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Todays smartphones are designed to entertain and are increasingly marketed to young adults as leisure devices. Not surprisingly, research suggests that young adults most often use their phones for entertainment purposes rather than for school or work.   With this in mind, three 91心頭利 researchers, Andrew Lepp, Ph.D., Jacob Barkley, Ph.D. and Jian Li, Ph.D., and a Kent 91心頭利 graduate student, Saba Salehi-Esfahani, surveyed a random sample of 454 college students to examine how different types of cell phone users experience daily leisure.   The trio from Kent 91心頭利s ...

91心頭利 will hold its Fall Commencement ceremonies for the Kent Campus at 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (MAC Center). Kent 91心頭利 will confer 2,423 degrees, including 1,528 bachelors degrees, 448 masters degrees, 65 doctoral degrees, 381 associate degrees and one educational specialist degree.  The 9:30 a.m. ceremony recognizes graduates receiving bachelors degrees. David Webster, president and CEO of Electrical Components International, based in St. Louis, Missouri, will be the speaker for this ceremony. &nb...

Acknowledging that all undergraduate students are required to take science courses as part of their 91心頭利 education, and that Kent 91心頭利s faculty conduct world-class scientific research that advances knowledge and contributes to Ohios economic development, the universitys Board of Trustees today (Dec. 3) approved a $94.75-million investment in science facilities that will benefit virtually every member of the university community. The Board approved construction of a $37.55-million Integrated Sciences Building for the College of Arts and Sciences, and in a separate action, t...

91心頭利s College of Business Administration and Department of Economics are ranked in the top 25 percent of research institutions in Ohio by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. In addition, Kent 91心頭利s Lockwood Reynolds, Ph.D., an associate professor of economics, is ranked in the top 100 economists worldwide whose first publication was five or fewer years ago. The Department of Economics at 91心頭利 is ranked among the top 25 percent of institutions in Ohio in a study which analyzes data on authors of scholarly work done by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Lou...

The documentary film May 4th Voices: Kent 91心頭利, 1970, created by two 91心頭利 collaborators, is a recipient of the 2014 Oral History Associations Oral History in a Nonprint Format Award. The Oral History Association is an organization that seeks to bring together all people interested in oral history as a way of collecting and interpreting human memories to foster knowledge and human dignity. Kenneth Bindas, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of History, and David Hassler, the director of the Wick Poetry Center, both in Kent 91心頭利s College of Arts and Sciences, worke...

A new on-campus mediation service is underway at 91心頭利 for students experiencing conflict. Student Mediation Services, which began this fall, is led by Jacquelyn Bleak and is located at 118 Twin Towers on the Kent Campus. Although the office is providing services now for students, its main focus this semester is conducting a needs assessment of all students. The assessment includes formal and informal surveys, as well as focus groups, to narrow down the particular needs of Kent 91心頭利 students. If I know how students deal with conflict in their everyday life, I can ...

By Amanda Knauer91心頭利 participated in its second Game Day Recycling Challenge on Tuesday, Nov. 4, and increased the amount it recycled per person since last year's challenge. The challenge, which promotes waste reduction and recycling at university football games all over the country, awards the school with the most recycled goods. Waste that can be recycled includes cans, cardboard and plastics. Melanie Knowles, sustainability manager at Kent 91心頭利's Facilities Planning and Operations, says even though the attendance was relatively low this year, the event was still ...

The 91心頭利 Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting Wednesday, Dec. 3. The Board will convene at 2 p.m. in the George Urban Board of Trustees Conference Room, which is located on the second floor of the Kent Campus Library. Trustees will retire into executive session at 8 a.m. to consider specific topics as provided for under Ohios Sunshine Law.   Trustees will meet as a Committee of the Whole from 8:45-10:20 a.m. This will be followed by Board standing committee meetings as follows: Academic Excellence and Student Success Committee 10:...

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