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This spring, the Lawrence & Sandra Armstrong Gallery inside 91�ֿ�'s John Elliot Center for Architecture and Environmental Design hosted an inspiring exhibition highlighting innovative designs for structural walls.The "Opus Versatilium: A Meta-Vernacular Approach for Contemporary Load-Bearing Walls Exhibition" was created by Pablo Moyano Fernandez, an assistant professor at Washington University in St. Louis, where he has been teaching since 2006.Fernandez has extensive experience in the field of architecture, developing his career in firms with a strong connection to constr...

91�ֿ� earned first-place honors in the annual Campus Race to Zero Waste, a nationwide college campus recycling competition.91�ֿ� placed first in the large campus division for Food Organics waste, for diverting more food waste than any other large-size university in the competition.Melanie Knowles, manager of sustainability at 91�ֿ�.Melanie Knowles, manager of sustainability at 91�ֿ�, said the university looks broadly at food waste reduction and other waste reduction and recycling strategies.“That starts with University Culinary Services minimizing the creation of...

Online final grading for Summer 2024 (POT IS) begins on Friday, June 7, 2024, via FlashFAST. Grading is also now available for any Summer 2024 course section that was flexibly scheduled. The deadline for grading submission is 11:59 pm on Tuesday, June 11. Any final grades for Summer 2024 courses not reported in FlashFAST by the grades processing deadline will have to be submitted using the Grade Change Workflow. These Summer 2024 courses will be available in the Workflow on Thursday, June 13, 2024.Submit Final grades using Final Grades rosterTo submit final grades via the Final Grades roster, ...

Victoria Humphreys, '13, found her way as a communications professional in Washington, D.C., due to her passion for helping advance Native American communities, including her own. After attending a guest lecture from Associate Professor Stephanie Danes Smith (COMM and MDJ) about her experience working with the federal government, Humphreys began studying Federal Indian Policy and the complexities of the nation-to-nation relationship between Tribes and the federal government.While completing her undergraduate program, she received an offer to intern with Secretary John Kerry at the Department o...

RESEARCHERS MAP AQUATIC-BASED, HUMAN-DRIVEN IMPACTS ON CLIMATE CHANGEA set of cotton fabrics placed in Breakneck Creek, Portage County, OhioA study published in the journal Science uses a global experiment and predictive modeling to illustrate how human impacts to aquatic ecosystems are contributing to the global climate crisis.The study estimates rates of organic-matter decomposition in freshwater ecosystems (a source of carbon emissions) across the world, including areas such as the tropics that have been underrepresented in prior studies. Researchers Scott Tiegs (Oakland University), Krista...

As we begin the new semester, the Office of the University Registrar asks for your assistance in making sure that all students are properly registered for their Summer 2024 courses.Per University policy, only officially registered students are permitted to attend courses. Go to Faculty & Advisors / Faculty Dashboard to find the link to official class rosters in FlashLine. Students who are not officially registered within the appropriate time period WILL NOT receive a grade or earn credit for the course even if they attend the entire course and complete all required work.Registration and sc...

View ArticleCampuses Divert 105 Million Single-Use Plastics from Landfill During 2024 Campus Race to Zero Waste CompetitionBy: Alex DombNational Wildife Federation2.7 million students, faculty and staff across more than 150 college campuses donated, composted and recycled more than 30 million pounds of waste.RESTON, Va. – Campus Race to Zero Waste, a program of the National Wildlife Federation and RecycleMania Inc., has recognized 30 colleges and universities as winners in this year’s competition. Winners are selected in each major category representing small, medium and large campus sizes, wi...

Online final grading for Spring 2024 (POT 1, F3, W2) began Friday, May 3, 2024, via FlashFAST. Grading is also now available for any Spring 2024 course section that was flexibly scheduled. The deadline for grading submission is 11:59 pm on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Any final grades for Spring 2024 courses not reported in FlashFAST by the grades processing deadline will have to be submitted using the Grade Change Workflow. These Spring 2024 courses will be available in the Workflow on Thursday, May 16, 2024.Submit Final grades using Final Grades RosterTo submit final grades via the Final Grades ro...

Managers and supervisors should have received information from the Controller's Office regarding the cut-off dates for financial transactions for the current fiscal year, which ends on June 30. View the deadlines for receipt of information and other year-end announcements online at www.kent.edu/controller under Fiscal Year End Cut-off Dates tab.  The Controller's Office appreciates timely submissions of documents to ensure that a timely year-end cut-off has occurred.The FY2024 year is scheduled to close the evening of July 12, 2024, and the final June Flashline reports should be available...

The environment is something that many people take for granted. But it affects us all. Some recent 91�ֿ� students spent the semester putting environmental issues front and center.Environmental studies students recently showed off their environmental research projects at the Environmental Science and Design Research Institute Showcase on April 22. The institute is “dedicated to research and investigations within natural, human, and built systems, as it develops innovative knowledge, products, and solutions to address local, regional, and global issues.”Participants of the showca...