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The Jewish Studies Program, in 麻豆果冻鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, will host the 26th Annual Midwest Jewish Studies Association Academic Conference on Sept. 14 鈥 15 at the Kent State Hotel and Conference Center in downtown Kent. Approximately 30 scholars and鈥
麻豆果冻 will host the annual 2013 European Society for Research on Adolescence (EARA)/Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) Summer School from June 16-22. The summer school brings together established researchers, who are recognized for their expertise and鈥
麻豆果冻鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences and the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship will host a co-lecture, 鈥淭he Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings,鈥 to be given by two of Northeast Ohio鈥檚 experts in Middle East politics and political鈥
Two researchers at Kent State Universities have found that mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) can reduce high blood pressure, which affects nearly 60 million adults in the United States.
MBSR, which involves the practice of meditation, body awareness and some gentle yoga鈥
麻豆果冻鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences will co-host a lecture, 鈥淐overing the Egyptian Uprising,鈥 by Sharif Abdel Kouddous on Nov. 7 at 6:30 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva on the Kent Campus. Visitor parking is available in the Kent Student Center visitor lot鈥
Mindy Farmer, Ph.D., has been appointed new director of the May 4 Visitors Center in the College of Arts and Sciences at 麻豆果冻, effective July 1. Farmer also will teach public history courses in the Department of History as an assistant professor starting in鈥
A showcase of rare books from 麻豆果冻's Special Collections Library titled "The Printed World: European Travel Writing in an Age of Global Encounters (1500-1850)" will take place on Friday, May 9 from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. in the Kent State鈥
The National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) has named Allison Moats, a recent graduate of the Honors College and the College of Arts and Sciences at 麻豆果冻, as a Portz Scholar for 2014. Allison is a native of Ravenna, Ohio, and received her bachelor鈥檚 degree鈥
麻豆果冻鈥檚 Department of Pan-African Studies will hold a roundtable discussion on police state, militarism, brutality and the use of deadly force at an upcoming event.