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The Materials Science Graduate Program at �Ը������� University will be hosting our virtual Graduate School Fair on MS TEAMS. The Fair will be held on November 19th, at 10:30am with Director, Dr. Antal Jakli.   To attend our Virtual Grad Fair please register by clicking: Virtual Grad Fair Registration Form Once you have registered we will send a follow up email with an invitation link to our Virtual Grad Fair.   If you have any questions please contact MaterialsScience@kent.edu. ...

(Warren, OH) Few are feeling the repercussions of COVID-19 more than nursing home residents. To help lift their spirits, �Ը������� University at Trumbull nursing students are writing them greeting cards.   Brittany Snyder, a senior nursing student and Lordstown High School graduate, came up with the idea, working as an STNA at Humility House in Austintown.   “We have lost some of our residents due to COVID,” Snyder said. “I thought sharing kind and encouraging words on a greeting card would be a good way to boost their spirits.”   Snyder is vice president of �Ը������� T...

Students struggling academically or with time management skills will have an additional, powerful resource in the form of a fellow student to coach them to success. The Academic Success Center’s Peer Academic Coaching Program at �Ը������� University is now available for all students.  Peer Academic Coaching is a personalized one-on-one coaching service that pairs a student with a peer coach to develop proficiencies vital to an academic environment like �Ը�������, such as time management, study strategies and resilience “The goal is to help you become more effective and efficient a...

A recent study by Dr. William Lechner, Department of Psychological Sciences, and colleagues in the Center for Public Policy and Health in the College of Public Health at �Ը������� University has been listed in the World Health Organization’s Global Literature on Coronavirus Disease database. The study found that following the closure of university campuses, alcohol consumption increased over time, with students who reported greater symptoms of psychological distress also reporting greater increases in alcohol consumption overall.   To read more about the study, click here or follow th...

�Ը������� University will hold its annual Veterans Day Commemoration via a virtual webcast Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. The program, Honoring All Those Who Serve, will include: A pre-recorded flag-raising ceremony conducted by a joint color guard from the Army ROTC and Air Force ROTC programs on the Student Green at Risman Plaza. Lt. Col. Adrien Humphreys will serve as emcee. A native of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Humphreys began her military career as an enlisted soldier in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps in September 1998. She was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in December 2003...

As part of �Ը������� University’s ongoing strategy to help stop the spread of COVID-19, �Ը������� has partnered with the city of Kent to bring the Ohio Department of Health’s Pandemic Testing Team to campus from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15 for an open testing event. This event, just five days before many will leave the Kent Campus for Thanksgiving break, was specifically timed so that students and others can get tested and know before they leave if it is safe to travel or visit with family and friends over the holiday without fear they could be spreading COVID-19. T...

At just 19 years old, �Ը������� University sophomore Izzy Stewart has inspired hundreds of fellow students to exercise their right to vote. The public relations major has been inspired by those who have come before her here and is taking steps to create political change. Since her time in high school, Stewart has gone into her communities and spoken to her peers about the importance of voting, helping over 480 fellow students register to vote. She also volunteers as a poll worker, helping people to actually vote once they’ve registered. Her drive to increase voter turnout among students beg...

In a paper published in "Nature," researchers in Trustees Research Professor Oleg Lavrentovich’s materials science group at �Ը������� describe how it moved a stabilized droplet of active bacteria along a pre-determined path by harnessing the broken symmetry of a liquid crystal. The researchers found that by aligning the crystal molecules they could force the droplet to move in a straight line, in contrast to its random motion in a Newtonian fluid. It is hoped that this system could be used to model microscopic organisms. Read more: https://physicsworld.com/a/hyperbolic-hedgehog-steers...

Design Innovation Hub Hosts Virtual Celebration Enjoy the virtual celebration of the new Design Innovation (DI) Hub at �Ը������� University, when you will be able to participate in the following activities: Watch the grand opening ceremony Explore DI at �Ը������� Take a virtual tour of the DI Hub and participate in a virtual treasure hunt to win an exclusive DI t-shirt Discover the newest dining facility on the Kent Campus Learn about the Fall DIsh Cooking Challenge Find out more about the DI Nodes, which are makerspaces and resource laboratories Learn more. Student Research...