College of Arts and Sciences
NFL Names Kent State’s Jordan Italiano one of College Football’s Smartest Players
’s Jordan Italiano is getting national attention for his performance both on the field and in the classroom. NFL.com has named Italiano to its 15 for ’15 series. The NFL looks for players who make significant on-field contributions and demonstrate strong academic abilities. Re…
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Kent State Doctoral Student to Gain Firsthand Experience on Capitol Hill
What is the best way to truly understand the inner workings of the U.S. Congress? Not through watching the news or reading a textbook. Washington, D.C., insiders will tell you that you need to actually be on “the inside” and get firsthand experience, with access to closed-door meetings. Lis…
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Kent State Professors Use Satellite Imagery to Better Understand the Landscape of the Cambodian Genocide
recently received a $330,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to use historical satellite imagery and archival research to study landscapes of mass violence in Cambodia during and after the regime of the Khmer Rouge from 1975 to 1979. The collaborative project, led b…
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Kent State Graduate Student Wins Silver Award From Materials Research Society
Anshul Sharma, a graduate student in ’s Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program in the College of Arts and Sciences, was awarded the Silver Graduate Student Award at the Materials Research Society’s 2015 Spring Meeting in San Francisco, California. She was recognized for her …
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Kent State’s Liquid Crystal Institute Hosts Chirality Symposium June 4-5
’s Liquid Crystal Institute® will host a symposium called “Chirality at the Nanoscale” on June 4-5 in the Kent Student Center on the Kent Campus. “This event features internationally renowned scientists presenting cutting-edge research on one of the key central to…
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Kent State Biological Sciences Researcher Receives $1.8 Million NIH Grant for Chronic Wound Healing
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded ’s Min-Ho Kim, Ph.D., assistant professor of biological sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, a $1,842,350 five-year grant. The grant from the NIH’s National Institute of Nursing Research is to develop “nanobombs,” a na…
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Kent State Physics Doctoral Student to Attend Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
What does it take to become great in your field? Certainly motivation, dedication and creativity are important, but what about inspiration? For young scientists, that inspiration can come from a variety of places, including interactions with colleagues and especially the top scientists in their fiel…
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NOCMES to Receive Education Award From the Niagara Foundation
Kent State’s Joshua Stacher and Case Western Reserve’s Pete Moore to accept award The Northeast Ohio Consortium for Middle East Studies (NOCMES) will receive the Education Award at the Niagara Peace and Dialogue Awards ceremony on May 18 at the City Club of Cleveland. Accepting the award for…
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Kent State Physics Doctoral Student to Attend Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
What does it take to become great in your field? Certainly motivation, dedication and creativity are important, but what about inspiration? For young scientists that inspiration can come from a variety of places, including interactions with colleagues and especially the top scientists in…
College of Arts & Sciences
Kent State Doctoral Student to Gain Firsthand Experience on Capitol Hill
Lisa Hager’s research focuses on the actions and reactions of Congress and the Supreme Court What is the best way to truly understand the inner workings of the U.S. Congress? Not through watching the news or reading a textbook. Washington, D.C., insiders will tell you that you need to actually be o…
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