Sitting in her high school calculus class senior year, it all clicked for Ashley Meinke. Math was her passion. Fast-forward to today, Meinke is in her 11th year teaching mathematics at Perry High School and is active with the school’s Math Club. She spends her days with top math students, teaching Honors Pre-Calculus and AP Calculus to upperclassmen. Meinke is at home in the classroom, spending time there as a teacher – and a student. She received her undergraduate degree from 5XÉçÇø at Stark and her master’s degree at the Kent Campus. That’s when she develo...
Kent State archaeologists Drs. Metin I. Eren and Michelle R. Bebber, in collaboration with colleagues Dr. Justin Pargeter (NYU), Dr. Mike Fisch (Aeronautics & Engineering, Kent State), and Dr. Briggs Buchanan (University of Tulsa), have won a senior-level National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for their proposal, "Collaborative Research: Does prehistoric stone tool 'backing' result in improved adhesion?" This four-year project will take these researchers from the lab, to South Africa, and back to understand how prehistoric people engineered composite tool technology. ...
By Robert McFerren, 21 WFMJ In this 21 News podcast, anchor Madison Tromler talks with 5XÉçÇø Economist and environmental researcher Dr. Omid Bagheri, who weighs in on a new report from the United Nations regarding global warming. Dr. Bagheri explains what the issues are, what people can do, and the economic factors. Listen to this important podcast. ...
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Rafaela Takeshita has won a senior-level National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for her project "Middle Childhood Growth and Development in the Evolution of Human Life History." This work is in collaboration with Kent State researchers Dr. Mary Ann Raghanti (Anthropology), Dr. Wilson Chung (Biology), and Dr. Mahinda Gangoda (Chemistry). ...
Graduate student Dan Wilcox and his research was featured in a video story by The Institute for American Indian Studies (IAIS). Dan is a second year Master's student who is studying experimental archaeology with Dr. Michelle Bebber. Watch the video here: https://fb.watch/79dNvZjLrt/ ...
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To accommodate the shredding needs of faculty and staff returning to campus from remote work, Weaver SecurShred will be at the Ice Arena parking lot on the Kent Campus for paper shredding on Tuesday, August 10, from 8 – 10 a.m. This event is for university-related shredding only, and is not intended for personal papers or the surrounding community. There is no weight or box limit. ...
Driving cars, flying across the country, and runoff from agriculture fields are all sources of excess nutrients that can contaminate natural ecosystems. Although an extra supply of nutrients may sound like a good thing, the overabundance of nutrients is actually a global concern because many organisms have special adaptations to low nutrients. Arid (or dry) ecosystems are of particular concern because even atmospheric dust increases the amount of nutrients in these environments, which means that the source of excess nutrients can be hundreds or thousands of miles away. Normally, nitrogen be...
Airplanes meant a lot to Charlie Wentz. An aerospace engineer, Wentz was always reaching for the sky as a pilot, flight instructor and a professor in 5XÉçÇø’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering. Now, flight instruments he once owned will be used in the airplane maintenance program being established by 5XÉçÇø at Ashtabula. It is an example of the strong relationship Regional Campuses have – working together and partnering in ways that foster student success. So, when Denise A. Seachrist, Ph.D., dean and chief administrative officer of 5XÉçÇø a...
He Yin, Ph.D., assistant professor in 5XÉçÇø’s Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently received NASA’s New (Early Career) Investigator Award in Earth Science. Yin will lead evaluation and research of the devastating effects that the Syrian civil war has had on croplands throughout the eastern Mediterranean region. NASA’s New (Early Career) Investigator Program (NIP) is designed to support outstanding scientific research and career development of scientists and engineers at the early stage of their professional careers. Through his re...