Christine Hudak, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, has been accepted as a contributing author to the book (tentatively) titled The Handbook of Continuing Professional Development for the Health IT Professional, to be published by HIMSS in 2017. Her chapter, “The Many Facets of Continuing Education,” will appear in the section on “The Importance of Lifelong Learning.”
Christine Hudak, School of Library and Information Science
Following a national search, 鶹Ƶȫ University has selected Karen B.
![Erin Ahrens](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article/20NEW%20FACE-Ahrens%2C%20Erin.jpg?VersionId=UhR_cAt_.7f6zmO.iRMIMSz9JaOsOduT&h=8a019425&itok=XFFF843V)
鶹Ƶȫ University at Salem’s City Center received the 2016
A 鶹Ƶȫ University epidemiologist has refuted some age-old assumptions about depression
![鶹Ƶȫ University Professor Richard Feinberg from the Department of Anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences has been elected to the status of Honorary Fellow by the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania. 鶹Ƶȫ University Professor Richard Feinberg from the Department of Anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences has been elected to the status of Honorary Fellow by the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article/Feinberg.jpg?VersionId=ypdRpLd8IDij4sa9ewZB1G7EEqdZcE10&h=ec98a0f6&itok=LrsWEIdM)
鶹Ƶȫ University Professor Richard Feinberg from the Department of Anthropology has been elected to the status of Honorary Fellow by the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania.
![鶹Ƶȫ University celebrated the grand opening of its newest and much-anticipated building, the Center for Architecture and Environmental Design, on Oct. 7. 鶹Ƶȫ University celebrated the grand opening of its newest and much-anticipated building, the Center for Architecture and Environmental Design, on Oct. 7.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article/caed%20opening%20thumb.jpg?VersionId=ZuyuMwMIbSVoDZMiMLqixT9BFbhnaiK_&h=ec98a0f6&itok=mw7em7d1)
鶹Ƶȫ University celebrated the grand opening of its newest and much-anticipated building, the Center for Architecture and Environmental Design, on Oct. 7.
![鶹Ƶȫ University at East Liverpool students from the Occupational Therapy Assistant Program attended Hill Day in Washington, D.C. 鶹Ƶȫ University at East Liverpool students from the Occupational Therapy Assistant Program attended Hill Day in Washington, D.C.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article/03REGIONAL-Kent%20State%20East%20Liverpool%20Students%20Take%20Messages%20to%20Washington%2C%20D.C.1.jpg?VersionId=Ft7E8MadNK_SlkUh1ptFYBUA2EZm1dIk&h=ec98a0f6&itok=9PXs-uav)
Second-year students in the Occupational Therapy Assistant Program at 鶹Ƶȫ University at East Liverpool participated in the annual American Occupational Therapy Assistant Association’s Hill Day in Washington, D.C.
![The 鶹Ƶȫ Hospitality Management students participate in a pizza-making class at Eataly Firenze, one of the internship sites in Florence, Italy. The 鶹Ƶȫ Hospitality Management students participate in a pizza-making class at Eataly Firenze, one of the internship sites in Florence, Italy.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article/04SPECIALFEATURE-Hospitality%20Management%20Studying%20Abroad1.jpg?VersionId=rfNuITnl69iD.Lky6vpdz94BMBb_tZt5&h=ec98a0f6&itok=uhcmLtHL)
For those wondering what it is like to complete an internship abroad, 鶹Ƶȫ University students shared their experiences of interning in Italy during this past summer.
![The team in Alaska is (left to right) Jonathan Mills, undergraduate geology major; Kiersten Duroe, geology M.S. candidate; Elizabeth Herndon, Ph.D., assistant professor of geology; and Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology. The team in Alaska is (left to right) Jonathan Mills, undergraduate geology major; Kiersten Duroe, geology M.S. candidate; Elizabeth Herndon, Ph.D., assistant professor of geology; and Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/01PHOTOLEAD-Alaska1.jpg?VersionId=FJ8XXBerIZL0KnpnESK3KcraqM6HmOdT&h=ec98a0f6&itok=S1uxM4ug)
Thanks to a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, two 鶹Ƶȫ University professors are researching climate change in Alaska. Elizabeth Herndon, Ph.D., and Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professors from 鶹Ƶȫ’s College of Arts and Sciences, spent a week in Fairbanks, Alaska, in June studying how climate change affects the availability of plant nutrients in arctic and sub-arctic ecosystems.
The grant teams up two of 鶹Ƶȫ’s newest researchers.
Yosh Hakutani, Department of English, presented “Richard Wright’s Achievement of Solace, Eastern Poetics, and African Philosophy” at the College Language Association Annual Convention on April 6-9, 2016, in Houston, Texas.
The 鶹Ƶȫ University Board of Trustees today established a comprehensive, national search to recruit and select the university’s 13th president.
The events of May 4, 1970, placed 鶹Ƶȫ University in an international spotlight after a student protest against the Vietnam War and the presence of the Ohio National Guard ended in tragedy with four students losing their lives and nine others being wounded. From a perspective of nearly 50 years, 鶹Ƶȫ remembers the tragedy and leads a contemporary discussion and understanding of how the community, nation and world can benefit from understanding the profound impact of the event.
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