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Four �鶹���� alumni were honored on Friday, Sept. 22, at the School of Communication Studies Alumni Awards & Reception in Taylor Hall. The event was part of the College of Communication and Information's celebration of Taylor Hall's reopening, Sept. 21 - 23, 2017. Three distinct awards are given at the annual celebration: Centennial Award, a recognition given to individuals of great stature and service to the university who have gained national or international recognition for their work in communication studies. This was awarded to Carol Wilder, Ph.D., ’74, an ...

�鶹���� at East Liverpool is hosting Paige Bosich, a doctoral student in Kent State’s sociology department, 2-3 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 7, in the Quiet Study Lounge in Purinton Hall. Her presentation, “Navigating the Master’s Thesis” is free and open to the public. The talk will be especially helpful to anyone considering a master’s degree or for students working on an honor’s thesis. This event is sponsored by the Social Science Research Lab at Kent State East Liverpool and students in Dr. Lydia Rose’s researching society class. Bosich completed her undergraduate degree at Sai...

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The Peace, War and Social Conflict Section of the American Sociological Association (ASA) presented Patrick G. Coy, Ph.D., professor and director of new the School of Peace and Conflict Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at �鶹����, with a career award: the Robin M. Williams, Jr. Award for Distinguished Contributions to Scholarship, Teaching and Service in the areas of peace, war, and social conflict. The career award was presented to Coy in Montreal, Canada on August 15 at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. “Dr. Coy has been instrumenta...

Promoting awareness of the environment and its importance has long been a global challenge, but a new degree offered at �鶹���� is designed to ensure that graduates take their place in the world as well-rounded, well-educated environmental stewards. Offered for the first time in fall 2017, the Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies is an interdisciplinary degree that provides an understanding of not only the environment, but also how graduates can use their education to influence and protect the world around us. The environmental studies degree has been offered at other univ...

Antibiotic resistance is a public health crisis that threatens the lives of millions of people around the world. Yet, according to a new report released Aug. 29, the U.S. policy response fails to adequately address this major challenge. The commission report was authored by 12 antibiotic resistance experts from the fields of infectious disease medicine, veterinary medicine, microbiology, epidemiology and public health, including Tara Smith, Ph.D., professor of epidemiology at �鶹����’s College of Public Health. The report, Combating Antibiotic Resistance: A Policy Roadmap to Red...