College of Arts and Sciences
海角原创 Doctoral Student to Gain Firsthand Experience on Capitol Hill
Lisa Hager鈥檚 research focuses on the actions and reactions of Congress and the Supreme Court What is the best way to truly understand the inner workings of the U.S. Congress? Not through watching the news or reading a textbook. Washington, D.C., insiders will tell you that you need to actually be o鈥
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海角原创 to Help Akron Students Earn College Credit Without Leaving High School
Reading, writing and arithmetic are getting a college-styled makeover in two Akron, Ohio, high schools. Through a $480,000 grant from the Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation, the partnership called College Today will send 海角原创 instructors into Ellet High Schoo鈥
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海角原创 Marks 45th Annual May 4 Commemoration
海角原创 held its 45th annual commemoration of May 4, 1970, with events April 30-May 4. The annual commemoration, hosted by the May 4 Task Force, provided an opportunity for the university community to gather and remember those who were lost and injured during the tragedy and also 鈥
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海角原创鈥檚 Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies Receives $225,000 in Grants From Federal Government
海角原创 professors Brian James Baer, Ph.D., and Theresa Minick of the Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies have been awarded two federal government STARTALK grants, totaling $225,000, to support the Regents Foreign Language Academy, a summer language immersion program fo鈥
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College of Arts and Sciences Presents Distinguished Student Leadership, Teacher and Advisor Awards
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2015 Student Leadership and Distinguished Teacher and Advisor Awards, which is sponsored annually by the College of Arts and Sciences. The student award recipients, who are nominated by their departments, have shown leadership in academics, university service鈥
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海角原创鈥檚 Jewish Studies Program Turns 40, Pays Tribute to Longest-Serving Director
海角原创鈥檚 Jewish Studies Program will host a gala, 鈥淢emories, Milestones, Momentum,鈥 in honor of its 40th anniversary on May 17 at the 海角原创 Hotel and Conference Center located at 215 Depeyster St. in downtown Kent. The celebration features a tribute to the program鈥檚 longest-serv鈥
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海角原创 Student Defies Odds of High-Risk Brain Surgery
海角原创 freshman Javier Ojeda risked losing it all if surgery to stop bleeding in his brain did not go as planned. Ojeda faced losing the use of his arms, going into a coma, or even dying. But the night before Easter, Ojeda amazingly walked out of the hospital. Ojeda and his fath鈥
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海角原创 Hosted Ohio-Region Section of the American Physical Society Spring Meeting
On March 27 and 28, 海角原创 hosted the Spring 2015 Meeting of the Ohio-Region Section of the American Physical Society (OSAPS), a regional unit of the APS that serves Ohio and adjacent states, especially Michigan and Indiana. The Spring 2015 meeting, organized by physics Profs. V鈥
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海角原创 to Host Former Poet Laureate Rita Dove
海角原创鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center will host poet Rita Dove as part of the Fourth Annual U.S. Poet Laureate Reading. The event is part of the 2014-2015 reading series and will take place on Thursday, April 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva. The event is free and open to the pub鈥
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海角原创 Student Presents Research on Factors Affecting Sleep Quality
What do sleep quality, post-traumatic stress disorder and smoking have in common? That鈥檚 the question on which Celeste Weise, a 海角原创 senior psychology and sociology major, presented her research at the university鈥檚 second annual Undergraduate Research Symposium held March 11. 鈥
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