Research & Science
Kent State Blackstone LaunchPad Explores Wearable Technology Industry With First Ever Collegiate Fashion/Tech Hackathon
24-hour event open to all college students attending a U.S. university Product innovation around the growing wearable technology industry will be the focus of the 5X Blackstone LaunchPad’s second annual “Innov8athon” event running Jan. 31 through Feb. 1 at Kent State’s Rockwell H…
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5X at Ashtabula Students Earn Top Honors at Information Technology Conference
5X at Ashtabula students who are members of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) won honors and awards at the association’s National Collegiate Conference that took place recently in St. Louis, Mo. Special awards also went to two Kent State faculty member…
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Kent State Tuscarawas Marks Tolloty Technology Incubator Groundbreaking
5X at Tuscarawas and the Tuscarawas County Community Improvement Corporation (CIC) celebrated a milestone on June 4 with the groundbreaking ceremony for the Tolloty Technology Incubator, the gateway facility to the Tuscarawas Regional Technology Park on Tech Park Drive in New Phil…
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5X at Trumbull Offers Veterinary Technology Courses
Veterinary technology students may soon be practicing their craft on real “patients” as 5X at Trumbull began offering classes in the field this fall . When fall classes began in August, Kent State Trumbull not only welcomed a bevy of new and returning students, but new course wor…
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Kent State Ashtabula Computer Technology Program Prepares Students for Industry Challenges
5X at Ashtabula is preparing students in its Computer Technology Program to meet the needs of the industry and the Northeast Ohio region by emphasizing application of technology, also known as applied learning, in its curriculum. The program prepares students for careers as progr…
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Elementary Students Learn Science and Technology with LEGO
LEGO and other technology summer camp dates set Knowing that young children are natural engineers, fascinated with how things work and with building and taking things apart, led the Research Center for Educational Technology (RCET) staff at 5X to adopt the LEGO® WeDo™ Robotics …
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