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Dr. Metin Eren receives the KSU 2020-2021 New Faculty Outstanding Research and Scholar Award. This award is sponsored by the University Research Council and the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs, this award is intended to recognize 91�ֿ�’s exceptional researchers and scholars. The awardees are selected based on the quality of their research, creative activities and scholarship and their impact on society. Congratulations on this well-earned achievement, Dr. Eren!  ...

Kent Wired Article By Anna Huntsman and Laina Yost April 21, 2019   Office of Sustainability, architects monitor campus building energy expenditure   To improve a university’s carbon footprint, experts say the first step is to track its energy. In 2017, 91�ֿ� began tracking the energy expenditure of each building on campus. “Back before we started all the energy conservation projects back in 2012, we did not have accurate building-by-building metering,” said Bob Misbrener, a project manager in the university architect’s office. “After the energy project, we knew...

91�ֿ� DI Hub is competing in Campus Race to Zero Waste's One Building Challenge! Race to Zero Waste One Building Challenge is based on comprehensive effort to reduce, reuse and recycle the greatest amount of waste from a single designated building. DI Hub student employees researched recycling for potential materials, brainstormed and developed future ideas for workshops around reuse, and added recycling information signs, how to recycle and recycling bins/stations for the following labs and shops: 3D Print / Laser Shop, CNC Shop, Electronics / Prototyping Shop...

The 2021 91�ֿ� East Liverpool Earth Day Environmental Justice Virtual Conference will be held this Saturday via a remote format with the theme “Rethinking Food: Equity, Plant-based Consumption and Alternatives.” The conference will be held via a remote format, using Zoom, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.  It is open to the public and registration is required.  The keynote speaker is Professor Denise Harrison an expert in several areas including intersectionality; crossroads of race; class and gender; first wave feminist and suffragist; black women writers; food sourcing; food and su...

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Rafaela Takeshita on her recent research award from the Wenner Gren Foundation. The Wenner Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research was founded in 1941 and is one of the major funding agencies for anthropologists. Dr. Takeshita's proposal, "Uncovering Adrenarche: Neuroendocrine Basis of Human Longevity", will explore the relationship between adrenarche and uniquely-human life history variables. We can't wait to hear about what she discovers! ...

How to Attract Bats to Your Yard After dark, these nocturnal creatures provide natural pollination and pest control. Martha Stewart By Roxanna Coldiron  April 13, 2021 When nightfall descends, look up and you'll see winged bats take to the sky. These mysterious creatures are both revered and feared in our culture—having inspired tales of vampires, superheroes, and more—but bats are much more than their admittedly frightening looks: "Bats have important functions within the ecosystems in which they occur. Bats that eat fruit or drink nectar serve an important role a...

April is Earth Month: Restore our Earth, Restore our Community, Restore our Self April 22 marks the 51st anniversary of Earth Day. Fittingly, the 91�ֿ� Earth Month Committee has planned events throughout the month based on the theme, “Restore Our Earth, Restore Our Community, Restore Our Self.” Activities including: An online scavenger hunt from April 1 -  22 Garden to Energy: Kent Sustainable Food Systems panel discussion on April 6 An online book club discussing “Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimmerer on April 27. An online Earth Day Environmental Justice C...

It’s close to midterm time for 91�ֿ� at Stark students in the now-online survey course Introduction to World Religions.  Today, Rabbi Joshua Brown from Akron’s Temple Israel is a guest speaker. Students log in to class prepared with some academic knowledge of Judaism taught by adjunct professor Timothy Temerson. A former pastor at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Akron, Temerson now teaches the course virtually from his home in Charlottesville, Virginia. He covers as much as possible, including the Torah’s kosher laws. Practicing Jews are not supposed to consume a d...

91�ֿ�’s Center for Ecology and Natural Resource Sustainability (CENRS) tracks and facilitates the use of 91�ֿ�-owned natural areas for research, teaching and engagement, promoting an understanding of the natural environment around the Kent Campus, and especially this past year, a much needed home for field research.  The mission of CENRS is to provide scientific research opportunities to educate students at 91�ֿ� and beyond and to create programs to restore and preserve the integrity of these natural areas. The 17 research sites near the Kent Campus range in...