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- Kent State’s College of Public Health Partners With Brazilian Institution
- Kent State Adjunct Professor Designs Mural of Cuyahoga River to Honor Kent Water Street Heritage
- WKSU Wins Nine Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards
- Send Us Your Summer Vacation Photos
Kent State’s College of Public Health Partners With Brazilian Institution
Pictured from left to right are Anelise Hofman, coordinator,
Kent State Brazil office; Seyi Balogun, graduate assistant
in the College of Public Health; Mark James, professor
and chair, Biostatistics, Environmental Health Sciences and
Epidemiology; and Claudio Ribeiro, professor and head of
Malaria Diagnostics and Research, FIOCRUZ.
Kent State University’s College of Public Health developed new international courses and collaborations with the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during a 10-day trip in March by members of the Department of Biostatistics, Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology.
The college and FIOCRUZ will collaborate to develop the 2016 Global Health Latin America Immersion course focused on public health activities in Rondonia State and Rio de Janeiro. The two-week course is scheduled for May 2016 and will be directed by Mark A. James, Ph.D., professor and department chair. Kent State graduate student Seyi Balogun will serve as teaching assistant.
In addition, the college will offer a two-week biostatistics course designed for researchers at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute, co-taught by Kent State and FIOCRUZ instructors in fall 2016. Discussions were opened regarding potential collaborations with faculty and researchers in the School of Health Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil. At both institutions, James lectured on the current state of malaria vaccine development, and the team recruited potential graduate students.
"We successfully recruited a Brazilian student to the MPH degree program in epidemiology," James says. "This short visit to Brazil exceeded our expectations in achieving potential bilateral exchange opportunities for faculty and students. The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation is one of the most prestigious public health institutions in the world. Establishing an international partnership with FIOCRUZ places the College of Public Health at Kent State among the recognized leaders in global public health."
To learn more about Kent State’s College of Public Health, visit www.kent.edu/publichealth.
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Kent State Adjunct Professor Designs Mural of Cuyahoga River to Honor Kent Water Street Heritage
Tim Myrick, Kent State University adjunct professor,
created this watercolor illustration, which depicts the
changing scenes and history of the Cuyahoga River as it
runs south from Kent’s northern limits through downtown
and past John Brown Tannery Park.
The unbridled beauty of the Cuyahoga River running through downtown Kent has overflowed onto a new mural at 295 S. Water St. Cleveland-area artist and Kent State University adjunct professor Tim Myrick created the watercolor illustration, which depicts the changing scenes and history of the river as it runs south from Kent’s northern limits through downtown and past John Brown Tannery Park, where the infamous abolitionist once operated a tannery business.
The Davey Tree Expert Company and the Smithers-Oasis Company, both longtime Kent companies and anchor tenants in the building, partnered with Fairmount Properties to install the mural in the ground floor lobby.
The mural highlights how the city progressed with each historic adaptation of the river. Imagery and landmarks in the scene include Standing Rock, Brady’s Leap, the Star of the West Milling Co. grain elevators, the Silk Mill building, the Main Street Bridge, Stone Arch Dam, Brown’s tannery and the Erie Depot and Pufferbelly restaurant.
The mural is a reproduction of the original watercolor painting by Myrick onto a soft knit fabric, which was framed and mounted on the wall. The mural will stand over 8 feet tall and 30 feet wide.
A formal dedication of the mural will be held in the fall.
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WKSU Wins Nine Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards
WKSU was honored by the Press Club of Cleveland with
nine Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards.
WKSU was honored by the Press Club of Cleveland with nine Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards at a ceremony on June 5 at the House of Blues in downtown Cleveland. The station won four first-place and the best-in-show award for Best Newscast, which WKSU staff received for the second year in a row. Award entries were judged by a panel of journalism professionals from press clubs and news publications across the country.
WKSU winners of the 2015 Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards from the Press Club of Cleveland are:
Best in Show – Radio Newscast, Host/Producers Jeff St. Clair and Vivian Goodman for WKSU’s All Things Considered.
The submitted newscasts captured stories surrounding the Republican National Convention’s decision to choose Cleveland for its next presidential convention and the news that an Ebola-infected nurse had visited the Akron area.
First Place – Radio News, Reporter/Producer Tim Rudell for “Will the Ohio River Carry Fracking Wastewater?”
Fracking drillers are looking for new ways to dump their leftovers. That may lead to boats carrying toxic waste close to water processing plants for many communities, including Wheeling, West Virginia.
First Place – Ongoing Coverage, news staff for “Ebola Visits Ohio.”
Rational and irrational fears of the deadly Ebola virus were suddenly and unexpectedly brought home when a nurse from Dallas visited the Akron area and then was diagnosed with the disease.
First Place – Public Service, Amanda Rabinowitz for “Big Trouble in a Small Town.”
Judges said, “This series explores heroin addiction from several angles, providing listeners with insight into what it means to have a loved one addicted to heroin, to live in a town harmed by heroin, to be a person struggling with heroin addiction… a compelling and well-written series.”
First Place – In-Depth Coverage, Amanda Rabinowitz for “Cleveland Welcomes the International Gay Games.”
Coverage of the Gay Games from many different angles -- the obvious sport-related topics to social issues arising from bringing a diverse group to culturally conservative Northeast Ohio.
Second Place – Radio News Website, Director for IT and Engineering Chuck Poulton for WKSU.org.
Second Place – Radio News, Reporter/Producer M.L. Schultze for “Will Northeast Ohio House a Key Piece of the U.S. Missile Defense Shield?”
Second Place – Human Interest, M.L. Schultze for “Ida McKinley’s Tiara Comes Home, With the Help of ‘Pawn Stars.’”
Third Place – Human Interest, Reporter/Producer Kabir Bhatia for “Cleveland’s League Park is Alive Again after 74 years.”
Additionally, WKSU Walt Clarke Fellow Michael Bratton took home a first-place prize for Best TV News Story: 4-Year School for a story aired on Kent State University’s TV-2.
The Ohio Excellence in Journalism contest is a statewide competition for the best in print, broadcast and digital journalism. More than 900 entries were submitted for consideration.
For more information about WKSU, visit www.wksu.org.
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Send Us Your Summer Vacation Photos
It is summer vacation season again, and e-Inside wants to feature some of your best vacation or staycation photos.
Submit your favorite vacation or staycation photos and a brief description to einside@kent.edu by Tuesday, July 21, and depending on the number of entries that we receive, they might be featured in e-Inside. Please use "Summer Vacation Photos" as your email subject line.
Click on the links below to see submissions from last year:
Summer Vacation Photos I
Summer Vacation Photos II
Summer Vacation Photos III
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