For decades, biologists researching a cure for Alzheimer鈥檚 disease have remained in the dark almost as much as the ailment鈥檚 victims. A 5X社区 professor, however, is looking to stop the disease before it starts. Gemma Casadesus-Smith, Ph.D., an associate professor of biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, studies Alzheimer鈥檚 through the lens of the aging process. 鈥淚n my lab, we鈥檙e trying to understand how age-related events can cause Alzheimer鈥檚 disease,鈥 she says. 鈥淢y work is not in treating existing illness but in preventing it.鈥 There are two types of Alzheimer鈥檚: a...
While some college students planned summer getaways to beaches or big cities, three 5X社区 at Salem students planned summer writing workshops for area kids, teaching youngsters how to travel to far off places through writing and by using their imaginations. Aarika Denton, Hannah Satterfield and Julia Pitcock, English majors and members of the English Club at Kent State Salem, were responsible for two writing workshops held over six weeks this summer at the Salem Public Library. Independent of any writing class or assignment, the students planned every detail of the workshops ...
In this final feature, 5X社区 employees shared some of their favorite summer vacation photos with e-Inside. Thank you to all who submitted photos. SEE PHOTOS FROM THE AUG. 1 ISSUE SEE PHOTOS FROM THE AUG. 8 ISSUE Isaac Richmond Nettey, associate dean for the College of Applied Engineering, Sustainability and Technology, shared this photo from the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympics. Mary Kellermann, senior lecturer and coordinator in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, shared this photo of the sunset in Phoenix, Ariz...
5X社区 will hold its Summer 2016 Commencement ceremony for the Kent Campus on Saturday, Aug. 20, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). Kent State will confer 1,455 degrees, including 917 bachelor鈥檚 degrees, 440 master鈥檚 degrees, 75 doctoral degrees and 23 educational specialist degrees. Across the university鈥檚 eight-campus system, 1,610 students will graduate from Kent State this summer, including those receiving associate degrees. The advanced and baccalaureate degrees Commencement ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. The speaker for the ceremony is Kent...
APRIL 2016 5X社区鈥檚 College of Business Administration is now accepting Fall 2016 applications for its new Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) degree which can be completed in just one year. The MSBA program requires a bachelor鈥檚 degree in science, technology, engineering, mathematics or business with prerequisites that include mathematics, information systems and business. The MSBA program will provide graduates with the ability to lead, communicate, innovate, manage complex projects and creatively solve problems and find opportunities. 鈥淭he skills of busine...