Peggy Nzomo, University Libraries, is the 2016 recipient of the American Library Association (ALA) International Relations Committee’s “Bogle-Pratt International Library Travel Fund.” She received this award at the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Library and Information Congress held Aug. 13-19 in Columbus, Ohio. She also was one of 50 librarians who received the 2016 IFLA Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Fellows scholarship.
Peggy Nzomo, University Libraries
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An undergraduate student uses a device to measure light refraction in a Smith Hall physics lab.
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Deborah Belintani Rosa, a theater production major, came from Brazil to 鶹ý at Stark to study in the United States.
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Kent State Employee Wellness is reminding employees and families to get their free flu vaccination ahead of this year’s flu season.
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Heather Caldwell, Ph.D., a professor in 鶹ý’s Department of Biological Sciences, recently received a $450,000 grant to study the role that oxytocin plays in the developing brain.
Medical professionals treat a wide variety of people. But what do they do when they encounter a communication barrier? What if the patient only speaks French or Spanish or American Sign Language? Kent State nursing students are learning how to navigate that situation.
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The Women's Center wants to celebrate not just the women who come into the center, but decades of women who have left a legacy at Kent State.
Medical professionals treat a wide variety of people. But what do they do when they encounter a communication barrier? What if the patient only speaks French or Spanish or American Sign Language? Kent State nursing students are learning how to navigate that situation.
The 2018 Faculty/Staff Health and Resource Fair is planned for Oct. 8-11, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the DeWeese Health Center. As part of the week-long event, the Kent State Women’s Center is offering digital mammograms to qualified employees, spouses and students.
Yoshinobu Hakutani, Department of English, presented “Richard Wright’s Haiku and Basho” and chaired the session “Culture and Literature of the Chicago Renaissance: Postmodern and Postcolonial Development,” at the American Literature Association Conference in San Francisco, May 24-27, 2018.
Steven R. Brown, Professor Emeritus, Evaluation and Measurement, and James C. Rhoads, authored “Bibliography of Intensive Single-case Studies” in Operant Subjectivity, Vol. 39, Issue 1-2 (2017) 98-100.
POSTED: Friday, October 28, 2016 10:46 AM
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.
