¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ faculty, staff, students and parents are eligible for a 5 percent discount at the ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ Hotel and Conference Center. Rates vary depending on dates and occupancy. For more information and to book reservations, visit or call 330-346-0100.
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Familiar Face
Mark L. Lewis
Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Kent Campus
When someone suffers a stroke, traumatic brain injury or brain tumor, one of the common symptoms is aphasia, a disorder that arises from damage to portions of the brain, usually the left side, that are responsible for language. It impairs the expression and understanding of language, as well as reading and writing.
Researchers in Professor Philip Bos’ laboratory at ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ's Liquid Crystal Institute® and the Lincoln Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently published the results of their collaborative development of advanced liquid crystal devices that can steer a beam of laser light without physical motion.
Kiersten F. Latham, Ph.D., associate professor in ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ’s School of Information (iSchool), has received a Fulbright Scholar Award to teach at the University of Zadar in Croatia for the Fall 2017 Semester. She will teach a course she created, Current Issues in Document/ation Studies, guest lecture in other courses, participate in several conferences and advise students.
Did you know the Campus Kitchen at ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ prepares an average of 350 meals each week for individuals facing food insecurity in our local community? In the past year, more than 3,000 individuals assisted with meal prep and food delivery programs at the Campus Kitchen at ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ.
On July 1, the ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ School of Digital Sciences became the fifth school in the College of Communication and Information, making it the only college in the nation to combine a mix of digital sciences, visual communication design, journalism and mass communication, information sciences and communication studies in its curriculum.
Online final grading for summer 2017 First 7 Weeks (W1) began Thursday, June 29, via FlashFAST. Grading also is now available for any summer 2017 course section that was flexibly scheduled. The deadline for grading submission is midnight on Wednesday, July 5. Any final grades for summer 2017 courses not reported in FlashFAST by the grades processing deadline will have to be submitted using the Grade Change Workflow. These summer 2017 courses will be available in the Workflow on Friday, July 7.
Fourteen ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ students participated in an eight-day, education-abroad trip to Greece sponsored by the university’s School of Theatre and Dance.
¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ's Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative has received the 2017 Great Places Award in the Place Planning category from the Environmental Design Research Association.
Testing Your Faith Act (H.B. 353) was enacted in the Spring 2023 semester. In ordinance with this bill, ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ created a new administrative policy for religious and spiritual accommodations. This administrative policy allows students to report up to three days of unexcused absences to participate in religious holidays or community-held events in alignment with their spirituality.
Kent businesses, with the help of Main Street Kent, have created an exclusive weekend of special offers, giveaways, discounts and raffles just for educators Friday, Nov, 17 through Sunday, Nov. 19. Simply show your school ID at time of purchase for offerings and discounts. Explore participating businesses and special offers!
At ¶¶MÅ®ÆÍ, we want to honor the celebration of our Native American and Indigenous culture by developing a calendar encompassing all the university events that are relevant to Native American Heritage Month. The Native American Heritage Month Planning Committee is welcoming university divisions, departments and student organizations to begin submitting their programming, activities and events to the University Events Calendar to be featured on the Native American Heritage Month Website.