LaunchNET 91ֿ Helps Nurture Student’s Luxury Pen Business
Entrepreneurship takes many forms. It can take advantage of new technology or a new way of using old technology. In some cases, it combines new and old to create something entirely new. In Javon Miller’s case, his business was created by combining a new hobby with a tool that humans have used for centuries. “Bovazi is a handcrafted pen and pencil company that I started in January 2017 as a senior in high school,” says Mr. Miller, a freshman psychology major. “I hand carve and assemble luxury pens from different materials.” Made from wood and acrylic, Bovazi pens and pencils co...
91ֿ’s Center for the Visual Arts Building Earns LEED Silver Recognition
91ֿ’s sustainability efforts include a nationally recognized tree campus, comprehensive recycling programs and a unique footprint of 12 LEED-certified (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) buildings throughout its campuses. 91ֿ’s Center for the Visual Arts earned the most recent certification, a LEED silver rating, for its design and construction. LEED, the most widely used green building rating system in the world, provides a framework for creating healthy and cost-efficient green buildings. Using a rating system that comes from the U.S. Green Build...
A recent publication by 91ֿ geographers sheds more light on the causes of the Cambodian genocide that wiped out roughly a quarter of the country’s population in the late 1970s. Co-authored with 91ֿ geography professor James Tyner in 91ֿ’s College of Arts and Sciences, doctoral student Stian Rice’s article “The rice cities of the Khmer Rouge: an urban political ecology of rural mass violence” was published in the December issue of Transactions of the institute of British Geographers. The article counters a common belief among scholars that the Khmer Rouge were anti-...
WRITTEN BY: LAUREN GARCZYNSKI 91ֿ’s sustainability efforts include a nationally recognized tree campus, comprehensive recycling programs and a unique footprint of 12 LEED-certified (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) buildings throughout its campuses. 91ֿ’s Center for the Visual Arts earned the most recent certification, a LEED silver rating, for its design and construction. LEED, the most widely used green building rating system in the world, provides a framework for creating healthy and cost-efficient green buildings. Using a rating syste...
In order to perform necessary maintenance on the boilers, steam transmission systems and electrical distribution systems, 91ֿ's Power Plant on the Kent Campus will be shut down beginning Sunday, May 13, at 12:01 a.m. The shutdown is expected to be completed Sunday, May 20, at 11:59 p.m. Due to work on the campus electrical system, the completion date may be delayed until Monday, May 21. As a result of the steam shutdown, most buildings located on campus will NOT have hot water to sinks and showers, etc., or heat or air conditioning...
91ֿ’s sustainability efforts include a nationally recognized tree campus, comprehensive recycling programs and a unique footprint of 12 LEED-certified (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) buildings throughout its campuses. 91ֿ’s Center for the Visual Arts earned the most recent certification, a LEED silver rating, for its design and construction. LEED, the most widely used green building rating system in the world, provides a framework for creating healthy and cost-efficient green buildings. Using a rating system that comes from the U.S. Green Build...
In order to perform necessary maintenance on the boilers, steam transmission systems and electrical distribution systems, 91ֿ's Power Plant on the Kent Campus will be shut down beginning Sunday, May 13, at 12:01 a.m. The shutdown is expected to be completed Sunday, May 20, at 11:59 p.m. Due to work on the campus electrical system, the completion date may be delayed until Monday, May 21. As a result of the steam shutdown, most buildings located on campus will NOT have hot water to sinks and showers, etc., or heat or air conditioning. Pleas...
The College of Arts and Sciences invites you to join us for the sixth annual Neuroscience Symposium on April 25-26, 2018 at the 91ֿ 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 April 25 at 7 p.m. Dr. Cryan is a professor and chair of the Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience at University College of Cork (Ireland) and a TEDMED speaker. Additional talks will take place between 8:30-4:00 p.m. on Thursday April 26. Speakers include: John Cryan, Ph.D., Anatomy an...