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Randy Roberts, a student working toward his associate’s degree in enology at �������� at Ashtabula, uses his previous degree in biology to help supplement his education. Roberts previously received his bachelor’s degree from Kent State in 2010 and went to work as a research assistant at Ohio State Orthopaedics, researching new antibiotic regimens. He believes his previous experience working in the sciences has helped prepare him for a future career in the wine industry. “I already have gone through a lot of chemistry and biology in my prior education and work experience,”...

Poetry kiosks written for Traveling Stanzas through ��������’s Wick Poetry Center, in the College of Arts and Sciences, have found their home in downtown Kent for months and recently expanded to eight Kent Campus locations. Traveling Stanzas first began in 2009 as a community arts program and was a collaboration between the Wick Poetry Center and visual communication design students. The kiosks feature posters designed by Kent State visual communication design students and alumni, and an audio button, which when pushed reads the poem in the author’s voice. “This is an exci...

LET'S CLEAR THE AIR Clearing the Air aligns with the priorities of the university’s healthy campus initiative, Kent State of Wellness. This initiative seeks to foster a culture of health and wellness for students and employees at all campuses and is part of the university’s Strategic Roadmap. Tobacco smoke contains a deadly mix of more than 7,000 chemicals; hundreds are harmful, and about 70 can cause cancer. There are health benefits to quitting smoking at any age - it is never too late to quit. Seven out of 10 adult smokers surveyed said they wanted to quit comple...

Scientists at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands and �������� in Ohio have developed a new material that can undulate and therefore propel itself forward under the influence of light. To achieve this, the scientists clamp a strip of this polymer material in a rectangular frame. When illuminated, it goes for a walk all on its own. This small device, the size of a paperclip, is the world’s first machine to convert light directly into walking, simply using one fixed light source. The researchers, including Professor Robin Selinger of Kent State’s Liquid Crystal Ins...

Written by Beacon Journal Staff KENT: ��������’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative has received a $6,268 grant from the Ohio Environmental Education Fund to help restore fish habitats in the Cuyahoga River shipping channel in Cleveland. The Kent State group was one of eight Ohio communities and organizations to receive a share of $239,941 to support environmental education programs. The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative will use the money to show property owners and developers in Cleveland’s Flats area how they can incorporate new areas of fish habitat into their riverfro...

��������’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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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...

Kent City Schools awarded its March Collaborative Organization of the Month to ��������’s Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’s Diversity Education and Training Lab. The Diversity Education and Training Lab promotes dialogue and helps develop inclusion in various environments. The lab also touches on topics such as microaggressions, cultural competency and discrimination. Lisa Givan, associate director of diversity training, oversees and serves as lead facilitator within the lab. “We provide training for student organizations, departments, divisions and external...

As part of the university’s Kent State of Wellness initiative, �������� is becoming a smoke-free, tobacco-free campus. A part of the university’s Strategic Roadmap to a Distinctive Kent State, all Kent State campuses will be smoke- and tobacco-free beginning July 1, 2017, fostering the wellbeing of the university community and the environment. According to NoSmoke.org, an estimated 1.69 billion pounds of cigarette butts end up in landfills each year. The policy not only helps to address this problem, but also will help to beautify campus by removing the...