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Neuroscience Major

Neuroscience degree offered beginning Fall 2019

Paige Bennett November 1, 2018

The College of Arts and Sciences will begin offering a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience in Fall 2019.Expanding the neuroscience program has been one of university’s goals for over 25 years, James...

Dancing in unison Flash guides and DKS students finish their long day of touring in front of the Student Center jamming out to music on June 20th.

DKS reduces retention for in coming freshman

Kelsie Kline July 10, 2018

Shannon Tate, an academic adviser for the College of Arts and Sciences, retention is explained to why a majority of students drop out by the end of their freshman year.“I think academics does have a...

Faculty Senate members settle into their seats as their monthly meeting kicks off in the Governance Chambers Monday, March 12, 2018.

Faculty Senate rejects proposal for new global-learning program

Valerie Royzman March 13, 2018

Faculty Senate spent close to 40 minutes of the meeting Monday discussing a newly proposed program focused on global and intercultural learning, only to shoot it down.Kenneth Burhanna, the interim dean...

Tim Beatley, a professor at University of Virginia, delivered his speech on the necessity of the incorporation of nature in society during the opening ceremony of the fifth annual Water and Land Symposium in Cartwright Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017.

Water and Land symposium brings national voices to sustainability talks

Logan Lutton October 6, 2017

The fifth-annual Water and Land symposium united the College of Architecture and Environmental Design and the College of Arts and Sciences in an attempt to promote a greater understanding of sustainability...

Kent State University President Beverly Warren (left) receives a $1 million grant for the university’s Institute for Applied Linguistics from Mary and Ted Gawlicki of the Gawlicki Family Foundation.

Institute for Applied Linguistics receives $1 million grant

Ray Padilla May 25, 2017

The Gawlicki Family Foundation granted Kent State’s Institute for Applied Linguistics (IAL) $1 million to fund the development of distance learning translation studies programs.“We are tremendously...

"Going Global" student blog shows what it's really like to study abroad.

Experience a day-in-the-life abroad through new student blog

Eryn Gebacz February 20, 2017

Peer ambassadors from the College of Arts and Sciences launched “Going Global,” a new blog dealing with and citing peers’ perspectives on studying abroad this semester. The blog portrays what...

You don’t need a date on Valentine’s Day when you have a passport

Eryn Gebacz February 8, 2017

Kicking off "I Heart Travel Week" is "I Heart Travel Day."Taking place on Valentine’s Day, the event will provide students with a way to express their love for all things travel and learn more about...

Board of Trustees approves changes amid projected growth

Olivia Minnier March 9, 2016

Kent State’s Board of Trustees endorsed several initiatives to improve campus amongst news of a projected increase in growth over the next five years.Enrollment is expected to grow at the Kent campus...

College of Arts and Sciences to offer LGBTQ spring break trip

Kaitlin Walker November 9, 2015

For the first time, the College of Arts and Sciences will be offering students the chance to travel to Greece for spring break.  It’s not just any trip though; it’s a class exploring gender and sexuality...

Groundbreaking to show future of science buildings

Keisha Burley October 1, 2015

Kent State's College of Arts and Sciences will be holding a groundbreaking on Oct. 2 to celebrate the construction of the new Integrated Sciences Building.The new building will be adjacent to the Student...

Hiroshi Yokoyama, director of Kent State's Liquid Institute, poses for a portrait outside of the third floor laboratory that will be the primary facility for incoming students of a new Liquid Crystal master's program in fall of 2015. Yokoyama will direct the new program.

Liquid Crystal Institute to celebrate 50th anniversary

Gabrielle Woodard September 23, 2015

The Liquid Crystal Institute at Kent State is celebrating its 50th anniversary this Friday starting at 10 a.m. in the Kiva.The event will include speeches from Kent State President Beverly Warren, Dean...

Upcoming Safe Spaces series to focus on controversial topics

Sarah Matthews September 20, 2015

Four Kent State professors in the College of Arts and Sciences have begun a progressive forum series titled "Safe Spaces" where students and faculty can discuss contentious issues in a safe environment.“The...