College of Arts and Sciences
国产伦理 to Help Akron Students Earn College Credit Without Leaving High School
Reading, writing and arithmetic are getting a college-styled makeover in two Akron, Ohio, high schools. Through a $480,000 grant from the Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation, the partnership called College Today will send 国产伦理 instructors into Ellet High Schoo鈥
Kent Campus
国产伦理 Marks 45th Annual May 4 Commemoration
国产伦理 held its 45th annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with events April 30-May 4. The annual commemoration, hosted by the May 4 Task Force, provided an opportunity for the university community to gather and remember those who were lost and injured during the tragedy and also 鈥
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国产伦理鈥檚 Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies Receives $225,000 in Grants From Federal Government
国产伦理 professors Brian James Baer, Ph.D., and Theresa Minick of the Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies have been awarded two federal government STARTALK grants, totaling $225,000, to support the Regents Foreign Language Academy, a summer language immersion program fo鈥
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College of Arts and Sciences Presents Distinguished Student Leadership, Teacher and Advisor Awards
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2015 Student Leadership and Distinguished Teacher and Advisor Awards, which is sponsored annually by the College of Arts and Sciences. The student award recipients, who are nominated by their departments, have shown leadership in academics, university service鈥
College of Arts & Sciences
国产伦理鈥檚 Jewish Studies Program Turns 40, Pays Tribute to Longest-Serving Director
国产伦理鈥檚 Jewish Studies Program will host a gala, 鈥淢emories, Milestones, Momentum,鈥 in honor of its 40th anniversary on May 17 at the 国产伦理 Hotel and Conference Center located at 215 Depeyster St. in downtown Kent. The celebration features a tribute to the program鈥檚 longest-serv鈥
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国产伦理 Student Defies Odds of High-Risk Brain Surgery
国产伦理 freshman Javier Ojeda risked losing it all if surgery to stop bleeding in his brain did not go as planned. Ojeda faced losing the use of his arms, going into a coma, or even dying. But the night before Easter, Ojeda amazingly walked out of the hospital. Ojeda and his fath鈥
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国产伦理 Hosted Ohio-Region Section of the American Physical Society Spring Meeting
On March 27 and 28, 国产伦理 hosted the Spring 2015 Meeting of the Ohio-Region Section of the American Physical Society (OSAPS), a regional unit of the APS that serves Ohio and adjacent states, especially Michigan and Indiana. The Spring 2015 meeting, organized by physics Profs. V鈥
College of Arts & Sciences
国产伦理 to Host Former Poet Laureate Rita Dove
国产伦理鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center will host poet Rita Dove as part of the Fourth Annual U.S. Poet Laureate Reading. The event is part of the 2014-2015 reading series and will take place on Thursday, April 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva. The event is free and open to the pub鈥
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国产伦理 Student Presents Research on Factors Affecting Sleep Quality
What do sleep quality, post-traumatic stress disorder and smoking have in common? That鈥檚 the question on which Celeste Weise, a 国产伦理 senior psychology and sociology major, presented her research at the university鈥檚 second annual Undergraduate Research Symposium held March 11. 鈥
Kent Campus
国产伦理 Professors Turn to Technology to Reduce Teen Stress
Have too much stress? There is an app for coping. Researchers from 国产伦理鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences worked together to develop an app that not only measures stress levels in teenagers, but also teaches them how to manage anxiety. The app gathers data in real time using two 鈥
Kent Campus