Environmental Science and Design Research Institute
Is our drinking water quality threatened here in the Great Lakes region?
Have you ever seen the 鈥渘asty green slime鈥 鈥 properly known as a harmful algal bloom, or HAB in Lake Erie? Remember the July 31, 2014 鈥淒o Not Drink/Do Not Boil鈥 public health warning messages in Toledo? Tests revealed that the algae was producing microcystin, a sometimes deadly liver toxin and suspe鈥
Center for Earth Ethics and Kent State鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center Launch Earth Stanzas, an Interactive Online Earth Day Poetry Project
The Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York City and the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University are launching Earth Stanzas, an interactive poetry project in honor of Earth Day, which is celebrated around the world on April 22. draws on the inspiration of eight poets who engage the beauty, depth and interconnectedness of the Earth, and invites readers to interact with the poems and find their own poetic voice.
Collaborative Biodesign Challenge Course Opens New Opportunities
The words 鈥渂iology鈥 and 鈥渄esign鈥 might not typically intertwine; however, Kent State University鈥檚 Biodesign Challenge course was created to challenge the idea that the two separate disciplines could not collaborate.
Internationally Renowned Biodesign Scholar to Headline Kent State Symposium
Just like the research that goes into understanding and applying a complicated concept like biodesign, holding an entire symposium devoted to it is no small undertaking. So, when a world-renowned scholar on the subject agreed to come do some of the heavy lifting, Kent State University was elat鈥
Kent State Biologist Joins Tennessee, Toledo Colleagues to Study Arctic Climate Change Effects
In early February, scientists reported the hottest temperature on record in Antarctica: 65 degrees Fahrenheit. Studies show climate change is disproportionately affecting the poles, warming them faster than anywhere else on Earth, and raising questions about what kinds of changes we can expect in arctic ecosystems as temperatures rise. 鈥ˋ Kent State University biologist has teamed up with some colleagues in an inter-institutional effort to answer some of those questions.鈥
Kent State artist, biologist unite to design print for national project
Andrea Case sits at a table in Kent State鈥檚 Center for the Visual Arts, carefully contemplating the silhouettes of leaves printed in bold contrasting colors on the paper in front of her. 鈥淎s a non-artist, I still feel comfortable having an opinion about this art, and trying to figure out what it me鈥
Kent State Environmental Symposium Offers Impressive Slate of Speakers and Activities
What is the role of BioDesign in addressing environmental issues we face locally and globally? What does it mean to "design with life?" Kent State University researchers have some ideas on these matters and will soon put them on full display at one of the institution's top-tier research forums: the鈥
Urban Design Students Make an Impact on Erie鈥檚 Bayfront
When cities need help imagining new possibilities for their urban places and communities, they call Kent State University鈥檚 Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC). Most recently, Kent State architecture students had the opportunity to put the skills they learn in the classroom to make an impact on local communities in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Kent State Fashion School Committed to Sustainability
Kent State University鈥檚 Fashion School continuously finds ways to innovate. Its unique lifestyle boutique, Fashion School Store (FSStore), in downtown Kent recently added a new line called 鈥淪ustainability RETOLD.鈥 This collection includes sustainably made clothing, featuring work from five different students and three faculty.
New Methodologies Developed in Kent State Geology Professor's Lab Improve Monitoring of Lakes and Oceans
After years of remote sensing work, Joseph Ortiz, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Geology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University, and his research team recently shared their development of new cost-efficient methodologies that may lead to much safer drinking water for people in Ohio and other municipalities affected by harmful algal blooms (HAB).