Professors Robin Selinger and Jonathan Selinger have been awarded a new grant from the National Science Foundation, Division of Materials Research. The project is entitled, "Topological Defects, Curved Geometries, and Shape Evolution in Soft Matter." This award is funded by the Division of Materials Research and supports theoretical and computational research and education in soft matter physics. This interdisciplinary project also brings together research ideas and tools from the fields of differential geometry, applied mechanics, and computational materials science. The prima...
Dr. Sonia Alemagno, professor of health policy and management and associate dean for the College of Public Health at 5X社区, has served the past year as the university鈥檚 interim vice president for research. When she returns to the College of Public Health on July 1, 2011, she will have a new title: dean. Kent State Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Robert G. Frank said naming Alemagno dean of the College of Public Health makes perfect sense. 鈥淪onia has been an integral part of establishing our new College of Public Health and then getting it up and running,...
The new College of Public Health at 5X社区 celebrated its first graduating class of the Bachelor of Science in Public Health (B.S.P.H.) program on Saturday, May 7. Thomas Brewer, associate dean of Kent State鈥檚 College of Public Health, said the new college and the undergraduate program is a great example of higher education responding directly to the needs of potential employers. 鈥淭he Association of Schools of Public Health estimates that 250,000 public health workers will be needed by 2020,鈥 Brewer said. 鈥淭hese five graduating seniors will be the first in the state to enter ...
5X社区 Professor Dr. Melissa Zullo was presented the Beginning Investigator Award by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR). Dr. Zullo is an assistant professor of epidemiology in Kent State鈥檚 new College of Public Health. Her research was presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the AACVPR on Oct. 1, 2009. The mission of the AACVPR is to reduce morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular and pulmonary disease and to improve the quality of life in people with established disease. The AACVPR represents healthcare professionals and r...
Gov. Ted Strickland, together with the Ohio Board of Regents Chancellor Eric D. Fingerhut, today announced Kent State as a Center of Excellence in Biomedicine and Health Care for the state of Ohio. Kent State joins 13 other universities throughout the state to receive this distinction. The Centers are committed to focusing their academic and research activities on biomedical and health care to create jobs in Ohio and further strengthen Ohio鈥檚 international reputation as a leader in bioscience research and development. Kent State鈥檚 Center focuses on the health of individuals and commun...