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Step One Toward Your $300 Wellness Reward - Final Dates   Don't leave your wellness dollars on the table for the new year. There is still time to register for your "Know Your Numbers" health screening to put you on track for your $300 Wellness Reward. If you haven't done so already, remember that you must have your "Know Your Numbers" screening done annually IF you are working toward the $300 Wellness Your Way reward. For the 2019 calendar year, your screening must be done between Sept. 1, 2018 - April 30, 2019. You can take advantage of the convenient onsite screenings provided ...

The 25th Annual AURCO Conference (Association for University Regional Campuses of Ohio) to be held at the �������� Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg on April 5 through 6. The conference theme is, “The Apple Falls Close to the Tree: Regional Campuses in our Own Backyard.”  According to AURCO Conference Coordinator, AURCO Journal Associate Editor and Associate Professor of English at �������� Geauga, Dr. Renate W. Prescott, the conference theme “refers to the regional campus system in Ohio that links us in positive and productive ways to our main campus universities — Regional Ca...

Thanks to a rare GOALI (Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), however, �������� researchers in the new Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute (AMLCI) will be able to work with partners at Merck Performance Materials to advance life-saving sensory technology. The three-year grant provides $330,000 for Torsten Hegmann — Professor, Ohio Research Scholar, and associate director of the AMLCI, and Elda Hegmann — Assistant Professor in the AMLCI and Department of Biological Sciences in the �������� College of ...

Foot ulcers are one of the most prevalent and dangerous problems facing diabetic patients, but new technology developed at �������� may soon help doctors better understand and treat them. The device, called a “dynamic plantar shear sensor,” represents a breakthrough for physicians to understand how plantar ulcers form. The device was developed and built by KSU alumnus Dr. Misha Pevnyi and Tianyi Guo, a graduate student in KSU’s Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program in the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute (AMLCI). The project, funded by a grant from the Ohio...

��������’s College of Podiatric Medicine is testing a new technology for quick wound healing in diabetics and people prone to nerve damage. According to WKYC, the MolecuLight is a handheld camera being used in trials at the College of Podiatric Medicine and other locations across the country. The light works by alerting doctors to the present bacteria in wounds by turning red or cyan. The MolecuLight helps doctors decide which course of action to take in treating the wound. Read more and watch a video of the technology in action at https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/health...

Dominic Spiker and Grace Beltran are students on the �������� Salem Campus and part of the newly-organized eSports team. They love computer gaming, computer technology and each other. Dominic and Grace are husband and wife. He is majoring in computer science and has a minor in game programming. She is majoring in engineering technology with a minor in computer design/animation/game design. Their love story began six years ago, through an online video game called Perfect World International. Dominic was in Salem. Grace was in Mexico City, Mexico.  While the love between them was nat...

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�������� has chosen an international expert to lead the university’s new School of Peace and Conflict Studies within the College of Arts and Sciences, known for its study of nonviolent conflict management.  Neil Cooper, Ph.D., who is currently the head of Peace Studies and International Development at the University of Bradford in the U.K., will be joining �������� as the inaugural director of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies. Dr. Cooper was also professor of International Relations and Security Studies at the University of Bradford.  Dr. Cooper will begin ...

Cultural and historical geographer seeks to connect importance for today’s students, society Growing up, Chris Post watched as his mom juggled her collegiate studies and motherhood, balancing everyday life with dreams of earning her Ph.D. And while field excursions with his biologist mom are a memory of his childhood, the impact of place is something this cultural and historical geographer seeks to define today. Earning a Ph.D. of his own, Dr. Post knows that what we leave behind says a lot about where we are headed. “I’ve always been interested in space and the idea of place and also...

�������� sophomore Phil Morgan said he learned about the May 4, 1970, shootings during a history lesson in middle school that included few details, except the fact that the Ohio National Guard’s presence at a student protest ended in the deaths of four students. Mr. Morgan got a better understanding of this tragic event during his freshman year when he visited ��������’s May 4 Visitors Center as part of the university’s First Year Experience course. It was then that Mr. Morgan learned details enabling him to add context to his sparse knowledge of the tragedy. “I learned that m...