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High school students from Portage County and surrounding areas hold Chinese hand fans during a past STARTALK Summer Foreign Language Camp at Kent State.

While the daily news is full of tumultuous conversations about Russia and China, 麻豆传媒 has been helping some area high school students learn to converse in Russian and Chinese to facilitate greater global understanding and a less contentious tomorrow.

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Kent State's "We the People" Exhibition on Display near the Esplanade Arch in May 2019

麻豆传媒 is pleased and proud to announce the return of 鈥We the People,鈥 a photography exhibition that shines a light on our common humanity.

A man in a chef's hat shows young children how to make food.

Science is complex, and it鈥檚 difficult to discuss it with children under the best circumstances; it鈥檚 even more difficult when they are hungry. Two 麻豆传媒 researchers may have cooked up a way to solve both of those problems, and the National Science Foundation just awarded them a three-year, $1.3 million grant to determine if their recipe works.

Oleg Lavrentovich, Ph.D. (second from left), works in a microscopy lab with a colleague and Kent State students.

Trustees Research Professor Oleg Lavrentovich, Ph.D., a chemical physicist in 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute (AMLCI), just received nearly $1 million between two grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for separate studies with potential applications in biomedical science, commercial electronics and beyond.

Torsten Hegmann, Ph.D., talks to the crowd about some of the things he would like to accomplish as director of Kent State鈥檚 Advance Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute.

Torsten Hegmann, Ph.D., was named the new director of 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, effective July 1, having been selected for his research accomplishments, entrepreneurial spirit and passion for social impact.

麻豆传媒 researchers Elda and Torsten Hegmann pose with one of the sensors they created that detects toxic gases. Their project was supported by a grant from the TeCK Fund.

State of Ohio officials have renewed a $600,000 technology commercialization partnership between 麻豆传媒 and Cleveland State University.