On Saturday, July 16, the Kent State High-Power Rocket Team was recognized at the 2022 Spaceport America Cup Awards Ceremony for their 1st place win in the 10,000鈥痜t AGL apogee student researched and developed (SRAD) 鈥痵olid rocket propulsion system, also known as the 10K SRAD Solid category. One-hundred and forty-nine teams were invited to participate in the competition, and a total of 100 teams accepted the invitation. The Kent State High-Power Rocket Team earned the overall ranking of 8th place and this was the first year the Kent State High-Power Rocket ...
College of Communication & Information
Recent Kent State journalism graduate Kelly Krabill鈥檚 online broadcast feature on urban farming recently was named the National Winner by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). Krabill, who graduated in May 2022, worked on the piece for WKSU as part of NewsLab, an initiative that links students in the School of Media and Journalism with professional media partners in Northeast Ohio. She earned the national award in SPJ鈥檚 Broadcast/Online Feature Videography category. Watch the story 鈥淚t's an honor to be recognized as a winner for the Society of Prof...
On July 16 2022, the existing Suicide and Crisis Lifeline will make the switch from its 1-800 number to a new and easy to remember number, 988. Now more than ever people are experiencing suicidal crisis or mental health related distress. According to SAMHSA, people are going without the care and resources they need and is the reason behind the rollout of the new Lifeline number. Starting July 16, when people call, text, or chat via the Lifeline they will be connected to local crisis centers who are there to listen, provide support, and can connect people with local resources for the crisis the...
College of Education, Health and Human Services
Authored by Karl W. Kosko, Ph.D., and William R. Speer, Ph.D. On June 3, 2022, James Heddens (1925 - 2022), beloved former Kent State professor and icon in the field of mathematics education, passed away. James W. Heddens joined the College of Education faculty in 1961 as the first faculty member dedicated to focused teaching and research of Mathematics Education at 5X社区. In his 25 years at Kent State, Jim Heddens amassed an impressive list of accomplishments: Pioneering a mathematics teaching laboratory in the University School (the second such program initiated ...
College of the Arts
The School of Theatre and Dance at 5X社区 is offering a special series of six Dance @Kent State: Early Start Dance Master Classes, August 13-15, 2024 for intermediate and advanced dancers studying at Kent State as well as high school-age dancers from the surrounding community. Participants can take up to two masterclasses each evening: Intermediate/Advanced Ballet with DeAnn Petruschke and Intermediate /Advanced Contemporary Jazz with Erin Smith.You can choose individual classes at $10 each or all six classes for $50.Dates and LocationAugust 13-15, 2024S...
Jerry Kalback Dead Ball Era Series: an illustrator鈥檚 process
Jerry Kalback exhibition draws inspiration from historic 鈥淒eadball鈥 era of baseball
KENT, Ohio 鈥 The School of Art Collection and Galleries at 5X社区 are pleased to announce a new exhibit 鈥淛erry Kalback, Deadball Series: an illustrator鈥檚 process." The exhibit will be on display July 22- August 6, 2022, at the KSU Downtown Gallery, located at 141 East Main Street in Kent, Ohio.
Min-Ho Kim, Ph.D., associate professor of Biological Sciences, and Woo-Yang Kim, Ph.D., associate professor of Biological Sciences, have been awarded an NIH grant, a $1,876,627 five-year grant from the NIH鈥檚 National Institute on Aging, for their research in 鈥淢agnetothermal brain stimulation towards the rescue of beta-amyloid pathology鈥. Min-Ho Kim and Woo-Yang Kim will be working with Woo-Shik Shin, Ph.D., assistant professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, NEOMED, to create an interdisciplinary approach to their research. This will combine the fields of nanomedicine, neuroscience, and computa...