Researchers in Professor Philip Bos’ laboratory at 's Liquid Crystal Institute® and the Lincoln Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently published the results of their collaborative development of advanced liquid crystal devices that can steer a beam of laser light without physical motion. Steering a beam of laser light is easily done by mechanically shifting the position of a laser. But what if you would like to steer a beam of light without physical motion? “It would be great if there were a device, like a window, where the dir...
’s current Police Academy cadets recently scored a collective 100 percent on their State of Ohio Physical Fitness Assessment. Only 12 of the 29 cadets, formally known as BAS 17-016, initially passed the assessment on Feb. 6 at the beginning of the program. “They made a commitment to one another,” said Class Commander Wayne Parker, Sergeant with Police Department. “As a gesture of good luck for their final assessment, one of the cadets had athletic socks made for all 29 cadets with their class number stitched in them.” The assessment consists of ...
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Kiersten F. Latham, Ph.D., associate professor in ’s School of Information (iSchool), has received a Fulbright Scholar Award to teach at the University of Zadar in Croatia for the Fall 2017 Semester. She will teach a course she created, Current Issues in Document/ation Studies, guest lecture in other courses, participate in several conferences and advise students. She also will have the opportunity to lecture at the University of Zagreb and collaborate on a project around Ivo Maroević, a Croatian museologist who has been very influential on her own work. Latham created th...
Did you know the Campus Kitchen at Kent State prepares an average of 350 meals each week for individuals facing food insecurity in our local community? In the past year, more than 3,000 individuals assisted with meal prep and food delivery programs at the Campus Kitchen at Kent State. The Campus Kitchen runs on donated food, shared kitchen space with campus dining services, and volunteers who are committed to addressing hunger. Over the summer months, as campus quiets down and most students return home, the Campus Kitchen leadership team is faced with a lack of human power to ensure meals are...
Fourteen students participated in an eight-day, education-abroad trip to Greece sponsored by the university’s School of Theatre and Dance during spring break. The program, described as an experience of “Theatre, Performance, Gender and Sexuality,” was led by faculty members Daniel Nadon and Yuko Kurahashi. In many ways, the eight days spent in Greece was a trip back in time. The study group visited numerous ancient Greek sites associated with the theatre, including the Acropolis, Delphi, the Theatre Dionysus and the outdoor theatre of Epidaurus, which is a...
’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative has received the 2017 Great Places Award in the Place Planning category from the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA). The EDRA Great Places Awards recognize professional and scholarly excellence in environmental design and pay special attention to the relationship between physical form of the built environment and human activity or experience. Each year, the association honors work in four categories: Place Design, Place Planning, Place Research and Book Award. The 2017 Place Planning Award specifically rec...
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The incorporation of innovative student resources is a priority at at Tuscarawas. The most recent initiative is the Video2Go Studio, a collaboration between Library Director Cherie Bronkar and Educational Technology Designer Jason Ruegsegger. Located in the Academic Learning Commons, the Video2Go Studio is a state-of-the-art system designed to allow anyone to create a video quickly and easily. “I’m extremely excited about the new possibilities the Video2Go studio offers our students,” Ruegsegger says. “With the Video2Go studio, someone with no video experience can w...
Grab the sunscreen and camera. It’s summer vacation season again, and e-Inside wants to feature some of your best vacation or staycation photos, including selfies. Submit your favorite vacation or staycation photos and a brief description to einside@kent.edu by Tuesday, July 25. Depending on the number of entries that we receive, yours might be featured in e-Inside. Please use "Summer Vacation Photos" as your email subject line. See some photo submissions from last year: Summer vacation photos I Summer vacation photos II Summer vacation photos III ...