Grace Irvin-Dillard of Bedford, Ohio, who graduated from 91ֿ in May 2021 with a degree in entrepreneurship, has already built a successful business from the ground up while still a student. During her time in the College of Business Administration at 91ֿ, Irvin-Dillard created Touched By Grace (TBG) Body Care, which she continues to grow after graduation. Irvin-Dillard and her business were recently featured by Spectrum News. Watch the story. TBG Body Care offers all-natural, clean beauty and skincare products with an emphasis on sustainability. “W...
91ֿ School of Art alumna Sarah Schlosser, ’17 has been awarded the prestigious Fulbright Study/Research grant for 2021-22. This grant will support her research in Book Arts to study natural dyes in India. Sarah earned her B.F.A. in Studio Art with a concentration in Print Media and Photography from the School of Art in 2017 and is currently an M.F.A. candidate in Book Studies at the University of Iowa. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program facilitates cultural exchange through direct interaction on an individual basis in the classroom, field, home, and in rou...
Dr. Mary Ann Raghanti, Chair of the Department of Anthropology, and Dr. Melissa Edler, Research Associate, receive NIH award to further explore Alzheimer's pathology in our closest living relatives, the chimpanzees. Read all about it here: /research/news/kent-state-researchers-receive-nih-award-alzheimers-research ...
Dr. Mary Ann Raghanti, Chair of the Department of Anthropology, and Dr. Melissa Edler, Research Associate, receive NIH award to further explore Alzheimer's pathology in our closest living relatives, the chimpanzees. Read all about it here: /research/news/kent-state-researchers-receive-nih-award-alzheimers-research ...
While many young children dream of becoming an astronaut, a rock star or even a ballerina, Sara Haidet wasn’t drawn to such specific big dreams while growing up in the small town of Louisville. Still, her upbringing in this close-knit community paved the way for a growing desire to give back and help people from all walks of life. Haidet discovered she fit right in at 91ֿ at Stark, her Hometown University. After all, it was nearby, affordable and offered quality academic programs; in fact, she could earn a 91ֿ degree without ever having to leave the county....
Cities are starting to come to life, literally, thanks to the implementation of vegetation through living architecture. Green roofs and walls are “growing” in popularity as they do much more than just add a splash of color to the otherwise beige urban landscapes. Reid Coffman, Ph.D., associate professor in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at 91ֿ, received the 2020 Green Roof and Wall Award of Excellence from the non-profit organization Green Roofs for Healthy Cities for his outstanding impact in research on environmental architecture. Accord...
91ֿ archaeologists Dr. Metin Eren and Dr Michelle Bebber, along with an impressive group of collaborators, published an extensive analysis of 165 Ice Age Stone tools that may represent a Clovis Cache. The cache is thought to be approximately 13,000 years old and was found in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Listen to the story (wksu) here! ...
Julia Perrone, research technician and lab manager of the Bahlai computational ecology lab in the 91ֿ Department of Biological Sciences, wants teachers and students to get a chance to understand ecology and data science from a hands-on perspective. Perrone, a recent graduate of 91ֿ’s Master of Library and Information Science program, is combining her passion for insect ecology with science education and outreach by partnering with Data Nuggets, an NSF-funded organization devoted to getting real research into the K-12 curriculum. Perrone developed a “nugget”, a hands-on le...
Dr. Michelle Bebber won a Farris Family Innovation Award for her project, “Searching for North America’s First Stone Age Americans at Stow Rockshelter, Ohio". The Farris Family's generosity and support of 91ֿ provides an endowment that supports the research of tenure-track faculty members who are not yet tenured. Congratulations, Dr. Bebber! ...
Yanhai Du, Ph.D., associate professor in the College of Aeronautics and Engineering, remained productive during the 2020 - 2021 academic year. In addition to the seven courses he taught, he received six grant awards totaling $707,346 in external funding, published six papers, and supervised and mentored 5 researchers at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels. Dr. Du is a material scientist and is an internationally recognized scholar in solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) research and development. Currently, Dr. Du directs the research activities of the Fuel Cell Laborato...