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One ����Թ� State graduate’s journey to find the right prosthesis led to a monumental win for limb loss awareness in Ohio.Lucas Slusher, ’17, was born without his right arm below his elbow, which is called a congenital amputation. Since birth, he has had several prostheses to help adapt to life with one arm, with his first one being a body–powered hook. But nothing felt quite right.“As I got older, I began to view the prosthesis as inferior in both aesthetic and function,” Lucas said. “I was not a fan of the skin- toned color, something that was trying too hard to look like a real arm. ...

Dear Colleagues:Please take note of the following important information regarding your 2024 Flexible Spending Account (FSA).2024 FSA FundsImportant DeadlinesThe IRS requires that any 2024 balances remaining in your FSA at the end of the 2024 calendar year be spent by March 15, 2025, and claims filed by June 30, 2025, or the balance will be forfeited.This means that if you had a balance of 2024 funds remaining in your FSA as of Dec. 31, 2024, you have until March 15, 2025, to incur qualified expenses (deductibles, co-pays, eyeglass, dental expenses, etc. not covered by the plan). Reimburse...

����Թ�’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute will present 15 awards to alumni and academics who have served or trained at the institute as part of its 60th anniversary celebration April 25-26.Here are the award recipients:Lifetime Achievement Awards  Cheng Chen, Ph.D. ‘06, is an executive in Apple’s Hardware Technology team, where he has led a diverse technical portfolio spanning liquid crystal display and organic light-emitting diode displays, optics, perceptual computing and vision science. His contributions and leadership have played a key role in t...

A significant fire broke out at the Teatro Universitário (TUCA) of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR) in Curitiba, Brazil on April 15. ����Թ�’s American Academy program operates on the PUCPR campus as part of the dual-enrollment partnership established between the two institutions in 2018. The damaged building does not house any American Academy classes, but is the home to the program’s commencement ceremony. The blaze, which reportedly started in an air conditioning unit before a medical student lab coat ceremony, prompted a campus-wide evacuation....

A star-studded lineup of scientists will return to ����Թ� on April 25-26 to mark the 60th anniversary of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute. The institute, formed in 1965, and its former directors, will welcome back numerous accomplished alumni to celebrate its past and look toward the future.Torsten Hegmann, Ph.D., current director of the institute, said the event will celebrate the technology scientists are presently researching and the institute’s illustrious past.“����Թ� State is the world’s leading institution in the area of liquid crystal – not in Ohio,...

The New Foundation for Art History (NFAH) has selected Shana Klein, Ph.D., for a 2025 research fellowship.Founded in 2019, the New Foundation for Art History (NFAH) strives to serve the field in innovative ways that have been overlooked or underserved by existing institutions of its kind.Klein, associate professor of art history at ����Թ�, will use this fellowship to complete archival research and research in museum collections to complete her upcoming book: "Spoiled Milk: The Politics of Race and Motherhood in U.S. Art.” Klein’s second book will examine how pictures o...

   Representations of sine waves can be found inside and on the roof of the ����Թ� Mathematical Sciences Building. Triangular and circular windows, grids, geometrical shapes, the numbering of rooms and offices and even a spiral representation of  the Greek "Golden Selection" illustrate mathematical concepts throughout the building, which was completed in 1993.   Want to see one of YOUR photos in “IN A FLASH?” Submit your ����Թ� State-related photos to InAFlash@kent.edu and you may see them in a future ����Թ� State Today post. Photos should be ...