Expanding University Initiatives
Design Innovation Connects Students
The Design Innovation Hub connects students, faculty and the community to a network of existing spaces, or DI Nodes, makerspaces and resource laboratories across the university.
Supporting Our Student-Athletes
While a student-athlete, Bill Asbury fell ill with acute renal failure; Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø supported him then, and now Bill and wife Deborah support current Golden Flash student-athletes.
Alumnus Creates Professorship
George R. Newkome, Ph.D., and his wife, Mary Jane Saunders, Ph.D., pledged $1 million to fund this first-ever professorship in materials science in 91¿´Æ¬Íø’s College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Newkome is a two-time Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø alumnus.
Celebrating Liberty
Members of Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø’s Design Innovation Initiative created a 3D-printed replica of the Liberty of Poetry statue that enabled visitors to see the Italian predecessor to the U.S. Statue of Liberty.
Researcher Studies Alzheimer’s Disease
91¿´Æ¬Íø psychology professor John Gunstad, Ph.D., received a grant of nearly $2.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to expand his Alzheimer’s disease research into a national study.
Giving Back and Creating a Legacy
Dr. James L. Raper, ’79, chose to support Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø students with a planned gift that includes an endowed fund and endowed professorship that support nursing research and education.
Researcher Designs Safer Trauma Rooms
Research awarded a $2.4 million grant to study how to use design as a tool to improve efficient care in Level I trauma rooms that stabilize and save the lives of patients.
Smartbike Eases Parkinson’s Symptoms
A Kent 91¿´Æ¬Íø researcher has designed a bicycle specially tailored to Parkinson’s patients. The bike is based on a tandem bicycle model – a bike ridden by two people.
Materials Science Research Receives Grant for New X-ray Scattering Instrument
91¿´Æ¬Íø’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute soon will be home to a new X-ray scattering instrument capable of examining materials in scales from as small as a fraction of a nanometer to as large as several micrometers.
Materials Science Research Receives Grant for New X-ray Scattering Instrument
91¿´Æ¬Íø’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute soon will be home to a new X-ray scattering instrument capable of examining materials in scales from as small as a fraction of a nanometer to as large as several micrometers.
