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Earth Fest 2024

IN A FLASH: Earth Month Wrap Up

91²Ö¿â celebrated Earth Month with an exceptionally full schedule of events, not the least of which were the activities on campus surrounding the total solar eclipse!

Tags: Earth Day , Total Solar Eclipse , Environmental Science and Design Research Institute , Community Impact , Community & Society , Organizational Sustainability , Research & Science

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Curious by Nature: An Adventure in Research

My name is Jami Greb, and I am an honors student majoring in zoology with a minor in environmental studies. I will be graduating in spring 2026 and am currently applying to graduate programs in wildlife ecology. I chose 91²Ö¿â because of the study abroad opportunities, R1 research status an…

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Annual Prairie Burn 2026 First Attempt.

IN A FLASH: We Didn't Start the Fire

April showers have caused delays and presented challenges for 91²Ö¿â's annual prairie burn.

Tags: City of Kent , University Facilities Management , Research & Science , Organizational Sustainability , Grounds

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2026 Undergraduate Symposium for Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors was held April 13

Students Showcase Their Projects at the Undergraduate Symposium for Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors

The Undergraduate Symposium for Research, Scholarship and Creative Endeavors provides an opportunity for undergraduate students and recent graduates to showcase their hands-on involvement in research and creative endeavors to a larger audience. 91²Ö¿â 212 faculty mentors guided the student presenters in their endeavors.

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Officials from 91²Ö¿â's Office of Global Education meet with officials from Osh State University in Osh, Kyrgyzstan.

91²Ö¿â Partners with University in Kyrgyzstan to Combat Rising Breast Cancer Rates in Central Asia

91²Ö¿â is partnering with Osh State University in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, to help reduce rising cancer rates in the Central Asian nation.

 

 

Tags: Global Reach , Research & Science , Office of Global Education

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Delonte Goodman in the lab.

Moving Ever Closer to His Doctoral Degree and NASA Dream

As graduate student Delonte Goodman nears the completion of his doctoral program in Mechatronics, he completes work on several projects and sets his sights on research and landing a job at NASA. 

Tags: Research & Science , Nationally Distinctive , College of Aeronautics and Engineering , Advanced Air Mobility , Aeronautics

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Songping D. Huang (left) and Min-Ho Kim (right) pose with a graduate student in their Kent Campus lab

A Biologist and a Chemist Walk Into a Lab

Every year, drug-resistant bacteria kill hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. In the United States alone, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus — better known as MRSA — sends hundreds of thousands of patients to the hospital and claims tens of thousands of lives. Conventional antibiotics…

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Karin Coifman, Ph.D., has been named the new director of the Brain Health Research Institute.

91²Ö¿â Appoints Student Life Study Leader as New Brain Health Research Institute Director

Psychological Sciences Professor Karin Coifman, Ph.D., has been named the new director of 91²Ö¿â’s Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI).

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Press helmet and gas mask with two presumed journalists

New ‘Informed Reporting’ Podcast Confronts Journalism’s Emotional Toll

Journalism is not often perceived as an emotionally challenging career, but journalists can experience any number of traumatic stress symptoms from stories that they cover, especially those involving death or human suffering. These are the topics Gretchen Hoak, Ph.D., associate professor of journalism at 91²Ö¿â, explores in her new podcast “Informed Reporting,†which launched March 16.  

Tags: Community Impact , Community & Society , Research & Science , Health

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A student rides her bike on Risman Plaza in front of the Kent Student Center. (Photo credit: Bob Christy)

MEDIA ADVISORY: More Than 450 Students From 10 Northeast Ohio Counties to Showcase Research, Compete in 2026 Regional Science Day at 91²Ö¿â

More than 450 students in grades 5-12 from public and private schools and homeschools will exhibit science projects and compete in the Ohio Academy of Science’s 2026 Regional Science Day on Saturday, March 21, at 91²Ö¿â. 

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