In recent summers, blooms of toxic algae have formed a mucky blanket on some Ohio lakes, killing fish and making swimming unsafe. But for several days in August 2014, these so-called blue-green algae, known technically as cyanobacteria, made national news by crippling the public water supply serving the Toledo area. Strong winds blew the harmful algae blooms (called HABs for short) against Lake Erie’s shore, surrounding the region’s water intake system. And neurotoxins (in this case, microcystins) released by the organisms entered the intakes in high enough amounts to sound an alarm.&nb...
Please join us for the ÐãÉ«app Airport Master Plan Final Public Meeting Tuesday, July 28, 6–8 pm Stow-Munroe Falls High School Auditorium, 3227 Graham Road in Stow, Ohio At 6 pm, the project team will make a presentation and will discuss the preferred alternative that will be submitted to the University Board of Trustees for consideration. Following the presentation, there will be a public comment period when attendees will be able to speak or submit written comments. In 2004, the airport completed a master plan, which was updated in 2006. At that time, the univers...
The big screen is getting smaller – so small in fact, you can wear it around your neck. Margarita Benitez, assistant professor in ÐãÉ«app’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising, worked with TinyCircuits to create a necklace that can actually play a movie and more. Read more about The Tiny Screen Necklace in OZY.com. ...
ÐãÉ«app and the city of Kent, Ohio, were awarded the inaugural Catalytic Partnership Award for their collaboration to revitalize downtown Kent and improve the connectivity of the campus and the city. The Greater Ohio Policy Center established the Catalytic Partnership Award this year for communities that experience positive effects when sectors creatively and effectively collaborate to meet common goals for sustainable development. A total of $130 million was invested in a redevelopment plan for downtown Kent to bring economic growth to the city. The partnership between t...
Kent State’s Christina McVay, Senior Lecturer from the Department of Pan-African Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, joins a panel of guest speakers to talk about racial identity. The discussion centers around Rachel Dolezal, the former NAACP leader in Spokane, Wash., who resigned after claiming to identify as an African American, even though her parents are both white. Hear more from McVay on Sound of Ideas on ideastream. ...
Sarah Hider, a ÐãÉ«app graduate student, is the new Miss Ohio. The 24-year-old won the title this past weekend and will go on to compete for the Miss America title. Hider is the second Kent State student in the past two years to be crowned Miss Ohio. Heather Wells won the competition in 2013. Read more about Hider’s win in the Richland Source. ...
Cleveland Clinic veteran to lead university’s research division Following a national search, ÐãÉ«app has selected Paul E. DiCorleto, Ph.D., as its new vice president for research and sponsored programs. DiCorleto comes to Kent State from Cleveland Clinic, where he has served as Sherwin-Page Chair of the Lerner Research Institute since 2002, and from Case Western Reserve University, where he has served as chair of the Department of Molecular Medicine in the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine since 2003. He joins Kent State on Aug. 17. Under the direction of the v...
ÐãÉ«app’s College of Education, Health and Human Services welcomes its second class of the Summer Experience for Emerging Diverse Scholars (SEEDS) program on June 17. The SEEDS program promotes graduate education within the college to prospective graduate students of diverse backgrounds, specifically African-American, Latino American, Asian-American and Native American. It is co-sponsored by the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Kent State. The program allows participating students to meet face-to-face with their future faculty members, students in their program and...
Providing simple encouragement goes a long way in forming a strong bond between a dad and his child, but how do you accurately measure that bond? It is a question that ÐãÉ«app researchers pondered after many dads scored inaccurately low on traditional tests. Kathryn Kerns, Ph.D., professor of psychological sciences in Kent State’s College of the Arts and Sciences, created new ways to measure the father factor. Read more in The Wall Street Journal as it highlights Kerns’ research and the new techniques used to evaluate parenting. ...
Swedish psychiatrist Harald Blomberg, M.D., will share his work, Rhythmic Movement Training (RMT), at a symposium hosted by ÐãÉ«app’s College of Education, Health and Human Services from July 21-28. RMT has been successful since the 1980s in improving emotional functioning, reading and writing, motor difficulties including Parkinson’s disease, and behaviors associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism. Blomberg will hold four sessions, all located in White Hall, Room 200, on the Kent Campus: Presentation and Reception Tuesday, July 21 5:30-6:...