Profiles of Excellence in Action

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.
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Perspective on ...

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.
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Chemical Physics, Math Professors Help Break Record for Packing Tetrahedra and Discover New Property of Solid Matter

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.
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Biology Professors Focus Research on the Environment With Grants Totaling $890,000

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.
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More News in This Issue:

United Way Campaign Extended to Dec. 18

WKSU-FM Airs Continuous Holiday Music

Week of Dec. 14, 2009

Photo Contest Winner Announced, Governor Visits Ashtabula Facility and HR Answers Question
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