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Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs), essentially rubbers with liquid crystal properties, can do a number of fascinating things, especially in the fields of optics, photonics, telecommunications and medicine. They can curl up, bend, twist, wrinkle and stretch when exposed to light, heat, gases and other stimuli. Because they are so responsive, they are ideal for applications such as artificial muscles and blood vessels, actuators, sensors, plastic motors and drug delivery systems. They can even be used as a mechanically tunable mirrorless “rubber” laser. In the College of Arts and Science...
UPDATE: Only overflow tickets remain. The third event in at Stark’s 25th season of the popular Featured Speakers Series will bring Minnesota’s former supreme court justice and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Alan Page to campus. His presentation, Mentoring and Role Models: Two Things Youth Cannot Live Without, will take place on Thursday, Feb. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the Timken Great Hall, located in Kent State Stark’s Conference Center, 6000 Frank Avenue NW in Jackson Township. Tickets are required for this free Featured Speakers Series lecture. Tickets may b...
Accepting 2016 Nominations Deadline to submit nominations is Friday, March 4, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. at Stark students, alumni, faculty and staff are invited to submit nominations for the Distinguished Teaching Award for full-time faculty and the Award of Distinction for adjunct (part-time) faculty at Kent State Stark. Each spring these awards are presented to a full-time faculty and an adjunct faculty member for his or her superior classroom teaching. Award recipients will be announced during the first week of May. A selection committee consisting of Kent ...
The following at Stark students have been named to the PRESIDENT’S LIST. They earned a 4.00 grade point average for the fall 2015 semester and completed at least 15 letter-graded (A, B, etc.) credit hours by the end of the semester. Pass/Fail (S, U) credits do not apply. Alliance: Carly Flint, Emily Rinaldi and Thomas Snyder Bolivar: Katie Wiskofske Canal Fulton: Delaney Zeglen Canton: Natalie Volpe and Chastity Watson Copley: Juan Soto Dennison: Billie Corso East Canton: Christopher Sahli Hartville: Logan Bonecutter and Tammy Smith ...
Save the date to come see why ’s future is so bright. Kent State faculty, staff and students are invited to a celebration event on Monday, Feb. 1, at 4 p.m. at the Kent Student Center Ballroom, where Kent State President Beverly Warren will shed light on the university’s new brand. There will be food and giveaways at the event. The celebration will continue on Manchester Field with a special Light the Night Kent State bonfire with s’mores and an opportunity to be part of a unique experience that is undeniably Kent State. Kent State’s Regional Campuses, the Regi...
Legendary musician Bob Dylan is having some of his visual arts output exhibited at ’s Downtown Gallery. “Face Value,” a collection of 12 large portraits drawn in pastel, runs now through March 5 at the Downtown Gallery, located at 141 E. Main St. in Kent. ...