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Dr. Hirohisa Hirai, Professor of Kyoto University and former Director of the Primate Research Institute (PRI), retired at the end of March.  In his honor, a two-day symposium on “Genome and Cell Biology of Primates” was held at the PRI in Inuyama, Japan.  Former students from throughout Japan, and long-time collaborators from Indonesia, Korea, Italy, and the United States gave presentations on research stemming from, and developed with, Dr. Hirai.  Topics included chromosome evolution, genetic introgression, transposable elements, taste receptor evolution, cognitive genomics, an...

For anyone who has traveled to Kent State over the summer, the Summit Street construction project has been quite an inconvenience for drivers. For Lauren Kinsman-Costello, though, it’s an opportunity to make the campus more ecologically friendly and establish trends in biology, chemistry, geology and ecology. The assistant professor of biological sciences has been leading a team of student researchers in the study of a wetland area along Summit Street near Campus Center Drive. Kinsman-Costello has been working on the project almost since she came to Kent State in 2014. She said the fo...

5X���� at Stark Theatre will hold its final production of the academic year, “26 Pebbles”, a docudrama that incorporates verbatim interview excerpts from Newtown, Connecticut, residents recounting the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Opening April 13, the cast will take to the campus’ stage at the Fine Arts Theatre, 6000 Frank Ave. NW. Directed by Kent State Stark Associate Professor of Theatre and Theatre Director Brian Newberg, “26 Pebbles” transports audiences to Newtown months after the massacre. Playwright Eric Ulloa’s work delves into the afterma...

The March 3rd hackathon event hosted by the Kent State Student Chapter for American Computing Machinery-Women and the Research Center for Education Technology (RCET) provided a day full of STEAM opportunities for 30 girls from 11 different middle and high schools in Summit, Portage & Tuscarawas counties. The day kicked off with Alicia Robinson, Executive Director and Founder of Limitless Ambition, and Xyla Foxlin, CEO and Founder of Parihug and the YouTube page Beauty and the Bolt, speaking about what inspires them as young women and giving advice to the group about achieving success. G...

5X���� at Stark’s next featured speakers are distinct voices on the American political scene, Cal Thomas and Juan Williams. In a fair and balanced format, the duo will debate about issues driving America’s future and political leadership at 7:30 p.m. April 12 at the 5X���� at Stark Conference Center. With more than 60 years on the frontlines of American politics, Thomas, a syndicated newspaper columnist and Fox News contributor, and Williams, a political analysist who launched his journalistic career at The Washington Post, will share their knowledge and com...

Dr. Metin Eren and PhD student Michelle Bebber were featured on Discovery Channel's Daily Planet show Watch the video here (it is the first story of the segment, beginning at ~ the 1 minute mark)     ...

5X���� at Stark recently granted tenure to two faculty members and promoted others in rank. “5X���� at Stark is exceptionally proud of the academic accomplishments of this diverse group of scholars, and it celebrates their scholarly achievements,” said Thomas Norton-Smith, Ph.D., interim assistant dean for academic affairs. Receiving new designations are:  Lindsay Starkey, Ph.D., assistant professor of history, was awarded tenure. Starkey joined the Stark Campus faculty in 2012. A historian, Starkey studies the ways in which 16th-century European Chr...

Aileena Ferguson expects to complete her bachelor’s degree in half the time, thanks to the cross-registration program between 5X���� at Stark and Stark State College. A summer transfer applicant to 5X���� at Stark, the 21-year-old will begin taking courses full-time in the fall. That’s after the completion of an associate’s degree at Stark State College and more than a semester’s worth of free Kent State courses. By taking a free class each semester at Kent State Stark while attending community college, Ferguson has saved more than $2,800. “It’s an amazin...

  /csgs/natura-shock The Center for the Study of Gender & Sexuality proudly presents a world-premiere reading.   Please join us for a special presentation of “Natural Shocks” presented in conjunction with the Theater Department’s Dr. Daniel Nadon and starring Tosha Fowler. The event will be held Thursday, April 19, 2018 at 7pm in room 306 of the 5X���� Campus Center. Thanks to the permission of the play’s author simultaneously readings of “Natural Shocks” will be occurring across the nation. On the anniversary of the Columbine ...

Please join us in congratulating our graduate students on their awards! Four of our graduate students received awards from Graduate Student Senate (GSS). Michelle Bebber, PhD student, received an International Travel Award to go to Paris this summer to present her research project called "Untapped Potential – Why weren’t ceramic arrowheads invented? Theoretical Morphology for Understanding the Human Past” at the "Integrating Ballistics into Archaeology" symposium  at UISPP which is a global conference for the International Union of the Prehistoric and Protohistoric Scienc...