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ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s College of Education, Health and Human Services will honor seven distinguished alumni at the seventh Annual Education, Health and Human Services Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 21, at 6:30 p.m. in the ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Hotel and…
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![A sheet, signed by ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ students, employees, alumni and others, is pulled down to reveal the new Center for Architecture and Environmental Design. A sheet, signed by ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ students, employees, alumni and others, is pulled down to reveal the new Center for Architecture and Environmental Design.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/B0B_0559.jpeg?VersionId=0fd6YpyhKJCXYDvgzraWPFvpI71x8WRA)
ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ celebrated the grand opening of its newest and much-anticipated building, the Center for Architecture and Environmental Design, on Oct. 7.
Visitors, alumni and friends from around the world toured the 110,191-square-foot contemporary glass-…
The 22nd annual National Depression Screening Day at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ will be held Thursday, Oct. 6, at several ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ campuses. The event is open to all students, faculty and staff, as well as the larger community.
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![Jon Yoder, Ph.D., associate professor of architecture at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ, teaches a seminar in the new Center for Architecture and Environmental Design.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/1500x800_Yoder_0.jpg?VersionId=yj6Q5gEgEtDufSuvXB2Aq5pxCLp.Fx4b)
Scholar of the Month
Jon Yoder
Associate Professor of Architecture
College of Architecture and Environmental Design
2013-present
Paul DiCorleto, ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s vice president for research and sponsored programs, likes to say that “innovation occurs where fields collide…
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![ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s Academic Success Center has received the Frank L. Christ Outstanding Learning Center Award for its success as an interactive academic space for students to reinforce what they learn in the classroom. ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s Academic Success Center has received the Frank L. Christ Outstanding Learning Center Award for its success as an interactive academic space for students to reinforce what they learn in the classroom.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article_thumbnail/Profiles1_0.jpg?VersionId=vjjIg0iH0TQGRnyvkZrvvQqKWuPbYDMp)
The ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Academic Success Center has received the Frank L. Christ Outstanding Learning Center Award for its success as an interactive academic space for students to reinforce what they learn in the classroom.
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![Virginia Albanese (far left) of FedEx Custom Critical presents a giant check to ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ President Beverly Warren. Also pictured are Interim Dean Robert Sines, Vice President Stephen Sokany and Flash. Virginia Albanese (far left) of FedEx Custom Critical presents a giant check to ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ President Beverly Warren. Also pictured are Interim Dean Robert Sines, Vice President Stephen Sokany and Flash.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/B0B_8261-web.jpg?VersionId=RUUllj52_cdlmc3Y0kh.ngd4PMk0k2LU)
ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology will receive a $1.5 million gift from FedEx over three years. The gift will support the university’s flight program, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2017 and has outgrown current…
At the ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Board of Trustees meeting held today (Sept. 30, 2016), the Board approved the planning and execution of a major comprehensive campaign. This campaign will be the largest in the history of ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ, with its goals and priorities to be developed and…
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Sarah Burns, a second-year master’s student in the Nutrition and Dietetics program at ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ, shows off a tomato that she and others in the program helped to grow over the last few months. Under the direction of Nutrition and Dietetics faculty member Natalie Caine…
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![The team in Alaska is (left to right) Jonathan Mills, undergraduate geology major; Kiersten Duroe, geology M.S. candidate; Elizabeth Herndon, Ph.D., assistant professor of geology; and Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology. The team in Alaska is (left to right) Jonathan Mills, undergraduate geology major; Kiersten Duroe, geology M.S. candidate; Elizabeth Herndon, Ph.D., assistant professor of geology; and Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/AK_fieldteam_2016_LKC-web.jpg?VersionId=Eg47H7ZwPqAau3SDdPnJwKGKue3_psXY)
Thanks to a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, two ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ professors are researching climate change in Alaska. Elizabeth Herndon, Ph.D., and Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professors from ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s College of Arts and Sciences,…
The ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ community mourns the loss of former university president Brage Golding, Ph.D. Golding was appointed ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ’s eighth president in 1977 and served in that role until his retirement in 1982.
Golding was born in 1920 in Chicago, Illinois. He earned his…