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We recently chatted with Kent State alum Austin Briggs, who will be the first speaker for this semester's Build Your Own Brand (BYOB) cohort on Wednesday, February 12, 2020.    Austin is a native of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, who was able to overcome a troubled youth by finding his calling in entrepreneurship. Austin graduated from �������� with a BA in Entrepreneurship in 2010.  During his time at Kent he received several awards and scholarships for his entrepreneurial achievements and was recognized in publications such as ESPN, Fox, and the Wall ...

Foot ulcers are one of the most prevalent problems facing diabetic patients, but new technology developed at Kent State may soon help doctors better understand and treat them. A device called a “Shear Force Mat” represents a breakthrough for physicians seeking to understand how plantar ulcers form. It was developed and built by Kent State alumnus Misha Pevnyi, Ph.D. ’15, and Tianyi Guo, a graduate student in Kent State’s Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program in the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute (AMLCI). The project was funded by a grant from the Ohio College of Podiatric...

�������� at Tuscarawas will mark the 50th Commemoration of May 4, 1970, with featured speaker Dr. John Hayes on Thursday, April 16, at 7 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center. The first student government president of Kent State Tuscarawas and a 1971 Kent State alumnus, Hayes served as a correspondent at the Daily Kent Stater during the tragic events at ��������. During his presentation, May 4: Reflections of an Eyewitness, Hayes will share his first-hand reporting on the tragedy. The event is free and open to the public. The upcoming 50th May 4 commemoration represen...

New Publication by Taizo Mori, Richard Cukelj, Marianne Estelle Prévôt, Senay Ustunel, Anna Story, Yunxiang Gao, Karene Diabre, Jennifer Ann McDonough, Ernest Johnson Freeman, Elda Hegmann, and Robert John Clements   Abstract: 3D liquid crystal elastomer (3D-LCE) foams are used to support long-term neuronal cultures for over 60 days. Sequential imaging shows that cell density remains relatively constant throughout the culture period while the number of cells per observational area increases. In a subset of samples, retinoic acid is used to stimulate extensive neuritic outgrowth a...

New Publication by Taizo Mori, Richard Cukelj, Marianne Estelle Prévôt, Senay Ustunel, Anna Story, Yunxiang Gao, Karene Diabre, Jennifer Ann McDonough, Ernest Johnson Freeman, Elda Hegmann, and Robert John Clements   Abstract: 3D liquid crystal elastomer (3D-LCE) foams are used to support long-term neuronal cultures for over 60 days. Sequential imaging shows that cell density remains relatively constant throughout the culture period while the number of cells per observational area increases. In a subset of samples, retinoic acid is used to stimulate extensive neuritic outgrowth a...

UPDATE: Please note that the May 4 50th Commemoration Weekend events originally scheduled for May 1-4, 2020, have been canceled. The commemoration will be a virtual program online. See the May 4 50th Commemoration website at www.kent.edu/may4kentstate50 for more information.   Unity, Reconciliation and Dangers of Polarization Featured Along With Special Guests and Programs Focusing on Activism, History and Legacy of May 4, 1970   Jane Fonda, Laurence Tribe and Eric Foner are among those who will participate After months of planning, ��������’s Ma...

Special thanks to Alexander Evans and Laurie Ann Moennich who returned to Kent State Honors College in November to participate in the Career Conversations program. In September, Shelby Barnes, Jenna Brinker, Alexander Evans, Alex Hoopes and Diana Kingsbury participated in mock interviews with CPH students as part of our Careers in Health and Wellness Week at KSU. If you are an alumnus and are interested in volunteering with current CPH students, contact Shelby Barnes, CPH alumni president, at sbarne12@kent.edu. Be sure to follow CPH Alumni on LinkedIn and Facebook for alumni news and events...

Brook Blakey is a graduate of the BSPH concentration in Clinical Trials Research. She did her internship with Dr. Monique Washington at the Louis Stokes Veteran’s Administration Hospital in the Spinal Cord Injury Department. Brook and the team presented their research, “Health Care for Women with SCI/D: Updates in Preventative Care Guidelines, Barriers and Interventions” at the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) 9th Annual Healthcare Summit + Expo, Aug. 15 - 17, 2019, in Orlando, FL. Obianuju Genevieve Aguolu, PHD, MBBS, MPH is now in a postdoc position with the Omer Research Group at Yale...

P’Ashe Jones is a second-year epidemiology doctoral student from the Bahamas who plans to return to her home in the Bahamas and work for either the Ministry of Health or another government agency such as the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). P’Ashe’s family members, who live in the Bahamas, were not directly affected by hurricane Dorian that hit the country in August. However, after she saw the terrible videos and images of the destruction of two of the islands and of the people who were left with nothing, she felt a need to help her Bahamian people. As a public health student, she ...