Success Story
59 Student-Athletes Achieved Perfect GPAs in Fall and Spring 2016
91ֿ’s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics held its third annual 4.0 GPA Student-Athlete Breakfast on Feb. 2 in the Kent Student Center Ballroom Balcony. “We are tremendously proud of and inspired by the success of our student-athletes who demonstrate time and time again that…
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New Podiatric Product Developed by 91ֿ Students and Professor Can Be Used by People With Diabetes and Athletes
91ֿ students Nilin Rao, Ph.D., and Craig Verdin, and Exercise Science and Physiology Professor Ellen Glickman, Ph.D., are the co-founders of TheraPod Medical LLC, a wound-care company that is looking to transform the field of podiatric medicine. Rao, a fourth-year podiatric stud…
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More 91ֿ Buildings Receive LEED Certification
Several new and renovated 91ֿ buildings received Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) recognition in 2016, bringing to 11 the total number of certified buildings on 91ֿ’s campuses. LEED is a rating system that comes from the U.S. Green Building Council. There …
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David Anderson, Founder and President of the BridgeLeader Network, Served as Keynote Speaker at University’s Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
91ֿ held its 15th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 26 at 4 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. This year’s theme was “Testament of Hope: Past, Present and Future of Diversity.” The keynote speaker for the event was David Anderson, D.Phil. He is…
Division of People, Culture and Belonging
91ֿ Epidemiologist Studies Best Practices for Helping Cardiac and Respiratory Patients Heal
91ֿ scholar Melissa Zullo, Ph.D., is all heart, an academic who lives and breathes research, almost literally. Zullo, an associate professor of epidemiology in 91ֿ’s College of Public Health, has spent a significant portion of her professional and academic career studying th…
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Scholar Gets Students, 91ֿ on the Move
91ֿ’s Scholar of the Month for December would prefer that you read this standing up, or even doing some calisthenics. Go on, get moving. Jacob Barkley, Ph.D., is an associate professor of exercise science in 91ֿ’s College of Education, Health and Human Services. During hi…
Division of Research & Economic Development
November Scholar Puts Communication on Display
Scholar of the Month
Jessica Barness
Assistant Professor of Visual Communication Design
College of Communication and Information
2012-present
The word “communication” likely makes you think of language, but November’s Scholar of the Month has spent her entire career researching design as a language of its own.
Across various media, Jessica Barness, an assistant professor in 91ֿ’s School of Visual Communication Design, creates her own design-based research model that merges the making of artifacts with critical inquiry.
Division of Research & Economic Development
David Anderson, Founder and President of the BridgeLeader Network, Served as Keynote Speaker at University’s Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration
91ֿ held its 15th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 26 at 4 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. This year’s theme was “Testament of Hope: Past, Present and Future of Diversity.” The keynote speaker for the event was David Anderson, D.Phil. He is…
Kent Campus
91ֿ Athletics Launches Its New Branding and a Whole New Gameday Experience
91ֿ students, employees, alumni, donors and community members gathered on Saturday, Jan. 21, in the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center) to cheer on the Golden Flashes as 91ֿ Athletics launched its new branding and a whole new gameday experien…
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U.S. Secretary of the Interior Announces Special Designation of 91ֿ’s May 4 Site
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced the designation of the 91ֿ May 4, 1970, Site as a . The site joins more than 2,500 historic places that bear the national distinction.
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