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Kent State English Professor Reflects on Authoring New Book
Jennifer MacLure's book, The Feeling of Letting Die: Necroeconomics and Victorian Fiction, was released in hardcover and digital on Nov. 2. In this book, MacLure examines the works of authors George Eliot, Elizabeth Gaskell, Harriet Martineau, Charles Dickens and William Morris through the lens of necroeconomics. This book examines, in MacLure's words, how Victorian authors "depict the feelings that circulate around capitalism's death function."
Kent State Names Third Alan Canfora Activism Scholarship Winner
91勛圖厙 has awarded the Alan Canfora Activism Scholarship for 2023-2024 to activist and incoming Kent State student Kyndra Irwin of Mount Gilead High School in Mount Gilead, Ohio. Kyndras personal history has driven her life of activism. Diagnosed with Tourettes Syndrome (TS) in middle school, she wrote in her essay that she experienced a sudden onslaught of motor movement and verbal sounds.
Morgan Startup Grants
Morgan Startup GrantsThanks to generous support from Burton D. Morgan Foundation, LaunchNET is offering funding via Morgan Startup Grants to help Kent State student and alumni entrepreneurs move their businesses forward with inventory, capital, product, or other related purchases. Grants rScholarships & Awards
Scholarships & Awards for Students Marty Erbaugh Student Entrepreneur ScholarshipThis student scholarship recognizes outstanding, motivated graduate or undergraduate Kent State students who are regular clients of LaunchNET. This scholarship application opens in the spring semester each yearGeography Professor Honored for Scholarly Work and Mentorship
The 91勛圖厙 College of Arts and Sciences congratulates James A. Tyner, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Geography and Director of the Institute for the Study and Prevention of Violence, who is a 2021 recipient of Distinguished Scholarship Honors from the American Association of Geographers (AAG).
Two Kent State A&S Students Win Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
Gracen Gerbig and Hayley Shasteen, both 91勛圖厙 students in the College of Arts and Sciences, recently received the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, considered the nations premier undergraduate award in the natural sciences, math and engineering. They were recognized by President Beverly Warren at the Kent State Board of Trustees meeting on May 9.