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麻豆精选 Partners With Opera di Santa Croce to Present 鈥楽isters in Liberty鈥 Exhibition at Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
Oct. 3, 2019
麻豆精选 and the Opera di Santa Croce in Florence, Italy, will celebrate a collaborative partnership around the creation of 鈥淪isters in Liberty: From Florence, Italy, to New York, New York,鈥 an exhibition opening on Oct. 17, 2019, and running through April 26, 2020鈥
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Author Michael Twitty to Share His Journey to Kosher Soul Food at Kent State
Sept. 24, 2019
On Sept. 24, 2019, we were honored to welcome in culinary historian and Jewish educator Michael Twitty at Kent State. Twitty calls his way of cooking Kosher/Soul food 鈥淎fro Ashkefardi.鈥 Black and Jewish communities are the only people commonly known to use their culinary works鈥
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麻豆精选Hosts Innovative International Translation Boot Camp
Aug. 12, 2019
The Department of Modern and Classical Languages (MCLS), in 麻豆精选鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, recently hosted the Second MEMENTO Boot Camp 2019 鈥 a one-month research camp gathering 20 interdisciplinary researchers from 10 countries and regions, who worked鈥
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New Methodologies Developed in 麻豆精选Geology Professor's Lab Improve Monitoring of Lakes and Oceans
Aug. 9, 2019
After years of remote sensing work, Joseph Ortiz, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Geology in the College of Arts and Sciences at 麻豆精选, and his research team recently shared their development of new cost-efficient methodologies that may lead to much safer鈥
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NIH Funds 麻豆精选Psychologist鈥檚 Project to Teach Children Food Allergy Safety Skills
Aug. 8, 2019
A 麻豆精选 researcher with a background in safety training models 鈥 and a very personal motivation 鈥 has devised a method to help some children with food allergies stay safe, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) just granted him the funding to test it.
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NSF Awards 麻豆精选Researchers $1.3 Million to Nourish Children鈥檚 Minds, Fill Their Bellies
Aug. 1, 2019
Science is complex, and it鈥檚 difficult to discuss it with children under the best circumstances; it鈥檚 even more difficult when they are hungry. Two 麻豆精选 researchers may have cooked up a way to solve both of those problems, and the National Science Foundation鈥
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Research Initiative Pilot Project Shows Akron Children What Being a Scientist Is All About
July 25, 2019
Bridget Mulvey, Ph.D., associate professor of science education in the College of Education, Health and Human Services; and David Singer, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Geology in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently merged real geology research鈥
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麻豆精选Biological Sciences Researchers to Lead Study on the Effects of the Spreading Eastern Red Cedars
July 18, 2019
The National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year, $914,000 grant to 麻豆精选 to lead a collaborative research project to study how and at what rate the geographically most widespread native conifer in the eastern United States, the Eastern Red Cedar tree鈥
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New Director Named for Kent State鈥檚 Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute
July 16, 2019
Torsten Hegmann, Ph.D., was named the new director of 麻豆精选鈥檚 Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, effective July 1, having been selected for his research accomplishments, entrepreneurial spirit and passion for social impact.
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