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Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University Day at the Cleveland Film Festival is slated for March 26 at Tower City Cinemas in downtown Cleveland. Members of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« community will receive a $2 discount on tickets to any film showing any day of the festival. Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« alumni, students,…
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![Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« student Celeste Weise stands near her research poster during the 2015 Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Kent Student Center. Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« student Celeste Weise stands near her research poster during the 2015 Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Kent Student Center.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/WeiseCeleste-web.jpg?VersionId=NhvFfqtmi87mXApV_W5z5KtNxSYgsglo)
What do sleep quality, post-traumatic stress disorder and smoking have in common?
That’s the question on which Celeste Weise, a Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University senior psychology and sociology major, presented her research at the university’s second annual Undergraduate Research Symposium…
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University Mass Notification System will undergo campuswide testing on Tuesday, March 24, between 6 and 6:30 p.m.
The testing is required due to updates to the system that will expedite the process of alerting campus to threats and improve the overall ease of use…
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![Pictured is Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University's Blackstone LaunchPad office at the Kent Student Center. Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ«'s Blackstone LaunchPad initiative helped Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« graduate student Andrew Konya develop his technology company reMesh.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/NEWS-Lauchpad.jpg?VersionId=.oMPmViN7jTt8LFSkgPlp7Kj6tWo4cvx)
Technology that gives groups of people a united voice to communicate by harnessing their collective intelligence is one step closer to becoming a reality, thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Innovation Fund.
Rural and underserved Ohio students are able to receive speech-language therapy services through Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University via an innovative online videoconferencing system.
Notable casting director tapped for Media Distinguished Leadership Award
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication has named Kate O’Brian, president of Al Jazeera America, the 2015 winner of the Robert G. McGruder Distinguished Guest Lecture and Award…
Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s seven Regional Campuses will begin automatically awarding associate degrees to bachelor’s degree-seeking students who have completed all requirements for either an Associate of Arts or an Associate of Science degree.
“They earned it, so we’re awarding…
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![Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., and Arden Ruttan, Ph.D., along with their student research team, design, develop and study an app to reduce teen stress. Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D., and Arden Ruttan, Ph.D., along with their student research team, design, develop and study an app to reduce teen stress.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/NealBarnett.jpg?VersionId=rZaeJy3d3wY7F9F4WiIUSo9MOsIOug7L)
Have too much stress? There is an app for coping.
Researchers from Â鶹ÊÓƵ×îÐÂ×îÈ« University’s College of Arts and Sciences worked together to develop an app that not only measures stress levels in teenagers, but also teaches them how to manage anxiety.
The app gathers data in…