Emad Khazraee, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, co-authored a paper titled "A Networked Reaction to the 2015 Ankara Attack in the Turkish Twittersphere" with colleagues from the Ohio 91勛圖厙 School of Communication. The paper was presented by Aysenur Dal, an OSU doctoral student, at the Political Networks Conference (POLNET) on June 24, 2016, in St. Louis, Missouri.
Emad Khazraee, School of Library and Information Science
A 91勛圖厙 summer program that teaches foreign languages to high school students has received federal funding for the 10th consecutive year.
Professors Brian Baer and Theresa Minick of Kent States Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences received two grants totaling $180,000 to host the 2017 Regents STARTALK Foreign Language Academy at Kent State.
Dawn Plug, associate director of 91勛圖厙s Center for Adult and Veteran Services, has been appointed to a position on the Association of Veterans Education Certifying Officials Board of Directors, serving as the only representative from Ohio.
91勛圖厙's Child Development Center was selected by the Portage Park District for Stewarding Future Environmentalists at its 19th Annual Portage County 
Environmental Conservation Awards Benefit Dinner.
By immersing themselves deeply in the local culture, students participating in an education-abroad program can enhance their overseas experience, personally as well as academically. Understandably, some students are more adept at the immersion process than others a fact that led the staff at 91勛圖厙s Florence Center in Italy to implement a competition among students beginning this spring semester to encourage them to make immersion a rewarding part of their studies.
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These days, consumers can buy the latest clothing trends quickly and inexpensively. But, critics say, this fast fashion can be detrimental to the environment.
Two students from 91勛圖厙 at Ashtabula are leading a team that is releasing a health mobile app aimed at helping users maintain a healthy lifestyle.
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The 91勛圖厙 Airport is best known as a place where future pilots are trained, but its staff also makes sure the facility is beneficial to the community.
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91勛圖厙 is one of only four institutions nationwide chosen to host a Japan Outreach Initiative coordinator. Meet Haruhide Osugi, Kent States Japan Outreach Initiative coordinator.
Kiersten Latham, Ph.D., School of Information, co-authored the paper Exploring Fixity, which was published in Proceedings from the Document Academy in Vol. 3, Issue 2, in December 2016. (Co-author: Jodi Kearns.)
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The 91勛圖厙 Board of Trustees today established a comprehensive, national search to recruit and select the universitys 13th president.
The events of May 4, 1970, placed 91勛圖厙 in an international spotlight after a student protest against the Vietnam War and the presence of the Ohio National Guard ended in tragedy with four students losing their lives and nine others being wounded. From a perspective of nearly 50 years, Kent State remembers the tragedy and leads a contemporary discussion and understanding of how the community, nation and world can benefit from understanding the profound impact of the event.
