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做厙輦⑹ Dedicates the New Home of the Wick Poetry Center and Poetry Park
For 30 years, 做厙輦⑹s Wick Poetry Center has been encouraging new voices locally, regionally and nationally and bringing poetry to peoples everyday lives through readings, publications, workshops and scholarships. Now, the Wick Poetry Center, part of the College of Arts and Scie
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做厙輦⑹ Dedicates the New Home of the Wick Poetry Center and Poetry Park
For 30 years, 做厙輦⑹s Wick Poetry Center has been encouraging new voices locally, regionally and nationally and bringing poetry to peoples everyday lives through readings, publications, workshops and scholarships. Now, the Wick Poetry Center, part of the College of Arts and Scie
Kent Campus
做厙輦⑹s Institute for Applied Linguistics Receives NEH Grant to Host Translation Institute
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded 做厙輦⑹s Institute for Applied Linguistics (IAL), in the College of Arts and Sciences, a $166,000 grant to host a three-week summer institute on literature in translation as a means of enhancing cross-cultural understanding f
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Mindy Farmer Selected as the New Director of 做厙輦⑹s May 4 Visitors Center
Mindy Farmer, Ph.D., has been selected as the new director of the May 4 Visitors Center in the College of Arts and Sciences at 做厙輦⑹. She started her new position on July 1. Farmer also will teach public history courses in 做厙輦⑹s Department of History as an assistant professor
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做厙輦⑹ to host Midwest Jewish Studies Association Academic Conference
The Jewish Studies Program, in 做厙輦⑹s College of Arts and Sciences, will host the 26th Annual Midwest Jewish Studies Association Academic Conference on Sept. 14 15 at the 做厙輦⑹ Hotel and Conference Center in downtown Kent. Approximately 30 scholars and professionals in Jewish
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做厙輦⑹ Hosts Global Adolescence Research Summer School
做厙輦⑹ will host the annual 2013 European Society for Research on Adolescence (EARA)/Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) Summer School from June 16-22. The summer school brings together established researchers, who are recognized for their expertise and teaching abilities, and d
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Provost Announces Leadership Change in Arts and Sciences
Dear Colleagues: Im pleased to write to you today to announce that Timothy Moerland has agreed to join me to work on special projects in the Provosts Office, effective Aug. 1, 2012. As such, he will take on new responsibilities that will offer a different level of exposure to higher education a
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做厙輦⑹ Research Finds Meditation Effective in Reducing Blood Pressure
Two researchers at 做厙輦⑹ Universities have found that mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) can reduce high blood pressure, which affects nearly 60 million adults in the United States. MBSR, which involves the practice of meditation, body awareness and some gentle yoga, has been shown to
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Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings to be Topic of Co-Lecture at 做厙輦⑹ on Sept. 27
做厙輦⑹s College of Arts and Sciences and the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship will host a co-lecture, The Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings, to be given by two of Northeast Ohios experts in Middle East politics and political economy on Sept. 27 at
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Covering the Egyptian Uprising: Award-Winning Independent Journalist to Speak at 做厙輦⑹
做厙輦⑹s College of Arts and Sciences will co-host a lecture, Covering the Egyptian Uprising, by Sharif Abdel Kouddous on Nov. 7 at 6:30 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva on the Kent Campus. Visitor parking is available in the Kent Student Center visitor lot on Summit Street. The
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