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2024 ARI-AHEC Scholar Graduates

ā€˜There Is So Much More to Medicine Than Just Science Classes’

Kent State student Elizabeth Marhefka recognized as ARI-AHEC’s 2024 Scholar of the Year. The senior biology and premed student was honored for her passion for medicine and commitment to community engagement.

Tags: Student Life , Community Impact , College of Arts & Sciences , Biology

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Bioblitz 2024

IN A FLASH: Into the Woods!

Each spring, students in Kent State's Child Development Center look forward to "Bioblitz." It's a day spent in the woods near their center with exploration, discovery and hands-on learning about nature. 

Tags: Research & Science , Child Development Center , Biology , Community Impact , Nationally Distinctive , Community & Society , Earth Day

Kent State Today

Sydney stands in front of her research board

Sydney Gallagher's College Career as an Exceptional Honors College Student

Sydney Gallagher, an Honors College senior graduating in May 2024 with a Bachelor of Arts in biology, has had a college career chock-full of activities, learning experiences, and extraordinary accomplishments. Originally from Hudson, Ohio, Sydney decided to attend Kent State Universit…

Tags: Honors College , Biology , College of Arts and Sciences

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Spring Plant Sale

IN A FLASH: Go Get Your Greens at the Spring Plant Sale!

The annual Spring Plant Sale at the Herrick Conservatory offers a chance for Flashes to add more green into their gardens and homes. Students help grow the plants and paint rain barrels. The event helps raise funds for several biology-focused student organizations. 

Tags: Spring Semester , Department of Biological Sciences , Students First , Earth Day , Research & Science , Student Organizations , Biology

Kent State Today

Passion for Animals Drives Student’s Success during Internship

Honors College student Betty Sterling beams with a passion for animals, so she was ecstatic to take on a fitting internship opportunity with the Lake Erie Nature & Science Center. After receiving an email from the biological sciences department about an intriguing internship opportunity, the …

Tags: Department of Biological Sciences , Honors College , Biology , Internships ,

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Honors College student Richie Dell poses in his baseball uniform holding a baseball.

Pitching for Precision on the Mound and In the Lab

Richie Dell, a senior molecular biology major, has navigated the last three years as a Āé¶¹¹ū¶³ Honors College student as well as a pitcher for the Kent State Men’s Baseball team. With extra coursework from Honors-level classes and playing a Division I sport, he always has to be in tip-…

Tags: Honors College , Baseball , Department of Athletics , Biology , Cellular and Molecular Biology , MAC

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Image of COVID 19 cells

Biology Professor Says Vaccine Development "Not a Surprise" Thanks to Scientific Developments

Jean Engohang-Ndong, Ph.D., associate professor of biology at Āé¶¹¹ū¶³ at Tuscarawas, credits technology with speeding up vaccine breakthroughs.

Tags: University News , Biology , Tuscarawas Campus , COVID-19 HUB

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Neurons

KSU's Sixth Annual Neuroscience Symposium will Highlight the Neuroscience of the Healthy Brain

The College of Arts and Sciences invites you to join us for the sixth annual Neuroscience Symposium on April 25-26, 2018 at the Āé¶¹¹ū¶³ Hotel and Conference Center. This year's topic is "The Neuroscience of the Healthy Brain," with John Cryan, PhD, as our keynote speaker on Wednesday A…

Tags: Neuroscience , Psychology , Biology , Health , Research , brain health

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Horticulture Students Learn from Industry Experts

  Kent Salem Hosts Horticulture Entrepreneurship Seminar Salem, Ohio – Āé¶¹¹ū¶³ at Salem hosted a gathering of students and industry experts for a horticulture/entrepreneurship seminar named ā€œWhat Makes Us Grow.ā€ Students from Kent State Salem, Columbiana County Career and …

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