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Kent State Research Finds Meditation Effective in Reducing Blood Pressure
Two researchers at Kent State Universities have found that mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) can reduce high blood pressure, which affects nearly 60 million adults in the United States. MBSR, which involves the practice of meditation, body awareness and some gentle yoga, has been shown to鈥
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鈥淧olitical Economy of the Arab Uprisings鈥 to be Topic of Co-Lecture at Kent State on Sept. 27
Kent State University鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences and the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship will host a co-lecture, 鈥淭he Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings,鈥 to be given by two of Northeast Ohio鈥檚 experts in Middle East politics and political economy on Sept. 27 at鈥
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Covering the Egyptian Uprising: Award-Winning Independent Journalist to Speak at Kent State
Kent State University鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences will co-host a lecture, 鈥淐overing the Egyptian Uprising,鈥 by Sharif Abdel Kouddous on Nov. 7 at 6:30 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva on the Kent Campus. Visitor parking is available in the Kent Student Center visitor lot on Summit Street. The鈥
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New Director Announced for Kent State鈥檚 May 4 Visitors Center
Mindy Farmer, Ph.D., has been appointed new director of the May 4 Visitors Center in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University, effective July 1. Farmer also will teach public history courses in the Department of History as an assistant professor starting in spring 2015. She most rec鈥
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Rare Sixteenth-Century British Travel Writing Featured in Library Showcase on May 9
A showcase of rare books from Kent State University's Special Collections Library titled "The Printed World: European Travel Writing in an Age of Global Encounters (1500-1850)" will take place on Friday, May 9 from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. in the Kent State University Main Library, Read鈥
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Kent State Honors College Graduate Named 2014 Portz Scholar
The National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) has named Allison Moats, a recent graduate of the Honors College and the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University, as a Portz Scholar for 2014. Allison is a native of Ravenna, Ohio, and received her bachelor鈥檚 degree from the Department of A鈥
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Kent State Geographer Earns Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award for War Research
The concepts of mass violence and war evoke strong emotions for most people 鈥 and the thought of where they have occurred is often a side note. But one Kent State University professor鈥檚 unique perspective on the geography of these events has resulted in recognition of his work in the geographic rese鈥
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All Clinical Psychology Graduate Students Placed in APA-Accredited Internships
The Department of Psychological Sciences has once again placed all 13 of its Clinical Psychology graduate students who applied for internships at APA-accredited sites this summer. According to Psychology Department Chair Maria Zaragoza, Ph.D., nationally, the match rate to all internship鈥
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Research Group Awarded $325,000 NSF Grant
Congratulations to Dr. Barry Dunietz, whose proposal, 鈥淐harge Transfer, Injection and Mobility in Organic Semi-Conducting Materials: Modelling for Insight on Mechanistic Aspects,鈥 has been recommended for funding by the Chemistry Division of the National Science Foundation. The $325,000 grant is int鈥
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Anthropology Master's student seeks innovative research funding
Learn more about Morgan's project on white-faced capuchins and crowd-sourced funding!
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