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Kent State Celebrates Summer 2019 Commencement

The ºÚÁÏÍø alumni network again grew its ranks this summer as more than a thousand Golden Flashes got their degrees. Kent State will held its Summer 2019 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center.

NIH Continues Support of Kent State Alzheimer’s Researcher with New 2-Year Grant

Once it begins, Alzheimer’s Disease progresses systematically and aggressively, attacking victims on multiple fronts.

Faculty Spotlight: Bobby Selvaggio - Educator, Musician and Band Leader

Saxophonist Bobby Selvaggio, Kent State's Director of Jazz Studies as well as an alumnus, continues to help in

New Methodologies Developed in Kent State Geology Professor's Lab Improve Monitoring of Lakes and Oceans

After years of remote sensing work, Joseph Ortiz, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Geology in the College of Arts and Sciences at ºÚÁÏÍø, and his research team recently shared their development of new cost-efficient methodologies that may lead to much safer drinking water for people in Ohio and other municipalities affected by harmful algal blooms (HAB).

English Professor Recalls Meeting Author Toni Morrison, Who Wrote of African American Experience

Toni Morrison, the bestselling author who died Aug. 5, at one time was offered a job in ºÚÁÏÍø’s Department of English, recalled English Professor Yoshinobu Hakutani, Ph.D.

Kent State Ashtabula Occupational Therapy Assistant Program Moving to State of Ohio’s First Hybrid Model

Targeted at widening students’ educational opportunities in preparing them for a career in occupational therapy, the ºÚÁÏÍø at Ashtabula Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) Technology program recently announced the creation of a hybrid model, combining online learning with more convenient on-campus laboratory sessions.

NIH Funds Kent State Psychologist’s Project to Teach Children Food Allergy Safety Skills

A ºÚÁÏÍø researcher with a background in safety training models — and a very personal motivation — has devised a method to help some children with food allergies stay safe, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) just granted him the funding to test it.

Kent State Holds Summer Commencement Ceremonies on Aug. 17

The ºÚÁÏÍø alumni network will again grow its ranks this summer as more than a thousand Golden Flashes get their degrees. Kent State will hold its Summer 2019 Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 17, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation (MAC) Center.

Kent State Researcher and Professor Elected to the European Academy of Sciences

One of ºÚÁÏÍø’s most prolific and renowned researchers has been elected to the

Female Flyers Played Vital Role in World War II, Kent State Associate Professor Says

The recent death of one of the remaining members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II has a ºÚÁÏÍø associate professor recalling the vital role the female pilots played during the war.

Covering the Carnage: Journalists Risk Own Mental, Physical Health In Reporting from Dayton, El Paso

Note: Gretchen Hoak is a former television reporter/anchor and current assistant professor of journalism in ºÚÁÏÍø’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Her research survey, ,  focused on how universities prepare young journalists for the trauma they may endure in covering violence. Kent State Today asked Hoak to share her thoughts on the impact the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton will have on the reporters assigned to cover these events.  

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