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Alumni Spotlight - Major Benjamin "FLASH" Wiford '08

CAE: What advice do you have for current students?

BW: Enjoy your experience at Kent State while it lasts. It is a small amount of time that will have an impact on you for the rest of your life.

Chirality Research: Will This New Insight Help Make Better Materials or Pharmaceuticals?

Chirality, or the absence of mirror symmetry in a molecule, is a complex topic that Material Sciences Professor Torsten Hegmann is determined to know more about. Hegmann, director of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, and other Kent State collaborators led an international collaborative research project with contributions from a global team whose paper about the efficacy of chirality transfer in Science Advances may provide insights to make better materials or pharmaceuticals.

Art History Professor and Alumna Co-Curate Exhibition at Massillon Museum

Understanding Impacts on LGBTQIA+ Communities from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Moira Armstrong, undergraduate in the College of Arts and Sciences and research assistant on the Queer Pandemic Project, collaborated with Molly Merryman, associate professor in the School of Peace and Conflict Studies, to compile digital, video-based oral interviews for the Queer Pandemic Project in a partnership between �鶹����, Goldsmith’s University of London and Queer Britain. These interviews feature people in queer communities across the United Kingdom, discussing the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has impacted their lives as queer people.

Finding Meaning and Gratitude through Journaling

Ask any ‘seasoned’ nurse what they remember about their patients, and they will not tell you about starting intravenous lines or administ

Research and Innovation Advisory Board Helps Put Donor Dollars to Good Use

The newly formed “Research and Innovation Advisory Board” within the College of Nursing is helping to connect donor-provided funds with f

Alumnus Stephen Tornero Receives Art Educator of the Year Award

Early Childhood Learning and Health: Elaine Thomas, MSN, RN, CNE, serves as Co-Investigator for Project SHIELD

Bridging the field of early childhood literacy with child health and development, faculty member Elaine Thomas, MSN, RN, CNE, Senior Lecturer, is serving as co-investigator on a recently funded grant award to the �鶹���� School of Information in partnership with the College of Nursing.

Wick Poetry Center, Ohio Nurses Foundation Collaborate to Present Sacred Breath: Nurses Respond to Covid-19

During the spring semester retreat on January 13, 2022, �鶹���� College of Nursing faculty an

Challenge accepted! Addressing the clinical practice gap during the pandemic

Wow, 2020 was rough!

Simon Tatum, M.F.A. '21, Honored in Cayman National Arts and Culture Awards

Kent State Board of Trustees Approves Establishing New Bachelor of Social Work Degree

The �鶹���� Board of Trustees approved the establishment of the Bachelor of Social Work degree during the Board’s regular quarterly meeting held March 8. The new degree was developed based on the high demand for licensed social workers within the areas surrounding Kent State’s Regional Campuses.  The program will be offered on the Ashtabula, Salem and Tuscarawas campuses.