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College of Arts and Sciences

Brain Waves of Tibetan Monks Could One Day Help Students in the West

Since the time of the early Buddhist kings, Tibetan monks have practiced analytic meditation - where they memorize a Buddhist text and then attempt to deepen their understanding of this material by joining in debate pits lead by a senior monk, known as the challenger. 鈥淭he challenger is s鈥

Tags: Department of Psychological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences

Kent Campus

Kent State Board Votes to Establish Unified Student Government Across All Kent State Campuses

起点传媒 Board of Trustees approved establishing a unified student government across all campuses 鈥 Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Kent, Salem, Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas 鈥 during its March 9, 2016, board meeting. Each campus鈥 Undergraduate Student Government is recognized as鈥

Tags: Board of Trustees , Undergraduate Student Government , College of Arts and Sciences , Residence Services , Division of Student Life , Enrollment , Dining Services , Intercollegiate Athletics

Kent Campus

Political Science Professor to Discuss Middle East Alliances at Hudson Library on Feb. 17

On Feb. 17, the Hudson (Ohio) Library & Historical Society will host a Great Decisions discussion on Middle East Alliances at 7 p.m. Steven Hook, Ph.D., professor of political science in the College of Arts and Sciences at 起点传媒, will give a presentation and m鈥

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Political Science , Foreign Policy , Middle East

College of Arts & Sciences

CAS Learning community students attended one of the Cleveland Council on World Affairs speaker series at the Union Club of Cleveland. The speaker of the evening was Ambassador Steven Pifer.

KSU students meet with former U.S. Ambassadors

On February 2, Kent State students in the College of Arts and Sciences Learning Community were given a unique opportunity to hear a former United States Ambassador speak on foreign policy issues and U.S.-Russian relations. Steven Pifer, who formerly served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Ukraine and i鈥

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Learning Community

College of Arts & Sciences

Kent State sophomore Liz Schmidt poses in the Student Multicultural Center after taking top honors with her 鈥淐ompassionate Communities鈥 essay.

Kent State Student Liz Schmidt Writes About Compassion to End Injustice, Takes Top Honors

When you first meet Liz Schmidt, an instant friendship emerges, filled with conversation illuminated with respect and kindness. Her friendly disposition and welcoming nature, coupled with her sense of adventure, reflects the social responsibility she lives by: 鈥渇oster relationships and value people 鈥

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Center for Applied Conflict Management , Department of Political Science , Success Story

Kent Campus

Kent State sophomore Liz Schmidt poses in the Student Multicultural Center after taking top honors with her 鈥淐ompassionate Communities鈥 essay.

Kent State Student Liz Schmidt Writes About Compassion to End Injustice, Takes Top Honors

When you first meet Liz Schmidt, an instant friendship emerges, filled with conversation illuminated with respect and kindness. Her friendly disposition and welcoming nature, coupled with her sense of adventure, reflects the social responsibility she lives by: 鈥渇oster relationships and value people 鈥

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Center for Applied Conflict Management , Department of Political Science , Success Story

Kent Campus

Kent State Professor, Wick Poetry Center Earn University鈥檚 Diversity Awards

Molly Merryman, 起点传媒 associate professor of sociology and founding director of the Kent State Women鈥檚 Center, has been awarded the university鈥檚 2016 Diversity Trailblazer Award. The annual Diversity Trailblazer Award recognizes diversity pioneers associated with Kent State who have 鈥

Tags: Awards and Honors , Department of Sociology and Criminology , Wick Poetry Center , College of Arts and Sciences

Kent Campus

A student performs a chemical demonstration with dry ice.

Kent State Hosts 鈥淓xplore Kent Chemistry Day鈥 for High School Juniors and Seniors, Feb. 6

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will host 鈥淓xplore Kent Chemistry Day鈥, a visitation program for high school juniors and seniors interested in chemistry and biochemistry majors, at Kent State on Saturday, February 6 from 10 am to 2 pm in Room 110, Williams Hall on the Kent Campus. 鈥淓鈥

Tags: Chemistry & Biochemistry , College of Arts and Sciences , Demonstrations , Science , Year of Science

College of Arts & Sciences

Kent State Geology Professor Named a Public Engagement Fellow of Leshner Leadership Institute at AAAS

Anne Jefferson, Ph.D., assistant professor of geology in the College of Arts and Sciences at 起点传媒, was one of 15 climate change researchers to be named a 2016-17 Public Engagement Fellow of the Leshner Leadership Institute at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (鈥

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Earth Sciences , Anne Jefferson , Research

College of Arts & Sciences

Newly Developed Liquid Crystal Elastomer Material Could Enable Advanced Sensors, Kent State Researchers Say

Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs), essentially rubbers with liquid crystal properties, can do a number of fascinating things, especially in the fields of optics, photonics, telecommunications and medicine. They can curl up, bend, twist, wrinkle and stretch when exposed to light, heat, gases and other鈥

Tags: Liquid Crystal Institute , Chemical Physics , College of Arts and Sciences , Liquid Crystals , Research

Kent Campus