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 The fatigue and lack of motivation to pursue daily work and school activities caused by challenging environments, known as burnout, increased with the pandemic. But even now, students, staff and faculty deal with pressures that sometimes feel hard to handle. Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., professor of psychology in the Department of Psychological Sciences at ������, discussed what burnout is and gave a few tips on how to identify and deal with burnout on WBUR’s “Here and Now” radio program.“It can be things like you’re just sitting in your office, and you look up and an ...

Five ������ Deparment of Mathematics faculty members won the 2024 Crosstown Throwdown Move Challenge. Under the team name “Sole Mates”, Beverly Reed, Tuyet Pham, Aaron Allen, Jiafeng Jin and Daisy Arokiasamy competed with the University of Akron and other ������ staff and faculty to see which team could convert the longest period of activity into the most points. The goal of the competition was to “promote well-being, camaraderie and a healthy dose of friendly competition.” The winners were announced at the Kent State vs. University of Akron men's basketball game ...

Congratulations to Giulia Diaz Boriello, Ph.D., from the School of Lifespan, Development and Educational Sciences (pictured left), and Jackie Ridley, Ph.D., from the School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies, for being nominated as the fall 2024 Featured Researchers. A “featured researcher” is highlighted by each of the four EHHS schools once per year. These are faculty members who have been productive scholars in terms of the quality and quantity of their published work. In all cases, the featured researchers have produced research that will impact their field an...

 Karl Uhrig, Ph.D., teaches a Freshman Honors Colloquium (FHC) section for Honors College first-year students entitled “Discourse and Agency.”  In his class, Uhrig assigns readings, films, discussion topics and papers that examine discourse and agency’s role in society, but his course extends beyond fictional examples of both discourse and agency. Uhrig has spent years refining his teaching style to empower students to use their agency to learn in a way they prefer and engage in open discourse with their classmates.“It's all about their free speech. They're learning how to ...

  The Integration Bee, presented by Kent State’s Department of Mathematical Sciences on April 1,  is similar to a Spelling Bee, but instead of spelling words, competing teams of students solve integrals.    The event was open to students from all majors and faculty, undergraduate students and graduate students had fun solving challenging integrals, wearing costumes, and sharing pizza and math-themed jokes. Most of the students who attended were pursuing courses of student in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics).   Normally sched...