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Peter C. Kratcoski Sr., Department of Sociology at ����ɫ��ҹ University at Stark, delivered the presentation “Gerontological Criminology (Gero-Crimology): Crime Policy and Legislation” at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 23, 2017.   ...

Christine A. Hudak, Ph.D., School of Information, was featured in the “Meet an Expert” section of the February 2017 HIMSS Information Xchange e-newsletter. The article focuses on her role as editor of The HIMSS HIT Dictionary, Fourth Edition, which was released earlier this year.  ...

Robin Selinger, Liquid Crystal Institute; Michael Varga, graduate student, Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program; and Andrew Konya, former graduate student in the Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program, authored "Making Waves in a Photoactive Polymer Film" in Nature, 546, Issue 29 June 2017, (2017): 632-636. Web link: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v546/n7660/full/nature22987.html?foxtrotcallback=true   ...

Familiar Face Landon E. Hancock Associate Professor School of Peace and Conflict Studies Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I teach courses for both the School of Peace and Conflict Studies and the Department of Political Science. My main focus is on the role of ethnicity and identity in conflict generation, dynamics and resolution. This is coupled with my interest in grassroots peacebuilding, zones of peace and the role of agency in the success or failure of peacebuilding efforts. WORKED AT KENT STATE SINCE: August 2006 EMPLOYMENT PRIOR TO KENT STATE UNIVERSITY: University...

New Face Kathleen Norman Marketing and Public Relations Communications Specialist College of Nursing Kent Campus JOB DESCRIPTION: I am responsible for planning the College of Nursing’s special events, including, but not limited to, Convocations, Nursing Career Days, the Daisy Faculty Award and the Barbara Donaho Distinguished Leadership in Learning Award. In 2017, we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the College of Nursing, and I am planning those exciting events as well. I am happy to be able to celebrate nurses throughout the trajectory of their careers. ...

Jonathan Maletic, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Computer Science in the College of Arts and Sciences at ����ɫ��ҹ University, has received a three-year, $290,610 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help support basic research on how programmers write and develop large-scale software systems.  His project "An Infrastructure That Combines Eye Tracking Into Integrated Development Environments to Study Software Development and Program Comprehension” or more simply, iTrace, will help grow the applications of eye-tracking software. Currently, eye-tracking software is ...

Porthouse Theatre, ����ɫ��ҹ University's summer professional theatre, was awarded a $23,615 sustainability grant by the Ohio Arts Council during the body's summer board meeting in July. The grant helps Porthouse Theatre provide high-quality theatre and arts education to the Northeast Ohio community. Specifically, the grant allows Porthouse Theatre to continue offering its academies for high school, college and international students, as well as community nights that provide free tickets to patrons that otherwise would not be able to attend the theatre. According to the Ohio Arts Council, s...

A current public health debate is whether parents should have their children vaccinated. Tara Smith, Ph.D., professor of epidemiology at ����ɫ��ҹ University’s College of Public Health, challenges statements made by influential individuals who oppose the widespread use of vaccines and calls upon her colleagues in the scientific community to speak out to promote vaccination. The article, “Vaccine Rejection and Hesitancy: A Review and Call to Action,” is published by Oxford Press’ Open Forum Infectious Diseases. In the July 18 article, Smith presents clear and scientifically based arguments to...