Expanding University Initiatives
Supporting Our Student-Athletes
While a student-athlete, Bill Asbury fell ill with acute renal failure; Kent State supported him then, and now Bill and wife Deborah support current Golden Flash student-athletes.
Alumnus Creates Professorship
George R. Newkome, Ph.D., and his wife, Mary Jane Saunders, Ph.D., pledged $1 million to fund this first-ever professorship in materials science in Kent State University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Newkome is a two-time Kent State alumnus.
Celebrating Liberty
Members of Kent State’s Design Innovation Initiative created a 3D-printed replica of the Liberty of Poetry statue that enabled visitors to see the Italian predecessor to the U.S. Statue of Liberty.
Researcher Studies Alzheimer’s Disease
Kent State University psychology professor John Gunstad, Ph.D., received a grant of nearly $2.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to expand his Alzheimer’s disease research into a national study.
Giving Back and Creating a Legacy
Dr. James L. Raper, ’79, chose to support Kent State students with a planned gift that includes an endowed fund and endowed professorship that support nursing research and education.
Researcher Designs Safer Trauma Rooms
Research awarded a $2.4 million grant to study how to use design as a tool to improve efficient care in Level I trauma rooms that stabilize and save the lives of patients.
Smartbike Eases Parkinson’s Symptoms
A Kent State researcher has designed a bicycle specially tailored to Parkinson’s patients. The bike is based on a tandem bicycle model – a bike ridden by two people.
Materials Science Research Receives Grant for New X-ray Scattering Instrument
Kent State University’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute soon will be home to a new X-ray scattering instrument capable of examining materials in scales from as small as a fraction of a nanometer to as large as several micrometers.
Materials Science Research Receives Grant for New X-ray Scattering Instrument
Kent State University’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute soon will be home to a new X-ray scattering instrument capable of examining materials in scales from as small as a fraction of a nanometer to as large as several micrometers.
Kent State Professor Receives $2.6 Million Grant for Alzheimer's Research
Kent State University psychology professor John Gunstad, Ph.D., has received at grant of nearly $2.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to expand his Alzheimer’s disease research into a national study.