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Welcome to all new freshmen in the Department of Biological Sciences!  You are invited to our annual freshmen meet and greet; this provides a chance to meet faculty, learn about programs, and speak with representatives of our departmental student organizations.  The event is: Sept 8th from 6-7:30pm in Cunningham 101 ...

The Aeronautics Department from ºÚÁÏÉç’s College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology will host its 19th Aviation Heritage Fair on Saturday, Sept. 19. The event is from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Andrew W. Paton Field at the ºÚÁÏÉç Airport, located at 4020 Kent Road in Stow, Ohio.  This family-friendly fair will feature vintage aircraft, military vehicles, experienced speakers and pilots, airplane and hot air balloon rides and more. Free parking will be available at the airport and the Stow-Kent Shopping Center. A donation of $5 per person or $10 p...

The 3rd annual ºÚÁÏÉç water symposium is Oct 14 and 15 2015.  The theme this year is: WATER IN A CHANGING CLIMATE: REGIONAL TO GLOBAL ISSUES Details about the event can be found at: www.kent.edu/water. Our keynote speaker is Richard Alley, Ph.D., Evan Pugh Professor, Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University. Alley is one of the world’s top experts on natural and anthropogenic forcing of climate change from the Pleistocene era to the present. The event is free and open to the public; you can register at www.kent.edu/wate...

ºÚÁÏÉç’s College of Business Administration introduces the Firestone Lecture Series in Finance with the inaugural presentation scheduled for Friday, Sept. 18. The series is sponsored by the college’s Department of Finance. The presentations will be lecture-based and research-oriented. The department’s goal is to feature innovative finance research that provides real-world industry applications. ºÚÁÏÉç will work with other area universities including Youngstown State University, Case Western Reserve University, University of Akron and Cleveland State University to showcase ...

A half century ago, the Warren-Youngstown area was still defined by its mostly blue-collar workforce as the region proudly continued to forge its place as a center of steel production. But not everyone yearned for a life defined by what the mills had to offer. Rather than do as their fathers before them did, a small group of young people wanted something different – to be something different. And while many weren’t sure exactly what they wanted, they knew they wanted to be stimulated, to do something others hadn’t yet done. It was Jack Brizzi who was there to provide the spark. “I’ve alway...

The School of Communication Studies welcomes Aaron Bacue as a new faculty member. Bacue comes to ºÚÁÏÉç with 17 years of experience teaching communication at the university level, most recently at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. Bacue joins the school as an assistant professor, specializing in interpersonal, relational and non-verbal communication. Bacue discovered the posting for the assistant professor position, and, being an Ohio native, decided to research the position and found many aspects of ºÚÁÏÉç and the School of Communication Studies appealed t...

A decade ago this week, Andrew Curtis, Ph.D., geography professor in ºÚÁÏÉç’s College of Arts and Sciences, promised the people of New Orleans that he would continue to return and document the recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina. After the hurricane, Curtis used specialized cameras, equipped with GPS, to help direct rescue helicopters and medical crews through the flooded and impassable areas. He also used the cameras to record and document the changing landscape from year-to-year. Watch here as he shares some of the video with WEWS TV and WOIO TV to show how archiving the disas...

Members of the university community as well as family members of freshman students can watch a live stream of the ºÚÁÏÉç Convocation on Friday, Aug. 28. The event starts at 10:30 a.m. and is held in the Memorial Athletics and Convocation Center.  This special ceremony marks the beginning of the university’s first-year students’ college careers and their entrance into higher education. With this rite of passage, the Class of 2019 is now officially part of the ºÚÁÏÉç family. Watch the live stream of Convocation ...

The School of Communication Studies hosted Safe Space: Ally Training 101 for faculty, staff and graduate students in the College of Communication and Information. More than 30 CCI members attended the session Wednesday presented by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Student Center of ºÚÁÏÉç. CCI is the first academic unit to offer the training, according to Amanda Leu, Safe Space facilitator and academic advisor for the School of Communication Studies. Leu and Ken Ditlevson, Director of the LGBTQ Student Center, presented the training session as part of...