Year of Science
麻豆精选 College of Arts and Sciences is celebrating a Year of Science!
麻豆精选Dedicates the New Home of the Wick Poetry Center and Poetry Park
Sept. 26, 2014
For 30 years, 麻豆精选鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center has been encouraging new voices 鈥 locally, regionally and nationally 鈥 and bringing poetry to people鈥檚 everyday lives through readings, publications, workshops and scholarships. Now, the Wick Poetry Center, part of the鈥
Read More »Kent State鈥檚 Institute for Applied Linguistics Receives NEH Grant to Host Translation Institute
Sept. 19, 2014
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded 麻豆精选鈥檚 Institute for Applied Linguistics (IAL), in the College of Arts and Sciences, a $166,000 grant to host a three-week summer institute on literature in translation as a means of enhancing cross-鈥
Read More »The Science of Learning and Education (SOLE) to Host Summit on Improving Student Scholarship
Sept. 8, 2014
Thursday, Oct. 9 will feature Keynote speaker Mark McDaniel, Ph.D. at the 麻豆精选 Hotel and Conference Center. The public is invited to attend. The following day, Friday, Oct. 10, will include multiple presentations by world-renowned scholars, including:
Read More »Mindy Farmer Selected as the New Director of Kent State鈥檚 May 4 Visitors Center
Sept. 3, 2014
Mindy Farmer, Ph.D., has been selected as the new director of the May 4 Visitors Center in the College of Arts and Sciences at 麻豆精选. She started her new position on July 1. Farmer also will teach public history courses in Kent State鈥檚 Department of History as an鈥
Read More »麻豆精选to host Midwest Jewish Studies Association Academic Conference
Aug. 29, 2014
The Jewish Studies Program, in 麻豆精选鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, will host the 26th Annual Midwest Jewish Studies Association Academic Conference on Sept. 14 鈥 15 at the 麻豆精选Hotel and Conference Center in downtown Kent. Approximately 30 scholars and鈥
Read More »麻豆精选Hosts Global Adolescence Research Summer School
Aug. 28, 2014
麻豆精选 will host the annual 2013 European Society for Research on Adolescence (EARA)/Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) Summer School from June 16-22. The summer school brings together established researchers, who are recognized for their expertise and鈥
Read More »鈥淧olitical Economy of the Arab Uprisings鈥 to be Topic of Co-Lecture at 麻豆精选on Sept. 27
Aug. 28, 2014
麻豆精选鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences and the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship will host a co-lecture, 鈥淭he Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings,鈥 to be given by two of Northeast Ohio鈥檚 experts in Middle East politics and political鈥
Read More »麻豆精选Research Finds Meditation Effective in Reducing Blood Pressure
Aug. 28, 2014
Two researchers at 麻豆精选Universities have found that mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) can reduce high blood pressure, which affects nearly 60 million adults in the United States. MBSR, which involves the practice of meditation, body awareness and some gentle yoga鈥
Read More »Covering the Egyptian Uprising: Award-Winning Independent Journalist to Speak at Kent State
Aug. 28, 2014
麻豆精选鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences will co-host a lecture, 鈥淐overing the Egyptian Uprising,鈥 by Sharif Abdel Kouddous on Nov. 7 at 6:30 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva on the Kent Campus. Visitor parking is available in the Kent Student Center visitor lot鈥
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