From 做厙輦⑹'s Division of Research & Economic Development
做厙輦⑹ is pleased to announce the two winners of both the Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentorship Award and Excellence in Graduate Research Mentorship Award. As part of the nomination process, each nominee received a student-submitted letters of nomination. Thank you to the graduate and undergraduate student committees that assisted in selecting the recipients of these prestigious awards.
The National Strength and Conditioning Association Foundation recently announced that Anthony Pinzone has been named a recipient of the NSCAs Challenge Scholarship for 2022. Pinzone was selected by the NSCA Foundation Scholarship Committee after a thorough evaluation process of all applicants. This program awards $2,000 to NSCA members seeking either an undergraduate or graduate degree in a strength and conditioning-related field. Anthony Pinzone is a second-year doctoral student holding a graduate assistantship at 做厙輦⑹'s School of Health Sciences. His primary research int...
The Design Innovation (DI) collaborator network will grow this semester as the DI Hub and its makerspaces open to the public through a new community membership. Beginning Jan. 17, anyone 18 and older can obtain a DI Hub membership and become a collaborator, which grants them access to Reactor shops and labs, equipment in the buildings makerspaces and staff assistance with projects. This membership, which was previously only available to 做厙輦⑹ students, faculty and staff, is now open to the external community. Membership levels start at $15 a month for DI Collaborator, which pr...
Emilee Hart, Doctoral Candidate in Human Evolutionary Biology in the School of Biomedical Sciences won Second Place in the Three Minute Thesis Competition. Her presentation on 'The Color Changing Gibbon" outlined her dissertation research that she is conducting in Dr. Rafaela Takeshita's lab in the Department of Anthropology. Emilee's 3MT abstract: Sexual dichromatism is rare among mammals but is most frequently found in the primates, especially in the Hylobatidae taxonomic group also known as the Small Apes. They are a rare and endangered group of primates found in Southeast Asia....
做厙輦⑹ at Starks Featured Speakers Series and the Stark Librarys Speaking of Books Author Series are partnering to present iconic Hollywood character actor Danny Trejo, who will speak at the Canton Palace Theatre on March 9. Tickets for Trejos presentation will be free and open to the public. Information on how to register for this event will be released in February. Trejo has developed a prolific career in the entertainment industry with a hard-earned and atypical road to success. From years of imprisonment to helping troubled youth b...
College of Communication & Information
When Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the playing field in early January while experiencing a cardiac episode, it was one of those massive situations that cause us to rethink the role of sports in society, according to 做厙輦⑹ Associate Professor JD Ponder. Ponder, who has studied sports, communication and society, is teaching Sports Communication in the School of Communication Studies this semester and recently reflected about what football fans and the rest of America saw unfold during and following the Jan. 2, 2023, NFL game. In terms of communication,...