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ӰƵ’s SOLE Center to Host Summit on Learning and Education
Oct. 30, 2014
ӰƵ’s Science of Learning and Education (SOLE) Center will host “Improving Student Achievement: A Summit on Learning and Education” at the ӰƵ Hotel and Conference Center in Kent, Ohio, on Oct. 9-10. Researchers from across the country (and…
Read More »Monitoring Lake Erie’s Algae From Space
Oct. 30, 2014
Over the vast expanse of Lake Erie, sampling the water to test for potentially toxic algae blooms may seem like using a medicine dropper in an ocean. It takes days to collect enough data from enough spots to determine if the algae pose a danger.
Read More »Speaker to Discuss the Holocaust in Poland
Oct. 28, 2014
The ӰƵ Jewish Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences will host a presentation by Annamaria Orla-Bukowska, Ph.D., a social anthropologist at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland on Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Cohn Jewish Student Center on the…
Read More »African Community Theatre presents "Or Does it Explode?"
Oct. 22, 2014
ӰƵ’s African Community Theatre will host a production of Or Does It Explode?, an original piece written by former ӰƵ student John Dayo-Alyia along with John Smith. Directed by Dayo-Alyia, Or Does it Explode? opens October 23, 2014 at 8 p.m.…
Read More »Institute for African American Affairs Lunch & Learn Series
Oct. 22, 2014
The Department Of Pan-African Studies Presents: Institute for African American Affairs (IAAA) Lunch & Learn Series All Lunch & Learn events are on Wednesdays from 12pm-1pm in Ritchie Hall Conference Room 127 October 22, 2014 "Introducing Pacific Islanders" presented…
Read More »Woodgett to present "Genetic analysis of an over-achieving protein kinase (GSK-3) and what it reveals about cellular communication"
Oct. 14, 2014
On Friday, October 17 (at 12 noon) Dr.
Read More »National Poetry Day!
Oct. 9, 2014
October 15 is National Poetry Day! Please join us at the May Prentice House to celebrate. "Celebrating Our Own" is an annual poetry reading hosted by the Wick Poetry Center featuring our high school and undergraduate scholarship winners. May Prentice House…
Read More »ӰƵ and Penn Receive $3.6 Million to Study Meditation Effect on Blood Pressure
Oct. 7, 2014
Does mindfulness meditation truly help in relieving stress and managing blood pressure? It is a popular technique, but until now, no large-scale studies utilizing meditation have been conducted.
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New Home and Public Park for ӰƵ’s Wick Poetry Center
Oct. 7, 2014
On Sept. 25-27, ӰƵ’s Wick Poetry Center will celebrate its 30th anniversary with the dedication of a new home and poetry park on the Lefton Esplanade. For more information, visit www.kent.edu/wick.
Read More »ӰƵ Professor Awarded Grant to Study How Plants Respond to Environmental Stress
Oct. 7, 2014
Each year, droughts cost crop farmers dearly. They experience not only a loss in yield, but also a reduction in the quality of the crops produced. But, what if new breeds of plants could be created that still thrive even without a drop of rain for weeks?
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