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Our View: Career Choices

KS Staff • April 15, 2015

Summary: According to an analytic list of the best and worst jobs, some of the best jobs fall only in math and sciences. For many students who came to study majors that don’t relate to those subjects,...

Plans to combat Lake Erie’s toxic algae blooms in motion

Jacob Runnels • February 8, 2015

A team of Kent State researchers have started making progress toward the removal of toxic algae blooms in Lake Erie.More than 500,000 Toledo, Ohio, residents were left without safe drinking water due to...

Kent State receives grant for “Fearbola” research

Jacob Runnels • February 1, 2015

Scientists at Kent State are conducting research on how social media can be a valid means of research for measuring disease outbreaks.The project, known as “RAPID: Capturing Behavioral Response and Perceived...

A bright idea: KSU professor combines 3-D and solar panel technologies in new project

Julianne Calapa • February 1, 2015

With the advancement of architecture and 3-D printing technology, a Kent State professor created a solar-powered pavilion capable of capturing the sun’s path.Brian Peters, an assistant professor in the...

NEOHSTEM hosts third annual science fair at Kent State

Jacob Runnels • January 25, 2015

More than 250 participants attended the third annual Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Project Fair on Saturday Jan. 24 in the Student Center Ballroom.The Northeast Ohio STEM (NEOHSTEM)...

Women of Kent are fixing the ‘leaky pipe line’

Alyssa Schmitt • December 4, 2014

The women of Kent State University are banding together to help battle the leaky pipeline that is affecting women in the field of science.The leaky pipeline situation is when women in the sciences do not...

Women’s empowerment group encourages student involvement

Haley Baker • February 24, 2014

Junior Brandy Grove is one of two female students in the undergraduate physics department. She is also the founder and director of the Kent State Scientista chapter, a student group with a mission to support...