Esplanade Extension Officially Opened during Partnership Celebration The University Esplanade is built around the economic development of downtown Kent, and is a vital connection between the university and downtown projects that include PARTA’s new Kent Central Gateway multimodal transit center, private developments from Acorn Alley and Fairmount Properties, and ...
Kent State University faculty, staff and students are invited to walk or ride a bicycle along the Kent State University Esplanade, which is now open, to the downtown Kent restaurant, Bar 145, during the third annual “Let’s Take a Ride/Walk†event on Thursday, Sept. 19, at 11:30 a.m. The starting point will be on the ‘K’ at Risman Pla...
Seven students delved into the history, culture and public health systems of Latin America during the inaugural Summer Intersession Course in Colombia and Panama May 20-June 3. Fourteen traveled to Geneva for the third Global Health Immersion Course, focusing on policy, held May 17-June 1. Four students took field study on global access to clean water and sanitation at the Southern Institute for Appropriate Technology (SIFAT) in Alabama May 12-25, the second year of 91²Ö¿â participation. Panama and Colombia Epidemiology doctoral student Amy R. ...
Shaping the future of health care through building design is the aim of the new Graduate Certificate in Health Care Facilities. The two-sided program, launched just under a year ago, benefits those with a health care background, but no grounding in facilities, as well as those with design and facilities knowledge, but little experience in health care. Appropriate for professionals and master’s students in architecture, interior design, health care and public health, the fully online graduate certificate is a unique way to gain expertise in a specialty area with high market dem...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a three-year, $330,000 National Science Foundation grant to 91²Ö¿â’s Atmospheric Research Group for its project titled “Measurements of Amines during the Southern Oxidant and Aerosol Study (SOAS) Field Campaign.†The project will be led by Shanhu Lee, Ph.D., associate professor of environmental health sciences in 91²Ö¿â’s College of Public Health. Lee’s research is a component of the broad community experiment, SOAS, designed to further investigate the oxidation of the emissions (biogenic volatile organic compounds, or BVOCs...
Take the Internet seriously. As crazy as that sounds, if a threat is made and feels real, report it. That’s the advice 91²Ö¿â student Zoë Burch offers as she reflects on her experience. While in her first year at 91²Ö¿â, Burch, a Pittsburgh native, was online and noted a potential threat of violence directed at a school in Pennsylvania. She reported the information to 91²Ö¿â Police, which led to the involvement of the FBI in Northeast Ohio and Pittsburgh, and Pennsylvania authorities. The threat was confirmed with authorities in Pennsylvania, and the suspect ...
Posted July 15, 2013 | Danie le DeBord Kent State University has established a community garden on the Kent Campus to provide employees, students and community members a plot of land to plant produce of their choice. The shared green space was planned, designed, built and is maintained by community members. The Kent State community garden is located&nbs...
Located on the Kent State University Esplanade, between the Kent Student Center and the Kiva, is a Dero Fixit Station, which is a bike repair station. The station provides a repair stand that can hold most bikes, an air pump and basic tools for minor adjustments, and is free and open to members of the Kent State community. There...
Posted July 1, 2013 | Tina Smith To everything there is a season. And now that summer is around the corner, it is gardening time at Kent State University at Salem. Faculty and students from the horticulture program spent time this past spring planning, designing and prepping the Discovery Garden — an outdoor classroom where individuals can lea...