College of Arts and Sciences

Kent State Researchers Publish Breakthrough in Leading Scientific Journal

Senior Research Fellow Quan Li, Ph.D., and his research group at ’s Liquid Crystal Institute®, in the College of Arts and Sciences, have published a research article in the March 17 issue of Nature that could lead to a variety of breakthrough device applications and other indust…

Tags: Liquid Crystal Institute , College of Arts and Sciences , Research

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Kent State's Wick Poetry Center to Expand Traveling Stanzas Project With $125,000 in New Funding From Knight Foundation

The Wick Poetry Center at will expand its successful Traveling Stanzas project with $125,000 in new funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of its Knight Arts Challenge. The Knight Arts Challenge funds ideas that engage and enrich Akro…

Tags: Wick Poetry Center , Traveling Stanzas , Grants , College of Arts and Sciences , Department of English

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Brain Waves of Tibetan Monks Could One Day Help Students in the West

Since the time of the early Buddhist kings, Tibetan monks have practiced analytic meditation - where they memorize a Buddhist text and then attempt to deepen their understanding of this material by joining in debate pits lead by a senior monk, known as the challenger. “The challenger is s…

Tags: Department of Psychological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences

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Kent State Board Votes to Establish Unified Student Government Across All Kent State Campuses

Board of Trustees approved establishing a unified student government across all campuses – Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Kent, Salem, Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas – during its March 9, 2016, board meeting. Each campus’ Undergraduate Student Government is recognized as…

Tags: Board of Trustees , Undergraduate Student Government , College of Arts and Sciences , Residence Services , Division of Student Life , Enrollment , Dining Services , Intercollegiate Athletics

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Political Science Professor to Discuss Middle East Alliances at Hudson Library on Feb. 17

On Feb. 17, the Hudson (Ohio) Library & Historical Society will host a Great Decisions discussion on Middle East Alliances at 7 p.m. Steven Hook, Ph.D., professor of political science in the College of Arts and Sciences at , will give a presentation and m…

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Political Science , Foreign Policy , Middle East

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CAS Learning community students attended one of the Cleveland Council on World Affairs speaker series at the Union Club of Cleveland. The speaker of the evening was Ambassador Steven Pifer.

KSU students meet with former U.S. Ambassadors

On February 2, Kent State students in the College of Arts and Sciences Learning Community were given a unique opportunity to hear a former United States Ambassador speak on foreign policy issues and U.S.-Russian relations. Steven Pifer, who formerly served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Ukraine and i…

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Learning Community

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Kent State sophomore Liz Schmidt poses in the Student Multicultural Center after taking top honors with her “Compassionate Communities” essay.

Kent State Student Liz Schmidt Writes About Compassion to End Injustice, Takes Top Honors

When you first meet Liz Schmidt, an instant friendship emerges, filled with conversation illuminated with respect and kindness. Her friendly disposition and welcoming nature, coupled with her sense of adventure, reflects the social responsibility she lives by: “foster relationships and value people …

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Center for Applied Conflict Management , Department of Political Science , Success Story

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Kent State sophomore Liz Schmidt poses in the Student Multicultural Center after taking top honors with her “Compassionate Communities” essay.

Kent State Student Liz Schmidt Writes About Compassion to End Injustice, Takes Top Honors

When you first meet Liz Schmidt, an instant friendship emerges, filled with conversation illuminated with respect and kindness. Her friendly disposition and welcoming nature, coupled with her sense of adventure, reflects the social responsibility she lives by: “foster relationships and value people …

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Center for Applied Conflict Management , Department of Political Science , Success Story

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Kent State Professor, Wick Poetry Center Earn University’s Diversity Awards

Molly Merryman, associate professor of sociology and founding director of the Kent State Women’s Center, has been awarded the university’s 2016 Diversity Trailblazer Award. The annual Diversity Trailblazer Award recognizes diversity pioneers associated with Kent State who have …

Tags: Awards and Honors , Department of Sociology and Criminology , Wick Poetry Center , College of Arts and Sciences

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A student performs a chemical demonstration with dry ice.

Kent State Hosts “Explore Kent Chemistry Day” for High School Juniors and Seniors, Feb. 6

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will host “Explore Kent Chemistry Day”, a visitation program for high school juniors and seniors interested in chemistry and biochemistry majors, at Kent State on Saturday, February 6 from 10 am to 2 pm in Room 110, Williams Hall on the Kent Campus. “E…

Tags: Chemistry & Biochemistry , College of Arts and Sciences , Demonstrations , Science , Year of Science

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