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Sept. 4, 2024
This election season, Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Today will feature a series of stories about voting on campus, sharing information about how and where to vote, first-time student voters, important event dates and deadlines.Voting as a college student can…
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Sept. 2, 2024
Zoology major Allison Remick and environmental studies major Madeline Desmond spent several weeks in Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State’s Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program getting to know the microbes of the European wall lizard.The…
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Aug. 27, 2024
A long-term study of butterfly populations in Ohio's Cuyahoga Valley National Park is shedding light on ecological changes and the impacts of human activities on local ecosystems. The study, which has been ongoing since the 1990s,…
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Aug. 21, 2024
A long-term study of butterfly populations in Ohio's Cuyahoga Valley National Park is shedding light on ecological changes and the impacts of human activities on local ecosystems. The study, which has been ongoing since the 1990s,…
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June 20, 2024
A study published in the journal Science uses a global experiment and predictive modeling to illustrate how human impacts to aquatic ecosystems are contributing to the global climate crisis.The study estimates rates of organic-matter…
June 17, 2024
This spring, the Lawrence & Sandra Armstrong Gallery inside Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ's John Elliot Center for Architecture and Environmental Design hosted an inspiring exhibition highlighting innovative designs for structural walls.The "…
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KENT STATE PLACES FIRST IN NATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY COMPETITION; Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State Today; June 3, 2024
June 3, 2024
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ earned first-place honors in the annual Campus Race to Zero Waste, a nationwide college campus recycling competition.Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ State placed first in the large campus division for Food Organics waste, for diverting more…
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May 29, 2024
Victoria Humphreys, '13, found her way as a communications professional in Washington, D.C., due to her passion for helping advance Native American communities, including her own. After attending a guest lecture from Associate Professor…
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May 29, 2024
RESEARCHERS MAP AQUATIC-BASED, HUMAN-DRIVEN IMPACTS ON CLIMATE CHANGEA set of cotton fabrics placed in Breakneck Creek, Portage County, OhioA study published in the journal Science uses a global experiment and predictive modeling to…
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May 15, 2024
Each year the Environmental Science and Design Research Institute (ESDRI) hosts a competitive request for proposals which are reviewed by an interdisciplinary panel, awarding seed grants with funding up to $12,000 for…
