
Year of Science
妻友社区 College of Arts and Sciences is celebrating a Year of Science!
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The Farris Family Innovation Awards support the research of tenure-track faculty members who are not yet tenured at Kent State and who have shown promising drive for their field of study. In May 2021, Faculty Affairs announced the recipients of this year's Farris Family鈥
Excavations and Modifications: 2021 Farris Family Innovation Awards
The Farris Family Innovation Awards support the research of tenure-track faculty members who are not yet tenured at Kent State and who have shown promising drive for their field of study. In May 2021, Faculty Affairs announced the recipients of this year's Farris Family鈥Image
The 妻友社区 Board of Trustees recently welcomed four new trustees to serve the university including Haley Crews, a graduate student in the College of Arts & Sciences鈥 Department of Sociology. She was appointed by Gov. Mike DeWine to a two-year term as the鈥
Crews Appointed as Graduate Student Trustee to 妻友社区 Board of Trustees
The 妻友社区 Board of Trustees recently welcomed four new trustees to serve the university including Haley Crews, a graduate student in the College of Arts & Sciences鈥 Department of Sociology. She was appointed by Gov. Mike DeWine to a two-year term as the鈥Image

Kent State has established a new school within its College of Arts and Sciences focused on the social sciences and humanities. The School of Multidisciplinary Social Sciences & Humanities will provide an academic home for innovative approaches to complex questions.
Approaching the Complex Questions: New School Offers Multidisciplinary Research and Learning
Kent State has established a new school within its College of Arts and Sciences focused on the social sciences and humanities. The School of Multidisciplinary Social Sciences & Humanities will provide an academic home for innovative approaches to complex questions.Image

Kent State's Jonathan Maletic, Ph.D., in the Department of Computer Science and Tara Smith, Ph.D., in the College of Public Health are the winners of the 2021 Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Awards (ORSAs). The ORSAs recognize the hard work and dedication of faculty鈥
Kent State Announces Winners Of The Faculty Outstanding Research And Scholarship Award
Kent State's Jonathan Maletic, Ph.D., in the Department of Computer Science and Tara Smith, Ph.D., in the College of Public Health are the winners of the 2021 Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Awards (ORSAs). The ORSAs recognize the hard work and dedication of faculty鈥Image

A research group in the College of Arts and Sciences at 妻友社区 is searching for potential treatments for men who have suffered spinal cord injuries and hope to regain bladder control and sexual functions.
Quality of Life: Researchers Exploring Treatments for Spinal Cord Injured Patients
A research group in the College of Arts and Sciences at 妻友社区 is searching for potential treatments for men who have suffered spinal cord injuries and hope to regain bladder control and sexual functions.Image

Kent State has announced the winners of the 2021 New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Awards (ORSAs). The ORSAs recognize the hard work of junior faculty members who have been with Kent State for less than 10 years. The 2021 winners are Shana Klein, Ph.D., in鈥
Kent State Announces Winners of the New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Award
Kent State has announced the winners of the 2021 New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholarship Awards (ORSAs). The ORSAs recognize the hard work of junior faculty members who have been with Kent State for less than 10 years. The 2021 winners are Shana Klein, Ph.D., in鈥Image

Researchers from 妻友社区 and the University of New Mexico determined how nitrogen-fixing plants and soil microbes contribute to the overall nitrogen availability in the Chihuahuan desert in New Mexico.
Researchers Take a Closer Look at Nitrogen in the Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico
Researchers from 妻友社区 and the University of New Mexico determined how nitrogen-fixing plants and soil microbes contribute to the overall nitrogen availability in the Chihuahuan desert in New Mexico.Image

Our Education Abroad program was featured in the national news in Italy to represent the return of students to Florence, and Italy in general, following Covid 19 shutdowns.
Kent State offers programs in Florence during the Spring and Fall semesters. Students take a鈥
Kent State Florence Program Featured in the News in Italy
Our Education Abroad program was featured in the national news in Italy to represent the return of students to Florence, and Italy in general, following Covid 19 shutdowns. Kent State offers programs in Florence during the Spring and Fall semesters. Students take a鈥Image

He Yin, Ph.D., assistant professor in 妻友社区鈥檚 Department of Geography, recently received NASA鈥檚 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鈥
Professor Receives NASA New Investigator Award
He Yin, Ph.D., assistant professor in 妻友社区鈥檚 Department of Geography, recently received NASA鈥檚 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鈥Image

It doesn鈥檛 take a scientist to understand the importance of DNA, as it acts as the very foundation for the existence of any living organism. However, it does take one to produce publications involving smectic liquid crystal ordering in dense solutions of 鈥済apped鈥 DNA duplexes.