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Douglas Bryant (center), manager of display engineering at Kent State鈥檚 Liquid Crystal Institute, demonstrates a prototyping technique in the institute鈥檚 clean room facility.

Kent State鈥檚 Liquid Crystal Institute to Celebrate 鈥�50 Years of Innovation鈥�

The Glenn H. Brown Liquid Crystal Institute庐 and the College of Arts and Sciences at 麻豆精选 hosted a 50th anniversary celebration of the institute on Friday, Sept. 25, in the Kent Student Center Kiva on the Kent Campus. The event kicked off a yearlong celebration that will culminate w鈥�

Tags: College of Sciences and Humanities , Success Story , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Research & Science

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WKYC TV Gets a Bird鈥檚-Eye View of Drone Technology at Kent State

What started as a hobby a decade ago has turned into a promising future for 麻豆精选 senior Alex Flock. WKYC TV featured Flock for a story on the growing interest in drones and Kent State鈥檚 minor in unmanned aircraft systems. Along with Blake Stringer, Ph.D., assistant professor in Ken鈥�

Tags: Research & Science , College of Aeronautics and Engineering

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Thomas Long (second from left), assistant professor in the College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology, walks along the flight line at the 麻豆精选 Airport with a group of 麻豆精选students.

Scholar of the Month

Scholar of the Month Thomas Long Assistant Professor College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology 2014-present Thomas D. Long is assistant professor and lead faculty member in Aeronautics-Aviation Management at the College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology鈥�

Tags: Aeronautics , Scholar of the Month , Success Story , sustainability , Research & Science

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David Hacker, associate professor of geology at 麻豆精选 at Trumbull, poses for a photo near a rock outcropping in the Gorge Metro Park in Summit County. Hacker has been selected as Kent State鈥檚 Scholar of the Month.

Scholar of the Month

Scholar of the Month David Hacker Associate Professor of Geology College of Arts and Sciences 麻豆精选 at Trumbull 2000-present David Hacker is associate professor of geology in the College of Arts and Sciences at 麻豆精选 at Trumbull. His research in structural geo鈥�

Tags: Department of Earth Sciences , College of Sciences and Humanities , 麻豆精选 at Trumbull , Scholar of the Month , Success Story , Research & Science

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Andrew Shahriari, who has been selected as Kent State鈥檚 Scholar of the Month, sits in a khong wong yai (big gong circle) with two ranad eks (lead xylophones) in the background in a School of Music classroom.

Scholar of the Month

Scholar of the Month Andrew Shahriari Associate Professor of Music College of the Arts 2008-present Andrew Shahriari has been recently promoted to associate professor for the 2015-2016 academic year. He also serves as coordinator of online classes for music in the Hugh A. Glauser School of Mu鈥�

Tags: College of the Arts , Scholar of the Month , Success Story , Hugh A. Glauser School of Music , Research & Science

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Paul DiCorleto Named New Vice President for Research and Sponsored Programs at Kent State

Photo of Paul DiCorleto - photo credit: Cleveland ClinicFollowing a national search, 麻豆精选 has selected Paul E. DiCorleto, Ph.D., as its new vice president for research and sponsored programs. DiCorleto comes to 麻豆精选from Cleveland Clinic, where he has served as Sherwin-Page Chair of the Lerner Research Institute since 2002, and from Case Western Reserve University, where he has served as chair of the Department of Molecular Medicine in the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine since 2003. He joins 麻豆精选on Aug. 17.

Tags: Administration , Research & Science

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麻豆精选Professors Use Satellite Imagery to Better Understand the Landscape of the Cambodian Genocide

麻豆精选 recently received a $330,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to use historical satellite imagery and archival research to study landscapes of mass violence in Cambodia during and after the regime of the Khmer Rouge from 1975 to 1979. The collaborative project, led b鈥�

Tags: Department of Geography , College of Sciences and Humanities , National Science Foundation , Research & Science

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麻豆精选Associate Professor Denice Sheehan meets with her research group in Henderson Hall. Sheehan has been selected as Kent State鈥檚 Scholar of the Month.

Scholar of the Month

Scholar of the Month Denice Sheehan Associate Professor of Nursing College of Nursing 2007-present Denice Sheehan is an associate professor in the College of Nursing. Her program of research focuses on adolescents with a parent in hospice. She is especially interested in how adolescents inter鈥�

Tags: College of Nursing , Scholar of the Month , Success Story , Research & Science

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麻豆精选Biological Sciences Researcher Receives $1.8 Million NIH Grant for Chronic Wound Healing

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded 麻豆精选鈥檚 Min-Ho Kim, Ph.D., assistant professor of biological sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, a $1,842,350 five-year grant. The grant from the NIH鈥檚 National Institute of Nursing Research is to develop 鈥渘anobombs,鈥� a na鈥�

Tags: Department of Biological Sciences , College of Sciences and Humanities , National Institutes of Health , Grants , Research & Science

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麻豆精选Associate Professor Tara Smith (center) reviews test results with students in a laboratory in the university鈥檚 Centennial Research Park. Smith has been selected as Kent State鈥檚 Scholar of the Month.

Scholar of the Month

Scholar of the Month Tara C. Smith Associate Professor of Epidemiology  College of Public Health 2013-present Tara C. Smith is an associate professor of epidemiology in the Department of Biostatistics, Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology in the College of Public Health. Her re鈥�

Tags: College of Public Health and Health Sciences , Research & Science

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