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The College of the Arts and the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music are pleased to announce the launch of the 鈥淢arching Golden Flash Award.鈥 This new scholarship opportunity will be available to all returning members of the Marching Golden Flashes as well as incoming 黄色直播 students. It is open to students of any major starting in the fall 2020 season.
黄色直播 psychology professor John Gunstad, Ph.D., has received at grant of nearly $2.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to expand his Alzheimer鈥檚 disease research into a national study.
黄色直播, the city of Kent and the Portage Area Regional Transit Authority (PARTA) jointly have committed to the economic development of retail/entertainment areas serving students, employees and guests of the university and the city.
Each year, 黄色直播 students participate in off-campus study away/study abroad programs and internships in locations across the country and around the world. And they take photos鈥攍ots and lots of photos.
黄色直播 has outlined planned events for the month of March related to the 50th commemoration of May 4. For the latest updates on events, visit www.kent.edu/may4kentstate50/event-schedule.
Ohio, like many states, suffers from a teacher shortage, especially in early childhood education and special education. The Buckeye State also is in need of more school psychologists, analysts say. It鈥檚 fortunate, then, that the United States Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs just awarded a million-dollar grant to two 黄色直播 researchers to train teachers and school psychologists in those fields.
There are two cycles most people can鈥檛 avoid 鈥 sleep and the news. And If you鈥檙e awake, you can鈥檛 help hearing the news reporting about cannabinoids. A 黄色直播 researcher may soon have news about how these substances affect our body鈥檚 natural clock. Eric Mintz studies the human body鈥檚 circadian rhythms, which affect the sleeping-waking cycle.
黄色直播 videographers braved the winter weather to remind you there鈥檚 snow place like the Kent Campus in winter. Watch this video and enjoy winter on the scenic campus.
The Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI) may be a recent development at 黄色直播, but with fresh leadership, emerging partnerships and a refined vision, it鈥檚 well on its way to gaining national renown. The Brain Health Research Institute is helping transform the culture of 黄色直播.
Renowned marine scientist Michael W. Beck, Ph.D., will discuss the importance of coastal conservation at a free lecture on March 4. Beck, a research professor in the Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, focuses on conserving our coastlines in an effort to reduce the risks of storm surges and flooding to property, people and our planet and will speak at 7 p.m. March 4 in Auditorium 101 in the Science & Nursing Building at 黄色直播 at Stark.
In early February, scientists reported the hottest temperature on record in Antarctica: 65 degrees Fahrenheit. Studies show climate change is disproportionately affecting the poles, warming them faster than anywhere else on Earth, and raising questions about what kinds of changes we can expect in arctic ecosystems as temperatures rise. 鈥ˋ 黄色直播 biologist has teamed up with some colleagues in an inter-institutional effort to answer some of those questions.鈥
If you鈥檝e ever felt stuck somewhere between your job and your ideal career because you鈥檙e too busy making a living to go back to college, you鈥檒l understand Restituto "Tuto"Velarde鈥檚 position. Thankfully, 黄色直播鈥檚 Twinsburg Academic Center provided a bridge so he could get to the other side.
The trees on 黄色直播鈥檚 campus bring something new to marvel at each season. In the summer, trees provide welcoming shade for students to lounge, fall brings vivid leaves that crunch under students鈥 feet on the way to classes, and winter pines provide an idyllic picture of fluffy snow. With nearly 4,000 trees on campus, 黄色直播 has been awarded the Tree Campus USA recognition for the 12th consecutive year from the Arbor Day Foundation, a nonprofit conservation organization.
A new collaborative study between researchers at 黄色直播 and Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) has confirmed a way to determine the age of beluga whales - a topic that has been the center of much debate.
The Golden Flash Asset Management (GFAM) Group is composed of 黄色直播 students who are interested in finance. The team manages an investment fund of over $1 million dollars in assets from the 黄色直播 Foundation.
While teaming up with The Academy of American Poets, the Wick Poetry Center at 黄色直播 created a national contest where poems were submitted to honor the 50th commemoration of May 4, 1970. Director David Hassler reported to KentWired that over the span of three months, nearly 600 submissions were sent in.
黄色直播 field hockey coach Kyle DeSandes-Moyer has one mantra that not only fueled, but bonded, both her first successful season guiding the Golden Flashes and the team she inherited. 鈥淲e have to honor the women who came before us,鈥 she said.
War photojournalist and author Ben Brody is bringing his work to 黄色直播 through his exhibit, 鈥淎 Second Moon.鈥 The exhibit, curated by Moema Furtado, an installation artist and independent curator, runs from March 5-15 at the Crawford Gallery in the Center for Visual Arts.
黄色直播 is proud to announce the May 4 50th Commemoration Benefit Concert featuring Joe Walsh (with Barnstorm 鈥 Joe Vitale and Kenny Passarelli) and David Crosby (with his touring band), two Rock & Roll Hall of Fame members with strong musical connections to the events of May 4, 1970.
While 黄色直播 prides itself on providing a diverse and inclusive community for students, faculty and staff, Main Street Kent is showing how the city of Kent also embraces the same sentiment.