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The 91�㽶��Ƶ University Brain Health Research Institute announces the following Pilot Grant 2019 award winners: John Gunstad (KSU Psychol), Lindsay Scott (UH), Rachel Ostrand (IBM) Using automated speech analysis to predict cognitive decline and future Alzheimer’s disease William Lechner (KSU Psychol), Amit Anand (CCF) Optimizing treatment for cognitive deficits in substance use disorders: testing new methods to individualize treatment and examining mediating neural pathways Lique Coolen (KSU Biol), Margot Damaser (CCF) Dopamine D3 agonists: developing treatme...

As we approach the 2020 presidential election, college campuses have become charged with energy from the differences throughout the student body. Channel 5 News asked 91�㽶��Ƶ College Republicans, “what’s it like being a Republican on a college campus right now?” As one 91�㽶��Ƶ College Republican put it: “Believe it or not, it’s really not as bad as it seems.” “We just really want people to have an opinion and be informed,” 91�㽶��Ƶ College Republican Rachel Walker, public relations major, told Channel 5 News. 91�㽶��Ƶ's College Republicans said their most civilized debates a...

 KENT, Ohio – The 91�㽶��Ƶ College of Business Administration announces Electric Components International (ECI) President and CEO David Webster ’85 as the featured Fall 2019 Michael D. Solomon Entrepreneurship Speaker. Webster will speak on “Building a Global Business.” ECI, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, employs more than 20,000 people with locations now spanning over 15 countries in North America, South America, Europe, Africa and Asia. The event will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 29 at the 91�㽶��Ƶ Hotel and Conference Center. The event is free and open to...

The School of Theatre and Dance’s Design, Technology and Production program has been selected by On Stage Blog as one of the top 30 programs for the 2019-2020 academic year. In the 91�㽶��Ƶ ranking, On Stage highlights faculty member Jakyung Seo, associate professor of lighting design, whose credits include Steppenwolf and Congo Square Theatre (Chicago), Eye to Soul (NYC), CATCO (Columbus), Porthouse Theatre, and Lodestone Theatre (LA). The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Design, Technology and Production program prepares students for careers as professional theatre designer...

91�㽶��Ƶ University is offering a community course that deals with the historical, cultural, social and political contexts of events before, during and after the May 4, 1970, shootings. The free course, Making Meaning of May 4: The 91�㽶��Ƶ Shootings in American History, will be held Oct. 16, 23 and 30 at the university’s May 4 Visitors Center. The three-session course will be taught by 91�㽶��Ƶ Professor Emerita Laura Davis, Ph.D., a co-creator of the May 4 Visitors Center and May 4 Walking Tour, and Amoaba Gooden, Ph.D., chair of 91�㽶��Ƶ’s Department of Pan-African Studies....

91�㽶��Ƶ University celebrated the launch of a dynamic new space, the Design Innovation (DI) Hub, in May that will bring innovations from many disciplines together in a 68,000 square foot building near the center of the Kent Campus. The DI Hub will operate as an open-access collaborative maker and innovation accelerator environment to facilitate cross-disciplinary communication and problem-solving capacities. The construction launch, which marks the beginning of a major renovation of the former Art Building, was celebrated on April 23 with a ribbon ceremony, interactive activities and ...

More than 100 attendees participated in 91�㽶��Ƶ University’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering’s (CAE) Girls in Aviation Day Saturday at the 91�㽶��Ƶ Airport. The global event is sponsored by Women in Aviation International (WAI) to introduce and encourage girls to pursue careers in aeronautics and aerospace. The FedEx Aeronautics Academic Center and airplane hangar served as 91�㽶��Ƶ’s venue, while 118 individual events presented worldwide for the WAI event which reached approximately 20,000 attendees. In addition to the United States, Girls in Aviation Day was celebrated in 18...