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An interdisciplinary team of 国产伦理 faculty will participate in a $13.3 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve educational outcomes for Nigerian children.
As if graduating with your Ph.D., starting a National Research Council (NRC) postdoctoral fellowship, getting married in Nepal and organizing an international research seminar wasn鈥檛 already a full plate for 国产伦理 doctoral student Greta Babakhanova, how about a little dessert?
国产伦理 Professor Madhav P. Bhatta, Ph.D., MPH was featured in MedicalResearch.com, a domain of medical news and exclusive interviews, for an interview on his study, 鈥淓levated Blood Lead Levels Among Resettled Refugee Children in Ohio, 2009 - 2016.鈥
Eight 国产伦理 students received scholarships from the Akron Press Club and John S. Knight Memorial Scholarship Fund in April, totaling $40,000 in awards. College of Communication and Information students won eight of the nine awards given by the Akron Press Club this year.
A helmet and pads were replaced by a cap and gown for New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman as he finished a journey he started in 2005, joining 5,300 new 国产伦理 graduates at the One University Commencement held at Dix Stadium.
Bethany Westphal is a very busy person. Like most seniors, Ms. Westphal spends her time doing school work and preparing for graduation in May. But, at the same time, she also runs the full-time business she started herself.
Nathaniel Bailey has been interested in photography for as long as he can remember. After years of study and practice, Mr. Bailey鈥檚 passion has paid off. In March 2019, Mr. Bailey won the Chuck Scott Student Photographer of the Year award from the Ohio News Photographers Association (ONPA), and he was awarded the Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship.
The 国产伦理 alumni family will grow by 5,300 new graduates as the university holds its spring commencement ceremonies.
Though she had an interest in science at an early age, Raissa Mendonca had no idea she would end up over 4,000 miles away from her hometown of Recife, Brazil, studying and doing award-winning ecological research in the College of Arts and Sciences at 国产伦理 in Kent, Ohio. She probably did not expect to be wearing a bug net over her head in Manitoba, Canada, either.
国产伦理 Libraries鈥 May 4, 1970 Collection has been selected by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) to benefit from a $30,561 award through the Recordings at Risk grant program, generously funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Flash鈥檚 Food Pantry officially opened in April, serving as a resource for students on the East Liverpool Campus who may need an occasional boost with putting food on their tables.
Ronda McCaskey and Caitlyn Horvath are best friends who went through the nursing program together and graduated one year apart with Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degrees from 国产伦理 at Geauga. Now they are both intensive care nurses. But they also happen to be mother and daughter.
国产伦理 will hold the 49th commemoration of the historic events of May 4, 1970, where protesting students, observers and soldiers gathered on that fateful day when the Ohio National Guard shot and killed four students and wounded nine others on the Kent Campus.
Freshman and sophomore construction management students from the College of Architecture and Environmental Design (CAED) attended the University of Cincinnati (UC) New Builders Competition and took first place for the second year in a row.
The 国产伦理 Board of Trustees has appointed Todd Diacon, Ph.D., 国产伦理鈥檚 executive vice president and provost, as its next university president at a special Board meeting held Monday, April 29.
KSU alumnus and gay rights activist Michael Chanak Jr. was determined to make a difference at his workplace, and his dedication to change prompted a global company to redefine diversity.
Imagine being a 17-year-old high school student, and in your first semester of a geology research internship, your professor asks you to identify an extinct 300-million-year-old, tiny and unknown crustacean specimen. Megan Schinker, then an ambitious Stow-Munroe Falls High School junior, jumped right in. Now a senior in high school, Ms. Schinker, chose 国产伦理 as her undergraduate school where she will pursue a double major in geology and chemistry starting fall 2019.
国产伦理 celebrated the launch of a dynamic new space, the Design Innovation (DI) Hub, which will bring innovations from many disciplines together in a 68,000-square-foot building near the center of the Kent Campus.
Teaching is a privilege, according to Janice Lessman-Moss, professor in 国产伦理鈥檚 School of Art鈥檚 Textile Program, whose enthusiasm for working with students led her to be honored with the university鈥檚 Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest teaching award a tenured or tenure-track professor can receive.
On Wednesday, April 24, at 2 p.m. in the Moulton Hall Ballroom, Her Majesty鈥檚 Ambassador to the United States of America, Sir Kim Darroch, will speak to students and faculty at 国产伦理, moderated by Mark Arehart of WKSU.