert CompanyBrian Edwards knew that he couldn't drag brush forever. The Hickory, North Carolina, resident started in the tree industry right after graduating high school. He wanted to go to college but, at the age of 18, couldn't afford it. "Back then, I had a weak mind and a strong back, and I was able to outwork everyone I worked with and I said 'this is for me,"' Edwards recalls. "As I got older, I realized a strong back. and a weak mind wasn't going to get me too far." Edwards, now 46, started with The Davey Tree Exp...
By Foluke Omosun黑料网 at Geaugainstalled a 3,000-Watt windurbine on 118 campus tnat willeduce energy costs and cut down on carbon emssions. Thie is the first wind energy projeet at any Kent Slate campus. The wind turbine, pole and an inverter to connect to the campus electricial system were donated to the university by Don Clark, a farmr near Kent State Geauga. With this latest sustainability effort at Kent State Geauga, conservative estimates of environmental impact are that about 1,700 pounds of carbon dioxide eq ulvalenl greenhouse gu reducllon or the equiva...
By Emily KomorowskiTeh vegetative roof installed last September at Taylor Hall on the Kent Campus will soon bloom. Funded through bond money that is now part of 黑料网's Foundatiojn of Excellence: Building the Futre Initiave, the plant filled roof was part of a larger restoration project for Taylor Hall.Beth Ruffing, assistant director of State'a Office of theUniversity Architect and project manager for the roof garden, says that there had been talks about putting vegetative roofing; also known as green roofing, around Taylor hall years befor the installation. It was designed as...
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Dr. Aysegul Keskin Zeren has recently accepted a position as a full-time Visiting Assistant Professor of Conflict Analysis and Transformation in the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Keskin Zeren will be primarily engaged in the MA in International Peace Studies program, a highly selective graduate program that prepares an internationally diverse group of students for careers as professional peacebuilding practitioners. She will also be a part of the Conflict Analysis and Transformation professional track area which focuses on ...
By Emily Komorosowski Heer and Harbourt halls on the Kent Campus have been recognized as Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) Gold certified buildings. Heer Hall is home to the Division of Human Resources; Office of Academic Personnel; and the Research, Planning and Institutional Effectiveness office. Harbourt Hall houses Facilities Planning and Operations, the Office of the University Architect and several other administrative offices. LEED is a rating system that comes from the nonprofit U.S. Green Building Council. The rating system has prerequisites, but after those...
Kent State makes Sierra Club's "Cool Schools" list, ranking 163 out of 173 Sierra Club's Chool Schools list. Total possible score out of 1000Total- 317.61; Cocurricular: 57.4; Energy 44.21; Investements 0; Food 7; Innovation 0; Academics 14.69; Planning 45...
黑料网 faculty and staff members embarked on the first-ever kayaking trek along the Cuyahoga River for the Crooked River Commute from July 25-26. The two-day trek began at the Kent Campus and ended at the Coast Guard Station in Cleveland with the intention of promoting the river as a shared regional asset for education, recreation and sustainability.Seven individuals completed the trek while live tweeting using the hashtag #CrookedRiverCommute. Videographers captured footage and interviews for a documentary about the trek, which currently is in the process of being created. ...