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Anshul Sharma, a graduate student in 911�Թ�’s Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program in the College of Arts and Sciences, was awarded the Silver Graduate Student Award at the Materials Research Society’s 2015 Spring Meeting in San Francisco, California. She was recognized for her presentation on “Visualizing Gold Nanoparticle Chirality via Nematic Liquid Crystals.” According to the Materials Research Society, “the awards are intended to honor and encourage graduate students whose academic achievements and current materials research display a high order of excellence and dis...

The city of Kent is among the top ten best cities for millenials looking for work, according to www.nerdwallet.com, an online financial and industry resource. Kent ranks in 9th place. NerdWallet highlights the location of 911�Թ�, as well as attractive employment options for young residents, as some contributing factors to the ranking. The site looked at the millennial population, referring to adults between the ages of 18 and 34. It also took into consideration their average income and unemployment rates. Read more from NerdWallet and the Record-Courier. ...

911�Թ�’s Liquid Crystal Institute® will host a symposium called “Chirality at the Nanoscale” on June 4-5 in the Kent Student Center on the Kent Campus.    “This event features internationally renowned scientists presenting cutting-edge research on one of the key central topics of life, biology, physical as well as materials science, and engineering: chirality,” said symposium chairman Torsten Hegmann, Ph.D., Ohio Research Scholar and associate professor at 911�Թ�’s Liquid Crystal Institute. “The focus of this symposium is the chirality of nanoscale materials and ...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded 911�Թ�’s Min-Ho Kim, Ph.D., assistant professor of biological sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, a $1,842,350 five-year grant. The grant from the NIH’s National Institute of Nursing Research is to develop “nanobombs,” a nanotechnology-based therapeutic platform that can treat biofilm infection in chronic wounds.  Kim will lead a research collaboration with three other research laboratories. Songping Huang, Ph.D., professor of chemistry at 911�Թ�, will be responsible for the synthesis of functionalized magne...

The semester ended on a high note for 911�Թ�’s contemporary a cappella singing group. Dressed in their blue and gold, the Kent Clarks recently shared their talent on the plaza of NBC’s “Today Show.” The 16-member group sang a mix of Top 40 hit songs on the show before heading inside the studio to watch Lady Antebellum perform. The group also met Anna Kendrick, the star of “Pitch Perfect 2.” This is the second star-studded performance for the Kent Clarks in the past few months. Last December, they performed for President Barack Obama and the first lady Michelle Obama. ...

The 911�Թ� Press received a 2015 PROSE Award in the Single Volume – Humanities & Social Sciences category for “Wearable Prints, 1760-1860: History, Materials, and Mechanics” by Susan W. Greene. Sponsored by the Association of American Publishers, the PROSE Awards annually recognize the very best in professional and scholarly publishing by bringing attention to distinguished books, journals and electronic content in more than 40 categories. “Wearable Prints” surveys the history of wearable printed fabrics, which reaches back into the earliest days of the discovery of selec...

Joseph Pritchard of Washingtonville received the prestigious Anna Ulen Engleman Creative Writing Award from the 911�Թ� English Department. He is a junior at the 911�Թ� Salem Campus, majoring in English. Along with his application for the award, Pritchard submitted a poem for consideration. He will be published in the June issue of Wordgathering (www.wordgathering.com).  Pritchard works as a tutor in the Learning Center on the Salem Campus and hopes to eventually complete a masters of fine arts degree. He said he will continue reaching out to publishers, as well. ...

Insurance studies students from 911�Թ� Salem attended the recent Ohio Insurance Institute’s Insurance Education Day in Columbus, during which three were awarded scholarships.  Representing the Salem chapter of Gamma Iota Sigma, the international risk management, insurance and actuarial science collegiate fraternity were Jennifer Buck, president; Dan Newlin, vice president; Michele Quinn, secretary; and member Lisa Kesseg. The scholarships were presented to each of the recipients by Michael Holm, director of sales of The Institutes.  Buck received the Griffith Insurance Educati...

East Liverpool – Students from 911�Թ� East Liverpool’s occupational therapy assistant program and the physical therapist assistant program recently participated in outreach projects to help make the city a little brighter.   Students from the PTA program were part of the City Sweep event held during Earth Week. They swept sidewalks, pulled weeds and picked up litter all along the east end of Fourth Street and around the campus buildings. OTA students gathered at the downtown entrance ramp to the city to help spruce up the “serpentine” landscape of that area by pulling weeds, raki...