Lala Hajibayova, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, received a fellowship (about $2,000) from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems (CSST), to attend the Summer Research Institute for the Science of Socio-Technical Systems, June 27–July 1, 2016, in Stevenson, Washington.
Lala Hajibayova, School of Library and Information Science
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Ya-Fen Wang, Ph.D., assistant professor in 91ֿ’s College of Nursing, is working on a one-year project to study if children’s prolonged exposure to stressful situations encourages poor eating behaviors, which can lead to childhood obesity.
Richard (Rick) Feinberg, Department of Anthropology, presented “Development, Aloha and Non-Giving Among Polynesian Outlier Communities” at the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania, which took place in San Diego, California, on Feb. 12, 2016.
Kiersten F. Latham, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, is co-author with Jodi Kearns, Ph.D., University of Akron, of an article titled Shannon Goes to the Museum: Drawing Lines Across Boundaries, that was published in the 2015 DOCAM Proceedings, Vol. 2.
Peter C. Kratcoski, Sr., Department of Sociology, Maximilian Edelbacher and Bojan Dobovsek authored Corruption, Fraud, Organized Crime, and the Shadow Economy, Edition 1, (Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group) Peter C. Kratcoski ,Ed. (2016), 293-305.
We live in an age and culture where living to eat has become the norm. Obesity rates are continuously increasing and is one of the top causes of death in America. Cardiovascular disease, cancer, stroke and diabetes are strongly related to diet and lifestyles.
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One-way, one-lane eastbound traffic on Summit Street to begin March 7
East Summit Street, which has been identified as a high-traffic, high-accident area and a dangerous corridor for pedestrians, is in the midst of a major overhaul.
Project AWARE Kent, a new three-year program at 91ֿ, is an initiative to raise awareness about mental health and substance abuse disorders. Project AWARE Kent will be offering Mental Health First Aid courses to 91ֿ students, faculty and staff in an effort to create a network of people at 91ֿ who will know how to respond to and are aware of mental health and substance abuse disorders. The course is an evidence-based training that teaches people to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders.
POSTED: Thursday, November 10, 2016 02:45 PM
The 91ֿ 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 91ֿ 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, 91ֿ 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.
