Community & Society
A federal grant will help restart a major improvement project for a highly trafficked area of downtown Kent. Changes to East Main Street will include wider sidewalks, bike and pedestrian paths and crossings, and two roundabouts.
Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ alumna Jennifer N. Schuller has been named president of Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio. She is the first woman to lead the institution in 75 years.
Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹-sponsored math camp helps to prepare high school students for plentiful STEM jobs in Ohio.
Teachers from northeast Ohio and from thousands of miles away in sub-Saharan Africa have been learning to create inexpensive math teaching tools thanks to the efforts of some Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University professors.
Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ canines and their human companions came to the Kent Campus for the Dog Days of Summer.
Honors College ranked high when graduate Josh Budd was deciding whether to attend Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ because it offered him a challenging experience through its thesis programs and its education-abroad program. Studying abroad helped him develop more empathy and connection with people of backgrounds different from his own.
Hot air balloons and the Budweiser Clydesdales visited Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University at Stark.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, few disciplines have seen as many changes as psychology. In order to help students address these emerging challenges, Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University’s Department of Psychological Sciences is offering a slate of courses relevant to the changing trends impacting mental health today.
Over the past several weeks, Á½ÐÔÉ«ÎçÒ¹ University faculty and staff, along with a select group of students, have traveled to Kigali, Rwanda, taking part in a host of educational programs and cultural exchange.
The Props and Pistons Festival has been held since 2013 and is planned and funded by Inspire Aviation, a non-profit organization whose goal is promoting aviation and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education. To learn more about the event or to volunteer go to https://www.flyohio.org/.