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Did you know the leading cause of death is heart disease and that 80 percent of it is preventable? That is why it is so important to love your heart – everyday! On Thursday, April 19, from 5:30-6:30 p.m., you can learn ways to love your heart and reduce your risk of heart disease through nutrition. The presenter will be Tanya R. Falcone, M.S., RD, LD, coordinator of ��������’s Center of Nutrition Outreach in the School of Health Sciences. This session will be held in the Student Recreation and Wellness Center, Seminar Room A. This session is open to students and all full- an...

The new Tuition Benefit Waiver is now in effect. One of the new features is that the workflow now captures all information on dependents directly from Banner. Consequently, there is no need to enter that information. If the Banner identification is not available, the field will remain blank and cannot be edited. The Division of Human Resources will continue to communicate changes to this workflow process. If you have additional questions, please contact Benefits at 330-672-3107 or benefits@kent.edu. ...

On Oct. 6, celebrate 100 years of Homecoming with Golden Flashes from every generation.     ...

Deepraj Mukherjee, Ph.D., associate professor of economics at �������� at Stark, grew up in a middle-income family in Kolkata, India, but when he walked the city’s streets, poverty was unavoidable. Hunger knew no divide, afflicting families and neighborhoods in this capital of West Bengal where more than 15 million hail from every income level. Why not me? A young Dr. Mukherjee asked that question more than once. He wrestled with it. “Even from childhood, I always had the question in my mind: Why poverty? What can we do to eradicate poverty?” he says. As a teenager, Dr...

Imagine planning a dinner party for 500 of your closest friends and not knowing what you will serve until almost the last minute. It might sound stressful, but for Erin Shattuck, it is a privilege. Ms. Shattuck, a Kent State biology student, is passionate about using every last morsel of food to prevent waste. She is even more passionate about telling and teaching others to do the same.    On April 15, Ms. Shattuck will host the first �������� Feed the 500, an educational awareness feast designed to draw attention to the unthinkable amount of edible food tha...

Dr. Peter Palffy-Muhoray, professor of chemical physics and member of the Liquid Crystal Institute, in the College of Arts and Sciences at �������� will present "Rotating nametags, rubber lasers and coin magic: short stories from the world of liquid crystals" for the Applied Mechanics Colloquia at the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University on April 4 at 4:00 pm. Liquid crystals open the door to unexpected and intriguing physical phenomena. Dr. Palffy-Muhoray will describe and demonstrate some examples, and say a few words ab...

Jerry D. Feezel, Ph.D., an emeritus professor at the �������� School of Communication Studies (COMM), will be featured in the “Scholar Conversations” series at the 2018 Central States Communication Association (CSCA) convention April 4 – 7 in Milwaukee.   Former executive director and past CSCA president Scott A. Myers, Ph.D., will interview Feezel one-on-one to discuss Feezel’s outstanding research and instructional contributions to the field of communication studies. Myers is a professor in the Department of Communication Studie...

The next Spring 2018 CCI Research Colloquium presentation will take place at 2:15 p.m. on Friday, April 6, in Rm. 332 of the University Library.   Danielle Sarver Coombs, Ph.D., the College of Communication and Information interim associate dean for research and graduate education, will present her research titled, “Developing a Research Agenda: Aston Villa Football Club, Foreign Ownership, and Fandom.”   Coombs will be tracing the trajectory of this research over a 10-year period, highlighting how to develop multiple publication offshoots from a research project. &nbs...

We are very happy to announce that Dr. Zhiqiang (Molly) Wang, Associate Professor at ��������'s Geauga Campus and Regional Academic Center was honored, along with 32 other recipients, at the 9th Annual Mother's, Mentors, and Muses Celebration that took place on April 3, 2018 at the �������� Hotel & Conference Center.    Mothers, Mentors, & Muses is the Women’s Center's signature event that recognizes �������� female-identifying faculty or staff who have made a significant difference in the life of a student or colleague. More than 350 ...

Officials from �������� and New Castle Schools of Trades recently signed an articulation agreement that provides opportunities for graduates of the trade school to earn degrees from the university. According to the agreement, a student who earns a diploma from NCST (with at least 1,000 clock hours in a specific program) can enroll at �������� and receive 30 credit hours toward an associate of technical study degree. The associate of technical study degree requires 60 credit hours and is open to students who need a specially-designed course of study in a technica...