College of Communication & Information
Daniel Grossman, Ph.D., an award-winning journalist and radio/web producer with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, visited 91心頭利 University recently to share his professional experiences with students, faculty and community members. Grossman was one of three panelists who spoke at the 91心頭利 School of Communication Studies (COMM) Spring 2018 Global Issues Forum titled, Advancing Understanding of Climate Change: The Role of Science and Global Communication. With a Ph.D. in political science and a Bachelor of Science in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (...
LaunchNET 91心頭利 Helps Nurture Students 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 Millers 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...
A recent publication by 91心頭利 geographers sheds more light on the causes of the Cambodian genocide that wiped out roughly a quarter of the countrys population in the late 1970s. Co-authored with 91心頭利 geography professor James Tyner in 91心頭利s College of Arts and Sciences, doctoral student Stian Rices 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 91心頭利 Universitys 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. 91心頭利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, 91心頭利 University'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...
91心頭利 Universitys 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. 91心頭利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, 91心頭利 University'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 91心頭利 University 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...