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�鶹��ѡRooted in a Commitment to Tree Care

The Kent City Council and mayor dubbed Kent, Ohio, the state’s Tree City. This year marks the ninth year �鶹��ѡ is being recognized by the Tree Campus USA program.

From Alaska to Kent State, How Four Students Became Golden Flashes

�鶹��ѡ’s unique programs and majors have attracted students from all over the world, including a few from the largest state in the nation. Currently, six students from Alaska – two undergraduate and four graduate – are taking classes from Kent State. 

Richard Feinberg, Ph.D., Department of Anthropology

Richard Feinberg, Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, served as commentator on “ASAO Histories” during the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania’s meeting held Feb. 20, 2017, in Lihu’e, Hawaii. On the 50th anniversary of its founding, the association is compiling a history of the association. Several long-term association members presented formal papers. Feinberg’s role was to offer critical commentary, add missing pieces and correct errors, based on his four decades of experience, including many years in a variety of leadership positions.

This past year, Feinberg was elected to the status of Honorary Fellow. At the 2017 meeting, he was formally honored by the association and assumed his new position.

University Is Rooted in Its Commitment to Tree Care

Sixty-eight years ago, the Kent City Council and mayor dubbed Kent, Ohio, the state’s Tree City.

�鶹��ѡStudents to Collaborate With Kyoto University Researchers

�鶹��ѡ students will travel to Japan for collaborative research with the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University, studying evolutionary genetic analysis, Alzheimer’s disease and aggressive behavior.      

Students Turn Smartphone Cases Into Lifesaving Medical Devices

Three �鶹��ѡstudents have created smartphone cases that contain vital medication. 

Together, with the help of LaunchNET Kent State, the three created Case.MD. Ariella Yager, entrepreneur major in Kent State’s College of Business Administration; Samuel Graska, cell and molecular biology major in Kent State’s College of Arts and Sciences; and Justin Gleason, graduate student in Kent State’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design spent more than a year planning, inventing, designing and 3-D printing smartphone cases that contain vital medication. Wherever your smartphone goes, so does the medication.

�鶹��ѡEarns Tree Campus USA Designation for Ninth Consecutive Year

University is rooted in its commitment to tree care.

New Podiatric Product Developed by �鶹��ѡStudents and Professor Can Be Used by People With Diabetes and Athletes

�鶹��ѡ students Nilin Rao, Ph.D., and Craig Verdin, and Exercise Sc

Transgender Students Find Home, Security and Support at Kent State

For transgender students like Emily Grubb, �鶹��ѡis home. Grubb and other students have found an inclusive, welcoming environment that offers resources for the transgender community.

59 Student-Athletes Achieved Perfect GPAs in Fall and Spring 2016

�鶹��ѡ’s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics held its third annual 4.0 GPA Student-Athlete Breakf

Terry Schwarz, Director of the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative

Terry Schwarz is the director of Kent State’s Cleveland Urban Design Coll

The John C. Tamplin Award for Excellence in Writing Center Work

The Tamplin Award is given annually to recognize the excellent work of Writing Commons consultants and to honor the outstanding cont