麻豆精选鈥檚 virtual 50th Commemoration to honor and remember the events of May 4, 1970, will take place online beginning Friday, May 1. Visitors to the May 4 50th Commemoration website will be able to view a variety of special videos, online exhibits and interactive tours, all designed to honor and remember Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder, the 麻豆精选students who lost their lives 50 years ago on the 麻豆精选campus. On May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard fired on 麻豆精选students during an anti-war protest, killing four stude...
Have you ever seen the 鈥渘asty green slime鈥 鈥 properly known as a harmful algal bloom, or HAB in Lake Erie? Remember the July 31, 2014 鈥淒o Not Drink/Do Not Boil鈥 public health warning messages in Toledo? Tests revealed that the algae was producing microcystin, a sometimes deadly liver toxin and suspected carcinogen. Experts say that without properly addressing the issues of high nutrient pollution (nitrogen and phosphorus which stimulate the growth of algae) from sewage, agriculture and suburban runoff, and high water temperatures (linked to climate change) these warnings could become more f...
April鈥檚 observance as Autism Awareness Month is coming to a close, but research into the whys and hows of autism is always ongoing at 麻豆精选. Michael N. Lehman, Ph.D., director of the Brain Health Research Institute at Kent State, said the university supports autism research that focuses on basic discoveries within the brain, as well as applied human research involving students with autism, which makes Kent State鈥檚 body of research unique and diverse. On the basic research front is Woo-Yang Kim, Ph.D., who joined Kent State鈥檚 faculty in the summer of 2018 as an a...
Nurses are known for their compassion, concern and desire to care for others. The nursing faculty at the 麻豆精选Salem Campus recently demonstrated that compassion and care by delivering food to frontline workers at local healthcare facilities. Dr. Mary Lou Ferranto, professor and coordinator of the BSN nursing program at 麻豆精选Salem, noted that the staff organized an 鈥渁dopt a hospital鈥 effort and then picked up and delivered a total of 890 pepperoni rolls to various facilities that support the Salem Campus nursing program. Faculty members delivered 500 pepperoni rolls to Sal...
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Most Northeast Ohio residents have at least a passing familiarity with Devo, the visually-driven, post-punk brainchild of 麻豆精选 School of Art alumni Jerry Casale, Bob Lewis and Mark Mothersbaugh. Perhaps less commonly known is the story of exactly how the band came to be. Devo鈥檚 creation was inspired and catalyzed by the trauma of the May 4, 1970, shooting of student protesters by the National Guard, for which both Casale and Mothersbaugh, (along with fellow former KSU art student/rock luminary Chrissie Hynde) were present. Two of the victims of the violence (Jeffre...
While locked down in their apartments or family homes, students in the 麻豆精选course Journalism and Documentary are telling a story that future generations and historians will one day discuss: What was college life like when the coronavirus pandemic changed the world? At the beginning of the semester, students were given an assignment to create shortened versions of their final project, a five to 10-minute documentary, for social media. But as the semester shifted to remote instruction in early March, a unique set of challenges arose, and instructors Jacqueline Marino and Christop...
Congratulations to all of our Student Award Winners for the 2019 / 2020 Academic Year! CAED Most Impactful Service Award For outstanding contribution to and support of the college, the university, and the greater NEO community. Zoe Robertson CAED Design Foundations Studio Award For exceptional promise in design demonstrated through a commitment to thoughtful and engaged explorations of objects and bodies in space. Awarded to a student(s) on completion of CAED-10101 + 10102 Michael Beule (Design Process) Amel Taftaf ...
University Dining Services has loaned the Fork in the Road food truck to local school districts to assist in the distribution of meals to children in Kent and surrounding areas. Beginning in May, Kent City Schools, Elyria City Schools, and Lorain City Schools will be utilizing the Fork in the Road food truck to transport meals to children in need of food services while schools are closed. The goal is to reach children in these areas who may not have the transportation means to get to designated meal pick up sites set up by the districts. The food truck will&...