Four graduate students recently completed a second phase of research on hand hygiene among economically disadvantaged populations for Akron’s GOJO Industries, Inc., the leading global producer and marketer of skin health and hygiene solutions for away-from-home settings and inventor of PURELL® 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...
91ֿ Airport Initiates Development of a New Master Plan Public meetings soon to be organized A steering team for the 91ֿ Airport has begun planning the development of a new master plan. The public may help determine the future of the airport by participating in a series of public information meetings in early 2013. 91ֿ has owned the public-use, general aviation airport since 1942 and uses the facility to support its Aeronautics Program, one of 32 accredited aviation education programs worldwide. The airport is a critical asset for the...
Ceramic Artist Anna Calluori Holcombe will visit the 91ֿ School of Art on Thursday, Dec. 6, and Friday, Dec. 7The event is presented by the School of Art, the Ceramics Club and the Michener Lecture Series. Holcombe will visit the Ceramics Studio on Thursday, Dec. 6, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Friday, Dec. 7, at noon, Holcombe will present a free public lecture in Room 202 of the Art Building, 325 Terrace Dr., in Kent. For more information, call the School of Art at 330-672-2192. Holcombe’s Dec. 6 visit to the Ceramics Studio will include a lecture on her rese...
Veterinary technology students may soon be practicing their craft on real “patients” as 91ֿ at Trumbull began offering classes in the field this fall . When fall classes began in August, 91ֿ Trumbull not only welcomed a bevy of new and returning students, but new course work for the associate of applied science in veterinary technology program as well. Prerequisite courses in math and science, as well as the Kent Core classes, are now available along with the specialized veterinary technology courses. There are only three accredited veterinary technology progra...
Research was carried out for GOJO sustainability initiative Four graduate students from 91ֿ's College of Public Health recently completed a research project focused on hand hygiene among economically disadvantaged populations for Akron's GOJO Industries Inc., a leading global producer and marketer of skin health and hygiene solutions for away-from-home settings and inventor of PURELL® hand sanitizer. During Spring Semester 2012, a multidisciplinary team of two doctoral students, Diana Kingsbury and Julie Schaefer, along with two Master of Public Health students, Lorrian...
Sonia Alemagno, Ph.D., dean of 91ֿ’s College of Public Health, has been appointed a member of the Akron General Hospitals' Board. Alemagno, a professor of health policy and management, joined 91ֿ in 2009. She previously served as interim vice president for research, and later became dean of the College of Public Health in July 2011. Before joining 91ֿ, she was the chair of the Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies, and director of the Institute for Health and Social Policy at the University of Akron. “I am very honored to serve on the boa...
Laura Bartolo, Professor and Director of the Center for Materials Informatics at 91ֿ, was recently named by the National Research Council to be a member of the National Academies of Sciences Board on Research Data and Information (BRDI). The mission of BRDI is to improve the stewardship, policy, and use of digital data and information for science and the broader society. The twenty person Board members represent recognized faculty in the fields of physical and life sciences, computer, information, and library sciences, medicine, and engineering. Her two year term bega...
Two 91ֿ faculty members have been awarded the Farris Family Innovation Award for their research projects. Aaron Jasnow, Ph.D., of the Department of Psychology, received the award for his project titled “Understanding Emotion: From Molecules to Mind.” Melissa Zullo, Ph.D., of the College of Public Health, was awarded for her project titled “Quality Improvement Initiatives in the Gynecology Robotic Operating Room.” The Farris Family Innovation Award rewards faculty members who combine scholarship of teaching, discovery and application in new and effective ways. After recommenda...
Professors Robin Selinger and Jonathan Selinger have been awarded a new grant from the National Science Foundation, Division of Materials Research. The project is entitled, "Topological Defects, Curved Geometries, and Shape Evolution in Soft Matter." This award is funded by the Division of Materials Research and supports theoretical and computational research and education in soft matter physics. This interdisciplinary project also brings together research ideas and tools from the fields of differential geometry, applied mechanics, and computational materials science. The prima...
Dr. Sonia Alemagno, professor of health policy and management and associate dean for the College of Public Health at 91ֿ, has served the past year as the university’s interim vice president for research. When she returns to the College of Public Health on July 1, 2011, she will have a new title: dean. 91ֿ Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Robert G. Frank said naming Alemagno dean of the College of Public Health makes perfect sense. “Sonia has been an integral part of establishing our new College of Public Health and then getting it up and running,...