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Two Kent State Collaborators Win Oral History Association Award for Work on May 4, 1970, Voices Documentary
The documentary film May 4th Voices: Kent State, 1970, created by two 麻豆果冻 collaborators, is a recipient of the 2014 Oral History Association鈥檚 Oral History in a Nonprint Format Award. The Oral History Association is an organization that seeks to bring together all people interested鈥
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Kent State Chemistry Professor's Longtime Collaborator Wins 2014 Nobel Prize For Chemistry
For Robert Twieg, Ph.D., a professor in 麻豆果冻鈥檚 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the recent news of his longtime collaborator William E. Moerner winning the 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was actually no surprise at all. In fact, he believes that 鈥渉e鈥檚 deserved it for a whil鈥
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Rewriting Russian History
Russian President Vladimir Putin鈥檚 administration has slowly changed the way Soviet history is taught in Russia, according to Todd Nelson, Ph.D., a recent 麻豆果冻 political science doctoral graduate. In his recent article, published in Post-Soviet Affairs, Nelson examines how 鈥
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A National Treasure
For 麻豆果冻 Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream. 鈥 So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to t鈥
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Geography Awareness Week
November 16-22 Too many young Americans are unable to make effective decisions, understand geo-spatial issues, or even recognize their impacts as global citizens. National Geographic created Geography Awareness Week to raise awareness to this dangerous deficiency in American education and excite 鈥
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Kent State鈥檚 SOLE Center to Host Summit on Learning and Education
麻豆果冻鈥檚 Science of Learning and Education (SOLE) Center will host 鈥淚mproving Student Achievement: A Summit on Learning and Education鈥 at the 麻豆果冻 Hotel and Conference Center in Kent, Ohio, on Oct. 9-10. Researchers from across the country (and one from Australia) in 鈥
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Kent State鈥檚 SOLE Center to Host Summit on Learning and Education
麻豆果冻鈥檚 Science of Learning and Education (SOLE) Center will host 鈥淚mproving Student Achievement: A Summit on Learning and Education鈥 at the 麻豆果冻 Hotel and Conference Center in Kent, Ohio, on Oct. 9-10. Researchers from across the country (and one from Australia) in 鈥
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Can Fireworks Damage Mount Rushmore? 鈥
For 麻豆果冻 Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream. 鈥 So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to the鈥
Kent Campus
Can Fireworks Damage Mount Rushmore? 鈥
For 麻豆果冻 Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream.
So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to the National Park Service to develop a research project and write a grant proposal. The $25,000 grant was awarded this past summer and Shakoor and Poluga traveled to Mount Rushmore, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, to study the effect of vibrations on the sculptures associated with the annual Fourth of July fireworks exhibit.
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Speaker to Discuss the Holocaust in Poland
The 麻豆果冻 Jewish Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences will host a presentation by Annamaria Orla-Bukowska, Ph.D., a social anthropologist at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland on Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Cohn Jewish Student Center on the Kent Campus. 鈥
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