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Curated May 4 Oral History Clips Paired With Online Interactive Map of Kent From 1970
March 25, 2020
They remember the sights and sounds of helicopters and trucks as the Ohio National Guard moved into their small college town. They remember the smell of tear gas. They remember the chants of the protesters against the Vietnam War and invasion of Cambodia. They remember the panic…
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Kent State Professor Receives $2.6 Million Grant for Alzheimer's Research
March 4, 2020
Kent State University psychology professor John Gunstad, Ph.D., has received at grant of nearly $2.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to expand his Alzheimer’s disease research into a national study.
Read More »IAL Awarded Alexander Gode Medal
Dec. 11, 2019
Kudos to Dr. Francoise Massardier-Kinney and the Institute for Applied Linguistics for being awarded the Alexander Gode Medal from the American Translation Association in November 2019. This prestigious award is given in recognition of organizations and individuals for…
Read More »Cambodia and Kent State- Topic of New Book
Dec. 11, 2019
Dr. James A. Tyner, professor of Geography and Dr. Mindy Farmer, director of the May 4 Visitors Center, collaborated to write, Cambodia and Kent State: In the Aftermath of Nixon’s Expansion of the Vietnam War. Described as an introduction to the issues and international context…
Read More »Robin Selinger Elected to APS Board of Directors
Dec. 10, 2019
On Nov. 15, Physics Professor Robin Selinger, Ph.D., a member of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University was elected to the American Physical Society (APS) Board of Directors. Her three-year term begins on…
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Empathy Researchers to Speak at Kent State on Dec. 5
Nov. 20, 2019
The Department of Psychological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University, in partnership with the national public radio affiliate WKSU 89.7 FM and the KSU Brain Health Research Institute, will host the first of a two-part distinguished speaker series…
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Collaborative Kent State Team Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Develop and Implement Drug Prevention Infrastructure in Three Ohio Counties
Oct. 30, 2019
Kent State University’s College of Public Health is teaming up with the Department of Computer Science to develop and implement drug prevention infrastructure in Portage, Geauga and Lake counties.
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NIH Continues Support of Kent State Alzheimer’s Researcher With New Two-Year Grant
Oct. 17, 2019
Once it begins, Alzheimer’s disease progresses systematically and aggressively, attacking victims on multiple fronts. But scientists studying the disease operate the same way – like Kent State University’s own Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D.
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FIVE-YEAR COLLABORATION WITH KYOTO UNIVERSITY LEADS TO EXPANDED INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR ANTHROPOLOGY STUDENTS
Oct. 10, 2019
Building an international network, collaborating with colleagues from a world-renowned research institute, developing new scientific expertise, and embedding yourself in an exciting foreign culture are certainly lofty goals for any graduate student. For six Kent State University…
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NSF Award Helps Kent State Anthropologists Expand International Partnership
Oct. 9, 2019
The (NSF) recently awarded Kent State a three-year, $298,000 International Research Experience for Students (IRES) grant that will allow graduate students to travel to