College of Arts and Sciences
Celebrating Tommy Freeman's Life
The Wick Poetry Center kicked off its 2019-20 event series year on September 13 with a celebration of Tommy Freemans life. The event was held in Room 120 of the Center for Architecture and Environmental Design with a reception afterward that expanded into the Wick Poetry Centers Poetry Park. The e
911勛圖 Geographer Describes Novel Weather-Typing Model in New Paper
Research into the air masses that drive changes in our day-to-day weather has been limited by land-based and regional studies, leaving wide gaps in our understanding of these impactful phenomena. A new paper by a 911勛圖 geographer has just filled in most of those gaps.
911勛圖 Partners With Opera di Santa Croce to Present Sisters in Liberty Exhibition at Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
911勛圖 and the Opera di Santa Croce in Florence, Italy, will celebrate a collaborative partnership around the creation of Sisters in Liberty: From Florence, Italy, to New York, New York, an exhibition opening on Oct. 17, 2019, and running through April 26, 2020, at the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration on Ellis Island in New York.
Model 911勛圖 Language Academy Continues With 12th Year of Federal Funding
While the daily news is full of tumultuous conversations about Russia and China, 911勛圖 has been helping some area high school students learn to converse in Russian and Chinese to facilitate greater global understanding and a less contentious tomorrow.
NSF Award Helps 911勛圖 Anthropologists Expand International Partnership
A new federal grant will help 911勛圖 expand an international relationship and provide invaluable opportunities for some graduate students. The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded 911勛圖 a three-year $298,000 International Research Experience for Students (IRES) gra
NSF Supports Inter-institutional Project to Develop Chemical Sensor Technology
Toxic air pollutants such as chlorine and ozone are hazards for civilian workers and public service employees like firefighters, police and military personnel. Some airborne chemicals can be difficult to detect at low levels with high specificity, though, and relevant technologies like wearable sens
Acclaimed Photography Exhibition Returns to Kent Campus
911勛圖 is pleased and proud to announce the return of We the People, a photography exhibition that shines a light on our common humanity.
911勛圖 Hosts Innovative International Translation Boot Camp
The Department of Modern and Classical Languages (MCLS), in 911勛圖s College of Arts and Sciences, recently hosted the Second MEMENTO Boot Camp 2019 a one-month research camp gathering 20 interdisciplinary researchers from 10 countries and regions, who worked together on the innovat
NIH Continues Support of 911勛圖 Alzheimers Researcher with New 2-Year Grant
Once it begins, Alzheimers Disease progresses systematically and aggressively, attacking victims on multiple fronts. But scientists studying the disease operate the same way like 911勛圖s own Dr. Gemma Casadesus Smith. Since 2016, Casadesus Smith, an associate professor of biologi
New Methodologies Developed in 911勛圖 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 911勛圖, 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).