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The �鶹��ѡ School of Art Gallery presents the “Foundations Exhibition” from April 16-19. The gallery will celebrate the opening of the exhibit with a reception that is free and open to the public on Thursday, April 18, from 5-7 p.m. The School of Art Gallery is located in the Art Building at 400 Janik Drive on the Kent Campus. The “Foundations Exhibition” features work from students enrolled in the courses Drawing 1, 2D Composition, 3D Composition and Digital Media. This is the third year for the exhibition, which completely fills the School of Art Gallery with student...

�鶹��ѡ’s College of Public Health recently received the National Science Foundation’s Small Business Innovation Grant while partnering with Sterionics Inc. for work on advancing and commercializing a wound therapy biotechnology product. The grant totaled $150,000; $50,000 of which went to Kent State, the remainder to Sterionics. Principal investigator Christopher Woolverton, Ph.D., professor of environmental health science, and James Ferrell, biological sciences graduate student, have been collaborating with Sterionics since 2008. The subcontract to �鶹��ѡwill extend benc...

�鶹��ѡ and three health departments in Portage County, Ohio, are pleased to announce receipt of a $125,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to explore how “cross-jurisdictional sharing” can enable greater protection and promotion of public health. This two-year grant will be administered by the Center for Public Policy and Health in �鶹��ѡ’s College of Public Health, in cooperation with the health departments of Portage County, the city of Ravenna and the city of Kent.  The project builds on work previously performed by the Task Force for Impr...

A �鶹��ѡfashion student and two alumni are partnering to offer organic clothing for infants in this new age of eco-friendly products where fashion and clothing are no exceptions. Pooja Songar, a 2006 �鶹��ѡgraduate, created the brand Cutie Bees, a safe, stylish organic clothing line for infants, ages 0-18 months. The clothing line not only benefits babies and children, but also the environment. Cutie Bees clothes are made from 100 percent organic cotton and are free of chemicals such as pesticides and formaldehyde thought to cause many diseases such as asthma, eczema or possibly can...

Four graduate students recently completed a second phase of research on hand hygiene among economically disadvantaged populations for Akron’s GOJO Industries, Inc., the leading global producer and marketer of skin health and hygiene solutions for away-from-home settings and inventor of PURELL® hand sanitizer.   Doctoral students Diana Kingsbury, Lorriane Odhiambo and Julie Schaefer, along with MPH student Sunita Shakya, conducted focus groups in November to gain greater understanding of hand hygiene practices in Africa, Asia and Latin America and to test hypotheses for encouraging be...

Kent State University is officially closed between Christmas and New Year’s, but employees can help conserve energy while they are home for the holidays. Although the university is closed during the holidays, Melanie Knowles, sustainability manager, says there is still “an amount of activity that goes on” around campus during that time. “Someone will still&n...

 Ceramic Artist Anna Calluori Holcombe will visit the �鶹��ѡ School of Art on Thursday, Dec. 6, and Friday, Dec. 7The event is presented by the School of Art, the Ceramics Club and the Michener Lecture Series. Holcombe will visit the Ceramics Studio on Thursday, Dec. 6, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Friday, Dec. 7, at noon, Holcombe will present a free public lecture in Room 202 of the Art Building, 325 Terrace Dr., in Kent. For more information, call the School of Art at 330-672-2192. Holcombe’s Dec. 6 visit to the Ceramics Studio will include a lecture on her rese...

Veterinary technology students may soon be practicing their craft on real “patients” as �鶹��ѡ at Trumbull began offering classes in the field this fall . When fall classes began in August, �鶹��ѡTrumbull not only welcomed a bevy of new and returning students, but new course work for the associate of applied science in veterinary technology program as well. Prerequisite courses in math and science, as well as the Kent Core classes, are now available along with the specialized veterinary technology courses.   There are only three accredited veterinary technology progra...

Habitat for Humanity of Portage County and Kent State University’s Fashion School present Restore the Runway, an annual fashion show in support of local community members in need. The event will take place Saturday, Dec. 8 from 8 10 p.m. in the Kent State Ballroom, with doors opening at 7 p.m.  In preparation for the show, the&n...

Research was carried out for GOJO sustainability initiative Four graduate students from �鶹��ѡ's College of Public Health recently completed a research project focused on hand hygiene among economically disadvantaged populations for Akron's GOJO Industries Inc., a leading global producer and marketer of skin health and hygiene solutions for away-from-home settings and inventor of PURELL® hand sanitizer. During Spring Semester 2012, a multidisciplinary team of two doctoral students, Diana Kingsbury and Julie Schaefer, along with two Master of Public Health students, Lorrian...