A peer-reviewed article by Meghan Harper, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, titled “Using Literature to Help Students Who Hurt,” has been published in Ohio Media Spectrum – Journal of the Ohio Educational Library Media Association (OELMA), 68(1), 45-57.
Meghan Harper, School of Library and Information Science
Karen Clarke Selected as ɬ’s Senior Vice President for Strategic Communications and External Affairs
Following a national search, ɬ has selected Karen B.
![Erin Ahrens](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article/20NEW%20FACE-Ahrens%2C%20Erin.jpg?VersionId=UhR_cAt_.7f6zmO.iRMIMSz9JaOsOduT&h=8a019425&itok=XFFF843V)
A ɬ epidemiologist has refuted some age-old assumptions about depression
![ɬ Professor Richard Feinberg from the Department of Anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences has been elected to the status of Honorary Fellow by the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania. ɬ Professor Richard Feinberg from the Department of Anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences has been elected to the status of Honorary Fellow by the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article/Feinberg.jpg?VersionId=ypdRpLd8IDij4sa9ewZB1G7EEqdZcE10&h=ec98a0f6&itok=LrsWEIdM)
ɬ Professor Richard Feinberg from the Department of Anthropology has been elected to the status of Honorary Fellow by the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania.
![ɬ celebrated the grand opening of its newest and much-anticipated building, the Center for Architecture and Environmental Design, on Oct. 7. ɬ celebrated the grand opening of its newest and much-anticipated building, the Center for Architecture and Environmental Design, on Oct. 7.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article/caed%20opening%20thumb.jpg?VersionId=ZuyuMwMIbSVoDZMiMLqixT9BFbhnaiK_&h=ec98a0f6&itok=mw7em7d1)
ɬ celebrated the grand opening of its newest and much-anticipated building, the Center for Architecture and Environmental Design, on Oct. 7.
![ɬ at East Liverpool students from the Occupational Therapy Assistant Program attended Hill Day in Washington, D.C. ɬ at East Liverpool students from the Occupational Therapy Assistant Program attended Hill Day in Washington, D.C.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article/03REGIONAL-Kent%20State%20East%20Liverpool%20Students%20Take%20Messages%20to%20Washington%2C%20D.C.1.jpg?VersionId=Ft7E8MadNK_SlkUh1ptFYBUA2EZm1dIk&h=ec98a0f6&itok=9PXs-uav)
Second-year students in the Occupational Therapy Assistant Program at ɬ at East Liverpool participated in the annual American Occupational Therapy Assistant Association’s Hill Day in Washington, D.C.
![The ɬ Hospitality Management students participate in a pizza-making class at Eataly Firenze, one of the internship sites in Florence, Italy. The ɬ Hospitality Management students participate in a pizza-making class at Eataly Firenze, one of the internship sites in Florence, Italy.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article/04SPECIALFEATURE-Hospitality%20Management%20Studying%20Abroad1.jpg?VersionId=rfNuITnl69iD.Lky6vpdz94BMBb_tZt5&h=ec98a0f6&itok=uhcmLtHL)
For those wondering what it is like to complete an internship abroad, ɬ students shared their experiences of interning in Italy during this past summer.
![The team in Alaska is (left to right) Jonathan Mills, undergraduate geology major; Kiersten Duroe, geology M.S. candidate; Elizabeth Herndon, Ph.D., assistant professor of geology; and Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology. The team in Alaska is (left to right) Jonathan Mills, undergraduate geology major; Kiersten Duroe, geology M.S. candidate; Elizabeth Herndon, Ph.D., assistant professor of geology; and Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/01PHOTOLEAD-Alaska1.jpg?VersionId=FJ8XXBerIZL0KnpnESK3KcraqM6HmOdT&h=ec98a0f6&itok=S1uxM4ug)
Thanks to a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, two ɬ professors are researching climate change in Alaska. Elizabeth Herndon, Ph.D., and Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professors from ɬ’s College of Arts and Sciences, spent a week in Fairbanks, Alaska, in June studying how climate change affects the availability of plant nutrients in arctic and sub-arctic ecosystems.
The grant teams up two of ɬ’s newest researchers.
Yosh Hakutani, Department of English, presented “Richard Wright’s Achievement of Solace, Eastern Poetics, and African Philosophy” at the College Language Association Annual Convention on April 6-9, 2016, in Houston, Texas.
The ɬ Board of Trustees today established a comprehensive, national search to recruit and select the university’s 13th president.
The events of May 4, 1970, placed ɬ in an international spotlight after a student protest against the Vietnam War and the presence of the Ohio National Guard ended in tragedy with four students losing their lives and nine others being wounded. From a perspective of nearly 50 years, ɬ remembers the tragedy and leads a contemporary discussion and understanding of how the community, nation and world can benefit from understanding the profound impact of the event.
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