Expanding University Initiatives
![Dr. James L. Raper, ’79](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/21IPG009_Cornerstone_Raper_3000x800_0.jpg?VersionId=dRm3cQFgVfYWHXwnqm_NHNEJ_s0aMKS5&h=9291dbca&itok=rn5cAa8H)
Giving Back and Creating a Legacy
Dr. James L. Raper, ’79, chose to support Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« students with a planned gift that includes an endowed fund and endowed professorship that support nursing research and education.
![Sara Bayramzadeh, Ph.D., serves as coordinator and Elliot Professor in the Healthcare Design Program in Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University's College of Architecture and Environmental Design.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/page/19955_bayamzedeh-1Small.jpg?VersionId=KRFld3D9a7sX0tHNWo0vuYlx323Jjdce&h=e6f36a9c&itok=2bBhnq3e)
Researcher Designs Safer Trauma Rooms
Research awarded a $2.4 million grant to study how to use design as a tool to improve efficient care in Level I trauma rooms that stabilize and save the lives of patients.
![Angela Ridgel, Ph.D.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/20ICC079_ARTICLE_AngelaRidgel_1500x1000_0.jpg?VersionId=BOmvjvXzDN2mazK0tE4VS1QwhkTOJLaJ&h=06ac0d8c&itok=XUNSbgWT)
Smartbike Eases Parkinson’s Symptoms
A Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« researcher has designed a bicycle specially tailored to Parkinson’s patients. The bike is based on a tandem bicycle model – a bike ridden by two people.
Champions of the Body and Mind
Only Together Can We Invent, Solve and Cure
![Torsten Hegmann, director of Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«'s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, shows the area in the basement of the Integrated Sciences Building where a new X-ray scattering machine will be installed in 2021.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/200827_ISB-Torsten_RD_00723%20%281%29.jpg?VersionId=sqtva2LKl0pyvvDByWc_acEJjHWbtqsS&h=5ded6b27&itok=4iRGp7sU)
Materials Science Research Receives Grant for New X-ray Scattering Instrument
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute soon will be home to a new X-ray scattering instrument capable of examining materials in scales from as small as a fraction of a nanometer to as large as several micrometers.
Societal Impact of Brain-Based Disorders
Design Innovation Teaching Hub Teaching Kitchen
Champions of the Body and Mind
![Torsten Hegmann, director of Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«'s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, shows the area in the basement of the Integrated Sciences Building where a new X-ray scattering machine will be installed in 2021.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/200827_ISB-Torsten_RD_00723%20%281%29.jpg?VersionId=sqtva2LKl0pyvvDByWc_acEJjHWbtqsS&h=5ded6b27&itok=4iRGp7sU)
Materials Science Research Receives Grant for New X-ray Scattering Instrument
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute soon will be home to a new X-ray scattering instrument capable of examining materials in scales from as small as a fraction of a nanometer to as large as several micrometers.