Graduate student paper wins award at 2018 GSA Conference Catherine Ruhm's 2018 GSA paper, Soil Properties Impede Reforestation of Abandoned Mine Sites in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, was selected for the 2018 Geology & Society Division Best Student Paper Award. The mission of GSA's Geology & Society Division is to advance the concept of "geology working for society," by providing GSA members with opportunities to bring together multiple fields of geoscience in order to address important societal issues. The division actively hosts interdisciplinary symposia at national and regional ...
Geology Student Shines in Scholar Showcase Geology major Dalton Thompson was one of two KSU students who presented posters at the Choose Ohio First (COF) Student Scholar Showcase in Columbus, Ohio on February 13, 2019. Dalton presented a poster on his research completed with Dr. Carrie Schweitzer entitled The Relationship Between Modern Chaceon Decapods and Ancient Chaceon Decapods. ...
“Business is booming for our graduates as most have jobs before they even graduate, garnering positions as network engineers, technical support specialists, software developers, security analysts, LAN managers, project managers, and database administrators to name a few." - Carolyn Carvalho, Associate Lecturer of Information Technology Information Technology is one of the top three job markets in need of qualified professionals in Northeast Ohio (NEO), and ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Ashtabula can fill that void. ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Ashtabula has the total IT factor by offering students a comprehensive four-...
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï's School of Information (iSchool) is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for two $1,500 research fellowships: The Jacqueline M. Albers Guest Scholar in Children’s Literature Fellowship was endowed by iSchool alumna Jacqueline M. Albers to support a guest scholar who will study children’s literature using the collections in the Reinberger Children’s Library Center. The Kenneth and Sylvia Marantz Fellowship for Picturebook Research, supported by Dr. Kenneth and Sylvia Marantz, encourages scholarly research on the s...
In a February 20 announcement, Roberto M. Uribe, Ph.D., a professor at the College of Aeronautics and Engineering (CAE), was the chosen winner of the Randall S. Caswell Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Field of Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards. This recognition comes from the Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards (CIRMS), with award presentation occurring at the April 8 CIRMS Conference in Gaithersburg, Maryland at the campus of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Uribe has served on ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s faculty for more than 29 ye...
WHAT: ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï President Beverly J. Warren will introduce the inaugural director of the university’s Brain Health Research Institute on Monday, Feb. 25. The new director will discuss our plans for widespread collaboration within the Northeast Ohio health community for brain health research. The event will take place in the lobby of the Integrated Sciences Building, located at 1175 Lefton Esplanade on the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Campus. The program begins at 10 a.m. The new director and President Warren will be available for media questions at the conclusion of the event at approximately 10:30...
ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is presenting the inaugural issue of a new peer-reviewed, academic online journal called Trends in Diversity. Trends in Diversity is an open-access, online journal that provides a platform for intellectual dialogue and exploration of emerging and transformative issues of equity, inclusiveness and diversity in higher education. Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Alfreda Brown, Ed.D., envisions the journal as a voice to what is taking place in higher education toward hist...
The ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Robotics Club visited ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Roosevelt High School today to assemble a LED edge-lit acrylic sign. The sign was laser-etched with the ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Robotics logo and the base was 3-D printed by the CAE team in order to make the battery-operated display with engineering students. This activity taught high school students about 3D design and programming. While this was the first time CAE students worked with the High School on a formal engineering project, the team plans to make the interaction a regular occurrence. ...
Many people travel for relaxation, some travel for work, but Erica Dovin traveled to help give the gift of hearing to impaired children. Ms. Dovin, a sophomore speech pathology and audiology major, received a rare opportunity to travel to Honduras to provide much needed assistance while gaining valuable experience at the same time. Ms. Dovin was one of 10 Delta Zeta sorority members from across the country who received the opportunity to travel to Honduras as part of the Starkey Hearing Foundation’s Heart for Hearing contest. Heart for Hearing is the sorority’s national philanthropic progra...
Fashion design student Symone Baskerville has worked hard to bring her dream of a high-end fabrics store to downtown ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï. Now, that dream has become a reality with the opening of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Fabrics. When Ms. Baskerville came from Chicago to ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State to study fashion design, she realized that living so far from home was not nearly as difficult a transition as living in an area with limited choices of fabrics available for to her to use for her class projects. In Chicago, Ms. Baskerville had easy access to high-end fabrics and quality materials from a variety of sources. Ms. Baskerville di...