College of Arts and Sciences
Kent State Student Proves Height and Weight Do Not Determine Strength
Weighing in at barely 100 pounds, Brooke Mullins summoned every ounce of strength she had, and even more she didnāt. Her muscles were shaking; her mind ā exhausted. The Ā鶹¹ū¶³ junior had one last shot at overcoming the most grueling portion of a physical exam. If she could pass it, Muā¦
Kent State Geographers Make Maps to Help Study Youth Violence
Ā鶹¹ū¶³ researchers use geospatial technology to study youth violence in Akron, Ohio.
Kent State Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth
According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases diagnosed and 600,920 cancer deaths in the U.S. in 2017.
These numbers are stark and sobering, and worse yet, we still do not know exactly why cancer develops in its victims or how to stop it.
An online publication in Nature Nanotechnology this week by Ā鶹¹ū¶³ researchers and their colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan, however, may offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.
CACM Director Patrick Coy Publishes New Book Chapter
CACM Director Patrick Coy has published a chapter in a new book focused on constructive conflict management. Coyās chapter, āCommunication, Constructiveness, and Asymmetry in Nonviolent Action Theory and Practice,ā is chapter two in Perspectives in Waging Conflicts Constructivelyā¦CACM Associate Professor Landon Hancock Publishes a New Edited Book
CACM Associate Professor, Landon Hancock, has published a new edited book, his third, this one entitled: "Narratives of Identity in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change,ā Emerald Publishing Group, Bingley, UK, 2016. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/book/10.1108/Sā¦
Kent State Professor Weighs in on the Rush to Save Government Scientific Data
Kent State Professor Anne Jefferson expresses concern over losing valuable scientific data following proposed budget cuts.
Kent State and SPCS Featured in College Magazine
In "Top 10 Schools for History Buffs" in College Magazine, Ā鶹¹ū¶³ is #4 on the list -- with a special mention of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies (then the Center for Applied Conflict Management) and the May 4 Task Force. An SPCS major talks about heā¦Kent Stateās African Community Theatre Presents Spring Production of āVenusā
Ā鶹¹ū¶³ās African Community Theatre in the Department of Pan-African Studies has announced plans for a production of āVenusā by Suzan-Lori Parks to be directed by D. Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies, and performed by the Pan-ā¦
Students Turn Smartphone Cases Into Lifesaving Medical Devices
Three Kent State students have created smartphone cases that contain vital medication.
Together, with the help of LaunchNET Kent State, the three created Case.MD. Ariella Yager, entrepreneur major in Kent Stateās College of Business Administration; Samuel Graska, cell and molecular biology major in Kent Stateās College of Arts and Sciences; and Justin Gleason, graduate student in Kent Stateās College of Architecture and Environmental Design spent more than a year planning, inventing, designing and 3-D printing smartphone cases that contain vital medication. Wherever your smartphone goes, so does the medication.
Prof Moves Into Motel to Study the People That Society āDoesnāt Care Enough Ā鶹¹ū¶³ā
Struggling addicts, registered sex offenders, released prisoners and the recently homeless. A Kent State professor documents their stories to raise awareness of the issues they face.