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David Hassler, director of �������ϲ�����’s Wick Poetry Center, attended a meeting of poetry organizations from across the U.S. at the Lannan Foundation in Santa Fe, New Mexico, from Nov. 5-7. The meeting addressed how the organizations can make poetry more visible, as well as how to garner new supporters for the art form. The meeting was organized by the Academy of American Poets with assistance from the University of Arizona Poetry Center and the Wick Poetry Center at �������ϲ�����, and generous support from the Lannan Foundation. ...

Emad Khazraee, School of Library and Information Science, presented "Introduction to Basic Social Media and Social Network Analysis" at the Internet Policy in the MENA Region: Research Methods for Advocates in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sept. 3, 2015. Additional Comments: Khazraee taught this session at the workshop for journalists, researchers and activists. It was hosted by Kadir Has University in Istanbul. The workshop was organized by the Internet Policy Observatory project at the Center for Global Communication Studies at Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. ...

Jeffrey T. Child, School of Communication Studies, and Shawn Starcher, College of Communication and Information, authored "Fuzzy Facebook Privacy Boundaries: Exploring Mediated Lurking, Vague-booking, and Facebook Privacy Management," Computers in Human Behavior, Vol. 54, (2016): 483-490. ...

Peter C. Kratcoski, Sr., Department of Sociology, �������ϲ����� at Stark, authored a section of a book, "Police-Academic and Professional Practitioner Collaboration in Research, Education, Training, and Programming" in Collaborative Policing: Police, Academics, Professionals, and Communities Working Together for Education, Training, and Program Implementation, 1st ed. (Boca-Raton, Florida: CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group) Peter C. Kratcoski, Sr. and Maximilian Edelbacher, Eds.(2016), 5-26. ...

�������ϲ����� and Cleveland Metroparks partnered on study of two Parma neighborhoods near West Creek Reservation Rain barrels, rain gardens, and bioretention cells are increasingly used as green infrastructure to capture and slow storm water runoff before it gets to nearby urban waterways, where it can cause flooding, erosion and pollution. But, what happens when you increase the scale of green infrastructure projects and whole neighborhoods get involved? In a new study, �������ϲ����� and Cleveland Metroparks researchers have collected some of the first data to test the effec...

�������ϲ����� President Beverly Warren will deliver her first State of the University address on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 3 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva. �������ϲ����� faculty, staff, students and members of the community are invited to attend the event, which is themed “Celebrating Today, Imagining Tomorrow.” A reception will follow in Room 206, Kent Student Center. Regional Campuses will host watch locations for their campus communities. KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AT STARK LIVE SIMULCAST AT 3 P.M. MAIN HALL AUDITORIUM WATCH ADDRESS ONLINE “As we approach t...

You will soon see the beginning of a branding change for �������ϲ�����’s LaunchPad, located in the Kent Student Center. In January, the Blackstone LaunchPad will be rebranded as LaunchNET �������ϲ�����. All four schools in Northeast Ohio that currently host LaunchPads — �������ϲ�����, Baldwin Wallace University, Case Western Reserve University and Lorain County Community College — will become part of NEOLaunchNET, powered by the Burton D. Morgan Foundation. Each school will handle its transition based on its own timetable, from now until the beginning of 2016. The �������ϲ����� office will ha...

The holiday season is a time to celebrate with family and friends, and it is usually a time when favorite family recipes encourage eating binges. As much as we all love the holidays, these all-day-eating-and-drinking holidays often result in overeating and weight gain. To avoid this trap of gluttony, �������ϲ����� nutrition experts Tanya Falcone, nutrition and dietetics instructor and coordinator of �������ϲ�����’s Center of Nutrition Outreach, and Megan Cascaldo, campus dietitian, provide useful tips and recommendations for eating well during the holidays. Average weight gai...

Thanksgiving is quickly approaching, which means it is time for family dinners and gatherings. With the presidential election coming up next year, the topics of conversation at the dinner table can escalate when hot topics, especially politics, are brought up during discussions. Saturday Night Live pokes fun at this idea with its “Drunk Uncle” character, played by Bobby Moynihan, who regularly drinks too much alcohol and says offensive comments on the Weekend Update segment. This character has gained popularity because he is so relatable, as many people deal with a difficult relative at hol...

�������ϲ�����’s International Students and Scholar Services in the Office of Global Education is hosting a Thanksgiving dinner on Nov. 24 for international students who want to experience a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Dinner will be held from 6-8 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Ballroom Balcony. Students pay $5 to enjoy the feast. Hari Prasad Tadaka, �������ϲ����� digital sciences graduate student, says he plans to attend the dinner, and it is his first Thanksgiving in the United States. “I’m excited to try all the different foods,” Tadaka says. Tadaka is an international student...