The Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI) may be a recent development at Kent State, but with fresh leadership, emerging partnerships and a refined vision, it’s well on its way to gaining national renown. “The Brain Health Research Institute marks a major turning point in the history of Kent State as a research university,” President Todd Diacon said. In February, Lehman convened the first BHRI faculty retreat, where Kent State researchers discussed and summarized ideas about Kent State’s strengths and opportunities in brain health. Lehman brought those ideas to the BHRI Executive Co...
For regular viewers of TV2’s 6 p.m. evening newscast, the excitement had been building for several days as the student news team teased a special guest for its Feb. 13 broadcast.
How hard can it be to fly a plane? Kent State President Todd Diacon got a glimpse of that task when he piloted the flight simulator used by students in the College of Aeronautics and Engineering.
Dear College of Nursing Students graduating with a MSN, DNP or Ph.D.,
Your Graduate Convocation ceremony will be hosted on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.
Doors open at 6:30pm, and the event will begin at 7pm.
Registration information was sent to graduating graduate students email accounts at the end of January 2024.
Limited seating will be available and registration is required.
Living May 4th, a pair of personal collections of items and artifacts pertaining to the tragic events of May 4, 1970, is currently on display at the at Ashtabula Library. The exhibit is part of the campus’s commemoration of the 50th anniversary of May 4th. Geneva resident Jeff Petrunger and anthropology associate professor David Perusek, Ph.D. contributed items for the exhibit including a chronological collection of local headlines, iconic covers of national magazines like Newsweek and Life, books, music compilations, clothing and other items pertaining to the events o...
On Feb. 19, 2020, the Kent chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta, The National Honors Society for First-Year Success, held its induction ceremony for eligible members from the fall 2019 semester. At the start of the spring 2020 semester, all first-year, registered full-time students who met the qualifications of a 3.5 GPA or higher during their previous first semester at Kent State were invited to join the Kent chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta, and take part in the February induction ceremony. The Dean of the Honors College, Alison J. Smith, delivered the keynote address to the attendees, and was also r...
Renowned marine scientist Michael W. Beck, Ph.D., will discuss the importance of coastal conservation at a free lecture on March 4. Beck, a research professor in the Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, focuses on conserving our coastlines in an effort to reduce the risks of storm surges and flooding to property, people and our planet. Thanks to a generous grant from the Herbert W. Hoover Foundation, Beck will speak at 7 p.m. March 4 in Auditorium 101 in the Science & Nursing Building at at Stark, 6000 Frank Ave. NW. The...
Renowned marine scientist Michael W. Beck, Ph.D., will discuss the importance of coastal conservation at a free lecture on March 4. Beck, a research professor in the Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, focuses on conserving our coastlines in an effort to reduce the risks of storm surges and flooding to property, people and our planet. Thanks to a generous grant from the Herbert W. Hoover Foundation, Beck will speak at 7 p.m. March 4 in Auditorium 101 in the Science & Nursing Building at at Stark, 6000 Frank Ave. NW...
The Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting Wednesday, March 4. The Board is scheduled to convene at 2 p.m. in the George Urban Board of Trustees Conference Room, which is located on the second floor of the University Library. Trustees will retire into executive session from 8-10 a.m. in the Urban Conference Room to consider specific topics as provided for under Ohio’s “Sunshine Law.” Board committees will meet as follows: Academic Excellence and Student Success Committee – 10:15-11:15 a.m. in the Urban Conference Room. Audit and Compli...
Especially in the world of healthcare, practitioners trained in other countries often find that they need additional training before they are permitted to practice in the United States. For foreign-trained physical therapists and physical therapist assistants, has a way to bridge that gap. Tiffany Kiphart, director of the Kent State PTA program, recognized a need for such a bridge and started the program on the Ashtabula Campus two years ago and, for the past two semesters, the East Liverpool Campus has offered the program. This is the only such program for physical ther...
