Dr. Qihuo Wei, an assistant professor with the Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, is a recent Farris Family Innovation Awards recipient. Wei will receive a grant in the amount of $10,000 for his innovative approach to teaching, research and outreach. Read More
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At the Kent State School of Fashion Design and Merchandising, we want the world to know that our students are ready to engage the international fashion community in ways that benefit our students, faculty and the art of fashion. This “globalizing of fashion education” means that Kent State will continue to be a destination for students, faculty and luminaries of the fashion industry, both here and in a growing number of locations around the world. Read More
Two Kent State University professors are part of a team of researchers who recently uncovered a way to pack tetrahedra, considered to be the simplest shaped regular solids with its four triangular sides, more densely than ever before. Peter Palffy-Muhoray, professor of chemical physics and associate director of the Liquid Crystal Institute, and Xiaoyu Zheng, assistant professor in Kent State’s Department of Mathematical Sciences, along with four colleagues at the University of Michigan and one at Case Western Reserve University, have broken a world record for packing the most tetrahedra into a given volume. Read More
Two Kent State University assistant professors recently received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue research beneficial to understanding the impact of certain biological processes on the environment. The three grants total $890,000. Read More
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United Way Campaign Extended to Dec. 18
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Week of Dec. 14, 2009
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