Lala Hajibayova, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, received a fellowship (about $2,000) from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems (CSST), to attend the Summer Research Institute for the Science of Socio-Technical Systems, June 27–July 1, 2016, in Stevenson, Washington.
Lala Hajibayova, School of Library and Information Science
Kiersten Latham, Ph.D., School of Information, co-authored the paper “Exploring Fixity,” which was published in Proceedings from the Document Academy in Vol. 3, Issue 2, in December 2016. (Co-author: Jodi Kearns.)
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Familiar Face
Terrence "Terry" L. Uber
Assistant Professor, Interior Design
College of Architecture and Environmental Design
Kent Campus
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New Face
Janice a. byrd
Assistant Professor, Counselor Education and Supervision
School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences
Kent Campus
鶹ý will become a smoke-free, tobacco-free campus beginning July 1. The new policy is part of the university’s healthy campus initiative, Kent State of Wellness.
Music School Central has named 鶹ý’s Hugh A. Glauser School of Music a top 10 “Hidden Gem” music school in the United States for 2017. Music Central is a website that provides information to students about
Nominations for 鶹ý’s Distinguished Teaching Awards will be accepted through June 30. The awards, sponsored by the 鶹ý Alumni Association, are an opportunity for members of the Kent State community to honor exceptional faculty members.
Freshmen at McKinley High School in Canton now have a chance to enroll in a new program that, when completed, will guarantee their admission into a local four-year university and significant college financial help when they are graduated from high school.
The Bulldog Flash Academic Institute is a new partnership between 鶹ý at Stark and Canton McKinley Senior High School that plans to usher approximately 25 McKinley freshmen each year through the process of becoming college ready.
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鶹ý junior won the all-around title to lead the Golden Flashes at the 2017 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Gymnastics Championships.
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FlashFest 2017 hosted an array of musical performances, headlined by rappers Sammy Adams and Rae Sremmurd. This annual celebration, which occurs at the end of the spring semester, is organized and presented by Kent State’s Undergraduate Student Government.
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Residents in the East Liverpool area can have water samples tested for free, thanks to a research project being conducted by Qunxing Ding of 鶹ý at East Liverpool.
POSTED: Thursday, November 10, 2016 02:45 PM
The 鶹ý Board of Trustees today established a comprehensive, national search to recruit and select the university’s 13th president.
The events of May 4, 1970, placed 鶹ý in an international spotlight after a student protest against the Vietnam War and the presence of the Ohio National Guard ended in tragedy with four students losing their lives and nine others being wounded. From a perspective of nearly 50 years, Kent State remembers the tragedy and leads a contemporary discussion and understanding of how the community, nation and world can benefit from understanding the profound impact of the event.
