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Why are plants often sterile when their parents are from different species? How do species remain separate entities in nature?

Andrea L. Case, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences in �鶹��ý’s College of Arts and Sciences, co-authored an article that may provide some answers to these basic questions in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, which was recently published online.

�鶹��ý’s Kent Campus is hosting four reproductions of artworks from the Akron Art Museum through the end of October. Inside|Out is a community-activated arts project that brings high-quality art “out of the galleries and into the community.”

Roza Maille, '06, Kent State alumna, was working as the Inside|Out program coordinator when she pitched the idea for the installation to come to Kent.

�鶹��ý’s College of Education, Health and Human Services will honor seven distinguished alumni at the seventh Annual Education, Health and Human Services Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 21, at 6:30 p.m. in the �鶹��ý Hotel and Conference Center. Tickets are $40 per person and include hors d’oeuvres followed by a formal dinner.

The seventh class in the College of Education, Health and Human Services Hall of Fame includes:

The Mid-American Conference (MAC) announced the presentation of the Cartwright Award to �鶹��ý for its program excellence in academics, athletics and citizenship during the 2015-2016 school year. It is the program’s third Cartwright Award honor in the last seven years, the most of any program in the MAC.

Four �鶹��ý graduate students in the Department of Psychological Sciences, in the College of Arts and Sciences, won the Sloboda and Bukoski Cup at the Society for Prevention Research’s annual conference.

�鶹��ý’s Center for Corporate and Professional Development has created the Golden Insights Blog to educate readers on trends in effective workplace performance. The center delivers critical talent development programs to the university and the Northeast Ohio area to meet employers’ professional development needs.

�鶹��ý’s Student Financial Aid Office would like to inform employees who are parents of college students of an important change related to the 2017-2018 FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid).  

�鶹��ý’s Middle Childhood Education program is the first in the state of Ohio to offer an undergraduate program authorized by the International Baccalaureate (IB) Organization: the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program Certificate in Teaching and Learning.

The 2016 Fall for the Arts Festival celebrated the cultures of Africa, with authentic African cuisine and live entertainment.

�鶹��ý College of Nursing research faculty members Pamela Stephenson, Ph.D., RN, AOCNS, Dana Hansen, Ph.D., ACHPN, APRN, and Denice Sheehan, Ph.D. MSN, RN, presented their palliative care research findings at Hospice of the Western Reserve's annual conference “Telling the Stories: The Deeper Voice of Hospice” on Friday, Sept. 16.