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Graduate Student Creates Smart Glass for Privacy and Heat Applications

Yingfei Jiang, a College of Arts and Science graduate student in the Chemical Physics program and the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute at , and his advisor Deng-Ke Yang, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Physics, have invented the first ever dual-mode smart glass technology that can control both radiant energy flow (heat) and privacy through a tinted material.

Tags: Research & Science, College of Arts and Sciences, Chemical Physics, Department of Physics, AMLCI, Advance Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Yingfei Jiang, Deng-Ke Yang, Research and Science, Switchable Windows, Liquid Crystals, Smart Glass

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Tsunami wave hitting Ao Nang in Krabi Province, Thailand. Photo by David Rydevik (email: david.rydevikgmail.com), Stockholm, Sweden, December 26, 2004.

Study of a 1,000-Year-Old Tsunami in Indian Ocean Reveals Previously Unknown Hazards for East Africa

Dr. Joseph D. Ortiz, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Geology at , was part of an international team of researchers that co-authored an article about a deadly tsunami that occurred about 1,000 years ago in Tanzania. The study suggests that the tsunami risk in East Africa could be higher than previously thought.

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Earth Sciences, Joseph Ortiz, Research and Science, Tsunami, Indian Ocean, East Africa, Tanzania, Sediment, Environmental Science & Design

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A rift along the Larsen C ice shelf from the vantage point of NASA's DC-8 research aircraft. Image acquired by NASA on November 10, 2016. Photo credit: John Sonntag / NASA

Revised Look at Ancient Glaciers Predicts Faster Melting Rate in Antarctica

Joseph D. Ortiz, Ph.D., professor and assistant chair in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Geology at , recently authored a “News and Views” article in Nature Geoscience that discusses research carried out by another research team that reassessed the melt history and timing of the collapse of the Eurasian Ice Sheet Complex during the Last Deglaciation.

Tags: Research & Science, Joe Ortiz, Department of Earth Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, climate change, Antarctica, Glaciers, Nature Geoscience, Environmental Science and Design Research Institute

Department of Earth Sciences

Tsunami wave hitting Ao Nang in Krabi Province, Thailand. Photo by David Rydevik (email: david.rydevikgmail.com), Stockholm, Sweden, December 26, 2004.

Study of a 1,000-Year-Old Tsunami in Indian Ocean Reveals Previously Unknown Hazards for East Africa

Dr. Joseph D. Ortiz, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Geology at , was part of an international team of researchers that co-authored an article about a deadly tsunami that occurred about 1,000 years ago in Tanzania. The study suggests that the tsunami risk in East Africa could be higher than previously thought.

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Earth Sciences, Joseph Ortiz, Research and Science, Tsunami, Indian Ocean, East Africa, Tanzania, Sediment, Environmental Science and Design Research Institute

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A rift along the Larsen C ice shelf from the vantage point of NASA's DC-8 research aircraft. Image acquired by NASA on November 10, 2016. Photo credit: John Sonntag / NASA

Revised Look at Ancient Glaciers Predicts Faster Melting Rate in Antarctica

Joseph D. Ortiz, Ph.D., professor and assistant chair in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Geology at , recently authored a “News and Views” article in Nature Geoscience that discusses research carried out by another research team that reassessed the melt history and timing of the collapse of the Eurasian Ice Sheet Complex during the Last Deglaciation.

Tags: Research & Science, Joe Ortiz, Department of Earth Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, climate change, Antarctica, Glaciers, Nature Geoscience, Environmental Science and Design Research Institute

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Center for Earth Ethics and Kent State’s Wick Poetry Center Launch Earth Stanzas, an Interactive Online Earth Day Poetry Project

The Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York City and the Wick Poetry Center at are launching Earth Stanzas, an interactive poetry project in honor of Earth Day, which is celebrated around the world on April 22. draws on the inspiration of eight poets who engage the beauty, depth and interconnectedness of the Earth, and invites readers to interact with the poems and find their own poetic voice.

Tags: Arts & Culture, Wick Poetry Center, College of Arts and Sciences, Environmental Science and Design Research Institute

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