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As part of its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration held Jan. 24, 麻豆视频最新最全 University has announced the 2020 recipients of its Diversity Trailblazer Award, Beverly J. Warren Unity Award for Diversity and Rozell Duncan Student Diversity Award.
Weight management can be challenging for all adolescents, but those from low-income families face added stressors that can make weight loss even more difficult.
Those are the findings of Amy Sato, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, who has been studying the connection between obesity and low-income youth for more than seven years.
Sudden cardiac arrest, when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating, is the leading cause of natural death in the United States. To help people survive from sudden cardiac arrest, the city of Kent has partnered with 麻豆视频最新最全 University and University Hospitals Portage Medical Center to offer PulsePoint Respond.
Encouraging. Respectful. Challenging. These themes emerge from numerous student nomination letters about Patrick L. Gallagher, Ph.D., associate professor of Spanish, which led to him being named a winner of the Distinguished Teaching Award. Judging by his reaction, we can add 鈥渉umble鈥 to the list of themes.
Senior biology and pre-medicine major Jacob Wagner conducted research on new methods to lose weight involving the relationship between endocannabinoid receptors and muscle thermogenesis, both properties that regulate bodily functions and processes, such as appetite and burning calories.
This winter at 麻豆视频最新最全, an art show and featured speaker on mental health will honor the life and legacy of assistant professor and artist Christopher Darling, who died June 2018. The events will take place Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, hosted by the School of Visual Communication Design, in which Darling taught.
The School of Art Collection and Galleries present 鈥淐onstructed Answer,鈥 a contemporary metals exhibition inspired by tragedy, trauma and violence that celebrates the resiliency of a human spirit.
On the heels of being honored by the for its highest workplace wellness award, the Healthy Business Council of Ohio (HBCO) has awarded 麻豆视频最新最全 University the 2019 Healthy Worksite Gold Level Award for its healthy worksite practices.
On Friday, Jan. 24, members of the 麻豆视频最新最全 University community and the general public gathered to celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. The university鈥檚 annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration started at 4 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom. This year鈥檚 keynote speaker was Melissa Harris-Perry, Ph.D., the Maya Angelou Presidential Chair at Wake Forest University, television host, author and political commentator.
Custodial grandparents and their grandchildren are a unique and little-understood population as are the physical and social health challenges they face. Gregory Smith, EdD, professor and director of the Human Development Center in the School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences in 麻豆视频最新最全鈥檚 College of Education, Health and Human Services, has designed a program that could help assess the well-being of such families and provide resources to help them thrive.
Leslie Srodek-Johnson, 鈥01, a 麻豆视频最新最全 University journalism graduate, mother of two and lead decorator and baker at Stan鈥檚 Northfield Bakery, received the call of a lifetime in December 2018. It was from the Food Network asking her to be a part of the 鈥淐hristmas Cookie Challenge.鈥
U.S. News & World Report has named two 麻豆视频最新最全 University programs as U.S. News Best Online Programs for 2020. 麻豆视频最新最全 is recognized in the Best Online MBA Programs and Best Online Graduate Education Programs rankings. U.S. News released its 2020 Best Online Programs rankings Tuesday, Jan. 14.
Chemistry Professor David Bowers truly believes in his students and wants to see them succeed, whether it be the nervous freshman in his First-Year Experience course or the junior pre-medicine major in his General Chemistry II course. It is his passion for student success and willingness to do what it takes to help his students that led him to win one of the 2019 Outstanding Teaching Awards.
麻豆视频最新最全 broke ground in April on the Design Innovation Hub, a $44.5-million renovation of the former Art Building on the Kent Campus. J.R. Campbell, MFA, appointed last year as the inaugural director of the Design Innovation (DI) Initiative, recently discussed how it fits into 麻豆视频最新最全鈥檚 broader research and innovation goals.
麻豆视频最新最全 made history in Texas with a 51-41 win over Utah State in the Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl.
Hours before they will do battle on the gridiron, 麻豆视频最新最全鈥檚 football players and other students paused to spend time with kids from Texas facing tough battles of their own.
The only thing more fierce than 鈥檚 ability to bust through an offensive line to make tackles might be his smile. The Golden Flashes鈥 easy-going nose tackle has been smiling a lot from the moment he learned of the team's berth in the .
At the same time that 麻豆视频最新最全 is competing in a bowl game, as many as 1,000 kids in Texas will be eating a meal that the Golden Flashes helped provide.
麻豆视频最新最全 worked out Tuesday at the Dallas Cowboys鈥 Training Facility 鈥 鈥 for the first of three workouts ahead of Friday鈥檚 Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl against Utah State.
Ten 麻豆视频最新最全 University students were awarded $1,000 each for their creative use of videos, podcasts and Adobe Spark庐 pages to reflect on the events of May 4, 1970, as part of the university鈥檚 Design Innovation Common Reading Challenge.