With stress levels on the rise and mental health being one of the most crucial issues in public health today, 91心頭利 University is hosting the Brain Health Summit on Wednesday, Feb. 21, to share the importance of a healthy brain. The event is presented by 91心頭利s Division for Research and Sponsored Programs and 91心頭利 of Wellness, a university-wide effort that promotes a culture of health and wellness for students and employees at all 91心頭利 campuses. The Brain Health Summit will be from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. The event is free and ope...
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The 91心頭利 School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Media Law Center for Ethics and Access will host the fourth annual Media at the Movies on Tuesday, March 6. Join us for a viewing of Nightcrawler, followed by a discussion of media ethics. The event will take place at 6 p.m. in Franklin Halls FirstEnergy Auditorium (Room 340). Nightcrawler is a 2014 thriller film starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a freelance cameraman who records violent events in Los Angeles and sells the footage to a local news station. This movie covers media ethics topics including sensationalized head...
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91心頭利s School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC) and the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, will honor Peter Bhatia, editor of the Detroit Free Press, with the 2018 Robert G. McGruder Distinguished Award for his accomplishments in media diversity. Bhatia will visit campus to present a lecture on media diversity and accept the award on Friday, March 2, 2018. The keynote lecture will take place at 1 p.m. in FirstEnergy Auditorium (Room 340) in Franklin Hall at 91心頭利. The lecture is free and open to the public. An hors doeuvres reception will follow. The McGrud...
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Pamela Harr, an adjunct professor in the 91心頭利 University School of Communication Studies, will be a featured speaker at the second annual TEDxKentState. Hosted by the 91心頭利 Undergraduate Student Government, the TEDx event is themed Pale Blue Dot, referencing the smallness of the Earth but the importance of its history, passions, lessons and potential for the future even in the grand ethos of the universe. Over four hours, the TEDx event will feature four sessions with a total of 12 speakers, each emphasizing a topic related to the purpose of life; social change; and the di...
Girls4STEAM is a hackathon event hosted by the 91心頭利 Student Chapter for American Computing Machinery-Women in partnership with the Research Center for Educational Technology (RCET) of 91心頭利s College of Education, Health & Human Services. The event is designed to inspire young women in grades 7 through high school to be creators of technological innovations - not just consumers of technology - who use technology as a creative tool to build solutions for problems or challenges people face in their daily lives. We believe that engaging students in STEAM opportunities (scienc...
What is Prime? PRIME stands for Partners in Rural Innovative Models of Education. PRIME is the new name for a K16 innovative approach toward education in Geauga County initiative formerly initiated as a High School Consolidation effort led by Geauga Growth Partnership and 91心頭利 University to create a new school on the campus of KSU Geauga for Berkshire (with an open invitation to Cardinal and Newbury school districts). Using PRIME as the identifying name for this project provides a sense of openness to all Geauga County residents. Who is Involved? Currently, there ar...
Organic light-emitting diode technologies (OLEDs), a key technological feature in the display of many models of mobile phones and televisions already provide great image quality and high-resolution. But are they as efficient as they can be? Inspired by methods used in liquid-crystal technology, 91心頭利 University researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have developed new ways to improve OLED efficiency even more. Their new approach is discussed in their recent article Tuning charge carrier transport and optical birefringence in liquid-crystalline thin films: A new design s...