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Kent State Geographer Describes Novel Weather-Typing Model in New Paper

Research into the air masses that drive changes in our day-to-day weather has been limited by land-based and regional studies, leaving wide gaps in our understanding of these impactful phenomena. A new paper by a Kent State University geographer has just filled in most of those gaps.

Tags: Research & Science , Department of Geography , College of Arts and Sciences , climate change

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High school students from Portage County and surrounding areas hold Chinese hand fans during a past STARTALK Summer Foreign Language Camp at Kent State.

Model Kent State Language Academy Continues With 12th Year of Federal Funding

While the daily news is full of tumultuous conversations about Russia and China, Kent State University has been helping some area high school students learn to converse in Russian and Chinese to facilitate greater global understanding and a less contentious tomorrow.

Tags: Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies , College of Arts and Sciences , Global Reach , Research & Science

Kent State Today

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NSF Award Helps Kent State Anthropologists Expand International Partnership

The (NSF) recently awarded Kent State a three-year, $298,000 International Research Experience for Students (IRES) grant that will allow graduate students to travel to in Japan to study primates and human evolution at the world-renowned .

Tags: Research & Science , Global Reach

Kent State Today

A bonobo stares back at the camera while another walks away

NSF Award Helps Kent State Anthropologists Expand International Partnership

A new federal grant will help Kent State University expand an international relationship and provide invaluable opportunities for some graduate students. The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded Kent State a three-year $298,000 International Research Experience for Students (IRES) gra鈥

Tags: Department of Anthropology , College of Arts and Sciences , Research & Science , National Science Foundation , Read Center for International and Intercultural Education

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Military personnel in camouflage put on ventilator masks before an exercise involving airborne toxins

NSF Supports Inter-institutional Project to Develop Chemical Sensor Technology

Toxic air pollutants such as chlorine and ozone are hazards for civilian workers and public service employees like firefighters, police and military personnel. Some airborne chemicals can be difficult to detect at low levels with high specificity, though, and relevant technologies like wearable sens鈥

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , National Science Foundation , Research & Science ,

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Michael Lehman

Kent State Magazine: Brainstorming

Cross-departmental collaborations are what Michael Lehman, the inaugural director of Kent State University鈥檚 Brain Health Research Institute, envisions for the future. His goal is to unite researchers from a wide range of disciplines at Kent State and throughout Northeast Ohio to explore, expand and advance our knowledge of the human brain and how it functions.

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Kent State Today

Kent State Joins Lieutenant Governor鈥檚 Collaboration to Foster Innovation and Drive Economic Growth

Kent State University, in collaboration with Ohio鈥檚 public universities, has pledged support for Lt. Gov. Jon Husted鈥檚 鈥淥hio Intellectual Property (IP) Promise,鈥 a collaborative effort to strengthen Ohio鈥檚 innovation economy, attract innovative researchers and serve as a magnet for investors and ent鈥

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Kent Campus

Kent State's "We the People" Exhibition on Display near the Esplanade Arch in May 2019

Acclaimed Photography Exhibition Returns to Kent Campus

Kent State University is pleased and proud to announce the return of 鈥We the People,鈥 a photography exhibition that shines a light on our common humanity.

Tags: Community & Society , College of Arts and Sciences , College of the Arts , City of Kent , Arts & Culture , College of Communication & Information , Research & Science

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Kent State Professor Weighs in on New Research Regarding Burnout

Researchers from the University of Washington and Washington University, along with other collaborators, are seeking answers to those questions. They studied the brains of mice to identify what causes them to stop seeking a reward 鈥 in essence, what makes them burn out.

Tags: Research & Science

Kent State Today

Yuxiang Wei and (Daisy) Xia Xiang assess the complexity of translator's gaze-path at the Second MEMENTO Boot Camp held in Satterfield Hall on the Kent campus

Kent State Hosts Innovative International Translation Boot Camp

The Department of Modern and Classical Languages (MCLS), in Kent State University鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, recently hosted the Second MEMENTO Boot Camp 2019 鈥 a one-month research camp gathering 20 interdisciplinary researchers from 10 countries and regions, who worked together on the innovat鈥

Tags: Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies , College of Arts and Sciences , Research & Science

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