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��������’s Jewish Studies Program will host a gala, “Memories, Milestones, Momentum,” in honor of its 40th anniversary on May 17 at the �������� Hotel and Conference Center located at 215 Depeyster St. in downtown Kent. The celebration features a tribute to the program’s longest-serving director Herbert Hochhauser, Ph.D., who served for 20 years, and the late Saul Friedman, Ph.D., who taught in the program for 20 years.   Cocktails will be served starting at 5 p.m., followed by dinner and the program at 6 p.m., including remarks by �������� President Beverly Warren. Fre...

��������’s Latino Networking Caucus (LNC) and the Spanish and Latino Student Association (SALSA) will host the fifth annual Hablemos “Let’s Talk” conference on May 1 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva.  Hablemos is an annual spring event for the campus community, where students, faculty and staff engage in conversation about personal and professional development and the importance of higher education for the Latino/Hispanic community. Local students from Lorain High School’s Upward Bound program are invited to hear the message and participate in the dis...

A new company formed by a �������� researcher and inventor will market a technological innovation – flexible, electrically conductive transparent films – that can be used in electronic devices, including smart phones and touchscreens, and in windows that switch from transparent to opaque to block light. FITOS, the company started by John L. West, Ph.D., Trustees Research Professor and senior research fellow at ��������’s Liquid Crystal Institute® has been awarded $100,000 by the Ohio Third Frontier Commission to further develop and commercialize its technology. http:/...