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via Instagram “Sunrises make my soul sing. #sunrise.” by Marcella c @rawr_cella We’d like to feature photos that highlight favorite aspects of all �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State campuses in upcoming issues of �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State Magazine. So we can see your best shots, please use the hashtag #�þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ�State on Instagram or email your photos to magazine@kent.edu. Thanks! Maps and Memories Delighted to see the magazine highlight �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State’s hidden treasure, the Map Library [“KSU Collections” fall 2016]. I have fond memories of pouring over (and filing!) the Sanborn Maps and learning from Mr. Ed Hall as a work-stud...

�þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� will host its third annual Symposium on Advances in Organic Photovoltaics (OPVs) on April 16 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Moulton Hall Ballroom on the �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� Campus. OPVs are specialized, carbon-based semiconducting materials used in solar cells, flexible electronics and organic lighting. Unlike typical inorganic solar cells that are silicon or thin-film-based, OPVs are flexible and have the potential to be produced at much lower costs than conventional solar cells through environmentally friendly processes such as jet-printing, spray painting, dip-coating and roll-to-roll...

Alison Smith will become the new dean of �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ�’s Honors College, effective July 1. Smith currently serves as the acting chair in �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State’s Department of Geology and has served in various administrative, research and teaching roles at the university. “Alison Smith brings a wealth of experience and excellence to this position,” said Todd Diacon, �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State’s senior vice president for academic affairs and provost. “She is an accomplished researcher and scholar who combines this success with a fierce commitment to our students. The Honors College will be well served by her lead...

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By immersing themselves deeply in the local culture, students participating in a study abroad program can greatly enhance their overseas experience, personally as well as academically. Understandably, some students are more adept at the immersion process than others – a fact that led the staff at �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State’s Florence Center in Italy to implement a competition among students beginning this spring semester to encourage them to make immersion a rewarding part of their studies. The competition, which is the brainchild of Andy Wyatt, a student advisor at Florence and a former study abroad ...

April 1:  Dr. Robin Selinger is a professor of Chemical Physics in �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State’s Liquid Crystal Institute and a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). She will discuss her research in the area of active matter.     Modeling Defects, Shape Evolution, and Programmed Auto-Origami in Liquid Crystal Elastomers  Active Matter Computer Simulation  Liquid Crystal Institute ...

�þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� is among the institutions and businesses in Ohio to share $10 million in grants from the state’s Third Frontier Commission. �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ� State will share $400,000 with Cleveland State University to help commercialize the inventions that they create through research. The grants are used to give a boost to the state’s economy through startup and other technology companies Learn more from WKSU Learn more from the Akron Beacon Journal ...

p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 19.0px Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} span.s2 {text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none; color: #042eee; -webkit-text-stroke: 0px #042eee} td.td1 {width: 1193.0px; margin: 0.5px 0.5px 0.5px 0.5px} Move over Indiana Jones — Archaeology has a fresh new face.   Metin I. Eren, director of archaeology and an assistant professor of anthropology in �þ���ҹ����ӰԺ��ѹۿ�’s College of Arts and Sciences, is using a $215,000 National Science Foundation grant to lead the analysis of wea...

Get On the Move and earn valuable wellness points with lunchtime yoga for faculty and staff. Yoga is offered Tuesdays from 12:15-1 p.m. and Thursdays from 1:15-2 p.m. throughout the spring semester.  These 45-minute sessions are a great way to rejuvenate yourself and take care of your mind, body and spirit. Each session is worth 10 wellness points for those participating in the Wellness Your Way incentive program. Space is limited. Registration is required and open for April and May sessions. Simply select each Tuesday or Thursday session from our wellness calendar to be taken to ...