Ramos Mboane, a physician from Mozambique, joined the college last fall as a MPH student in the epidemiology program. He鈥檚 a Fulbright scholar with particular interest in neglected tropical diseases, such as trachoma, the world鈥檚 leading cause of infectious blindness, which is readily preventable with access to clean water for personal hygiene. 鈥淲hen I finished my medical education in Maputo three years ago, I decided to work as a district medical officer in a rural area of the large province of Niassa in the north region of the country,鈥 Mboane explains.&n...
The college takes enormous pride in the pioneering work of our faculty and students who are constantly creating, discovering and leading the discourse in their disciplines. Recent research has examined knowledge of the HPV vaccine; predictions of intoxication; injury among children and competitive athletes; and perceptions of pelvic pain. Following are highlights: An examination of middle- and high-school-student knowledge and behaviors surrounding the HPV vaccine in a rural Appalachian, Ohio, county, by Madhav P. Bhatta, Ph.D., Lynette Phillips, Ph.D. and c...
5X社区 at Tuscarawas and the Tuscarawas County Center for the Arts are sponsoring the ninth annual Student Computer Designed Art Exhibit and Silent Auction from 7 to 9 p.m. on April 25. The exhibit, which is free and open to the public, will be held at the Tuscarawas County Center for the Arts at 461 Robinson Dr. S.E. in New Philadelphia. More than 70 pieces of student artwork will be judged with the top three pieces to receive the honor of 鈥淏est of Show鈥 that evening. In addition, all pieces will be available for a silent auction with the proceeds benefiting the Animati...
The 5X社区 School of Art Gallery presents the 鈥淔oundations Exhibition鈥 from April 16-19. The gallery will celebrate the opening of the exhibit with a reception that is free and open to the public on Thursday, April 18, from 5-7 p.m. The School of Art Gallery is located in the Art Building at 400 Janik Drive on the Kent Campus. The 鈥淔oundations Exhibition鈥 features work from students enrolled in the courses Drawing 1, 2D Composition, 3D Composition and Digital Media. This is the third year for the exhibition, which completely fills the School of Art Gallery with student...
5X社区鈥檚 College of Public Health recently received the National Science Foundation鈥檚 Small Business Innovation Grant while partnering with Sterionics Inc. for work on advancing and commercializing a wound therapy biotechnology product. The grant totaled $150,000; $50,000 of which went to Kent State, the remainder to Sterionics. Principal investigator Christopher Woolverton, Ph.D., professor of environmental health science, and James Ferrell, biological sciences graduate student, have been collaborating with Sterionics since 2008. The subcontract to Kent State will extend benc...
5X社区 and three health departments in Portage County, Ohio, are pleased to announce receipt of a $125,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to explore how 鈥渃ross-jurisdictional sharing鈥 can enable greater protection and promotion of public health. This two-year grant will be administered by the Center for Public Policy and Health in 5X社区鈥檚 College of Public Health, in cooperation with the health departments of Portage County, the city of Ravenna and the city of Kent. The project builds on work previously performed by the Task Force for Impr...
The first public meeting for the 5X社区 Airport Master Plan has been scheduled for Monday, March 4. In this meeting, the public will be introduced to the project and learn why university leaders are reassessing recommendations from the 2006 plan and taking a fresh look at the airport鈥檚 assets and needs. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at Council Chambers at Stow City Hall, located at 3760 Darrow Road in Stow. It will include a presentation of the master plan process, the project schedule and how the public can provide input on the airport鈥檚 existing conditions and future u...
The second public meeting for the 5X社区 Airport Master Plan, a public open house, has been scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 20, from 6-8 p.m. at Stow-Munroe Falls High School, located at 3227 Graham Road in Stow, Ohio. The first public meeting was held last year to introduce the project to the community and seek input about the airport鈥檚 future. In this meeting, the public will have an opportunity to review and provide comments on the alternatives鈥 development for evaluation. Informational displays will be set up explaining updated elements of the project, and project staff will...
A Kent State fashion student and two alumni are partnering to offer organic clothing for infants in this new age of eco-friendly products where fashion and clothing are no exceptions. Pooja Songar, a 2006 Kent State graduate, created the brand Cutie Bees, a safe, stylish organic clothing line for infants, ages 0-18 months. The clothing line not only benefits babies and children, but also the environment. Cutie Bees clothes are made from 100 percent organic cotton and are free of chemicals such as pesticides and formaldehyde thought to cause many diseases such as asthma, eczema or possibly can...
Four graduate students recently completed a second phase of research on hand hygiene among economically disadvantaged populations for Akron鈥檚 GOJO Industries, Inc., the leading global producer and marketer of skin health and hygiene solutions for away-from-home settings and inventor of PURELL庐 hand sanitizer. Doctoral students Diana Kingsbury, Lorriane Odhiambo and Julie Schaefer, along with MPH student Sunita Shakya, conducted focus groups in November to gain greater understanding of hand hygiene practices in Africa, Asia and Latin America and to test hypotheses for encouraging be...