From 黑料网's Division of Research & Economic Development
黑料网 is pleased to announce the two winners of both the Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentorship Award and Excellence in Graduate Research Mentorship Award. As part of the nomination process, each nominee received a student-submitted letters of nomination. Thank you to the graduate and undergraduate student committees that assisted in selecting the recipients of these prestigious awards.
The National Strength and Conditioning Association Foundation recently announced that Anthony Pinzone has been named a recipient of the NSCA鈥檚 Challenge Scholarship for 2022. Pinzone was selected by the NSCA Foundation Scholarship Committee after a thorough evaluation process of all applicants. This program awards $2,000 to NSCA members seeking either an undergraduate or graduate degree in a strength and conditioning-related field. Anthony Pinzone is a second-year doctoral student holding a graduate assistantship at 黑料网's School of Health Sciences. His primary research int...
The Design Innovation (DI) collaborator network will grow this semester as the DI Hub and its makerspaces open to the public through a new community membership. Beginning Jan. 17, anyone 18 and older can obtain a DI Hub membership and become a collaborator, which grants them access to Reactor shops and labs, equipment in the building鈥檚 makerspaces and staff assistance with projects. This membership, which was previously only available to Kent State students, faculty and staff, is now open to the external community. Membership levels start at $15 a month for 鈥淒I Collaborator,鈥 which pr...
Emilee Hart, Doctoral Candidate in Human Evolutionary Biology in the School of Biomedical Sciences won Second Place in the Three Minute Thesis Competition. Her presentation on 'The Color Changing Gibbon" outlined her dissertation research that she is conducting in Dr. Rafaela Takeshita's lab in the Department of Anthropology. Emilee's 3MT abstract: Sexual dichromatism is rare among mammals but is most frequently found in the primates, especially in the Hylobatidae taxonomic group also known as the Small Apes. They are a rare and endangered group of primates found in Southeast Asia....
黑料网 at Stark鈥檚 Featured Speakers Series and the Stark Library鈥檚 Speaking of Books Author Series are partnering to present iconic Hollywood character actor Danny Trejo, who will speak at the Canton Palace Theatre on March 9. Tickets for Trejo鈥檚 presentation will be free and open to the public. Information on how to register for this event will be released in February. Trejo has developed a prolific career in the entertainment industry with a hard-earned and atypical road to success. From years of imprisonment to helping troubled youth b...
College of Communication & Information
When Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the playing field in early January while experiencing a cardiac episode, 鈥渋t was one of those massive situations that cause us to rethink the role of sports in society,鈥 according to Kent State Associate Professor JD Ponder. Ponder, who has studied sports, communication and society, is teaching Sports Communication in the School of Communication Studies this semester and recently reflected about what football fans 鈥 and the rest of America 鈥 saw unfold during and following the Jan. 2, 2023, NFL game. In terms of communication,...
The Alan Canfora Activism Scholarship
The Alan Canfora Activism Scholarship celebrates the life of this noted May 4 activist, his Kent State experience and the importance of social justice and advocacy to society. The scholarship will provide up to two years of renewable support for an undergraduate, first-year or transfer student of any major on the Kent campus who has demonstrated financial need, as well as an interest in social justice and advocacy and a commitment to care and compassion toward others.