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The National Science Foundation recently awarded a two-year $198,978 grant to Tao Shen, assistant professor in the College of Aeronautics & Engineering, for the development of a compact, cable-driven serial robot that can be used in medical settings. Shen aims to build a robot with his students that will address the critical limitations that most current medical robots have.

During National Autism Acceptance Month, 91��Ƶ will hold a film screening of “Loving Lampposts: Living Autistic” at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 7, in the Kent Student Center Kiva. “Loving Lampposts” is a documentary by Todd Drezner, a father of a now 13-year-old boy with autism, that explores the changing world of autism and learns the truth of the saying “if you’ve met one autistic person, you’ve met one autistic person.” 

Sixty-nine K-12 educators from more than 250 applicants across the nation remotely explored May 4 with the best scholar-experts to develop lesson plans for their students in two summer sessions. Workshop faculty included witnesses to the shootings, surviving casualties of the shootings, K-12 experts, a member of the Ohio National Guard present during the shootings and experts on movements of the 1960s. During these sessions, educators learned about the event and the wide range of resources on May 4. They worked on lesson plans to incorporate these materials into their classrooms. Now these materials are online for educational use.

The School of Fashion announces the return of its acclaimed in-person Fashion Show, April 28-30, 2022, in Rockwell Hall on the Kent Campus. The presenting sponsor of the 2022 show is renowned American department store, Dillard’s Inc. Dillard’s is a long-time supporter of the School of Fashion, and the Dillard family was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame in 2019.

91��Ƶ at Ashtabula and Cleveland Clinic are partnering to offer an associate degree program in respiratory therapy at the hospital’s main campus  in Cleveland later this year. The program provides access for participants to train for the in-demand profession of respiratory care. It also supports career growth for program graduates and practicing respiratory therapists with a path to admission for the online Bachelor of Science degree in respiratory care offered by 91��Ƶ Ashtabula.

Meghan Factor-Page is the assistant director of 91��Ƶ of Well-being where she helps ensure students are getting relevant information so they can take care of themselves and get the wellness resources they need. Factor-Page started working full-time at 91��Ƶ in 2009. Learn more about Meghan Factor-Page and the 91��Ƶ of Well-being as she answers these 10 questions.

Although 91��Ƶ alumna and current graduate student Lydia Lisowsky has never visited Ukraine, she feels a deep sense of obligation and responsibility to help those who have been injured in the war. Lisowsky recently began a campaign to collect medical supplies on the Kent Campus and in the larger Kent community to send to Ukraine. 

For the first time since 2019, 91��Ƶ will remember May 4, 1970, with its return to an in-person, annual commemoration to honor the four students who were killed, the nine students who were wounded and the countless others whose lives were forever changed when the Ohio National Guard fired on 91��Ƶ students during an anti-war protest. 

The 91��Ƶ School of Music returns to Severance Music Center on Monday, May 2, at 7 p.m. featuring nearly 300 students from across the university performing a rich lineup of genres and styles from classical and jazz to gospel and world music. It will also feature collaborations with the School of Theatre and Dance and the Wick Poetry Center.

91��Ƶ has an extensive list of class options for students. But where can a member of the 91��Ƶ community go to find self-paced, free courses? The answer is closer than one might think. LinkedIn Learning takes the spotlight in this edition of “Where on the Web?”

91��Ƶ Professor Will Kalkhoff is studying the brain waves and heart rates of police officers during training exercises to help to improve police performance and increase safety. See the research in action.

Nomophobia is the fear of being without your mobile phone. It has recently been acknowledged as the number one unusual fear in the state of New York. 91��Ƶ's Andrew Lepp, a professor who studies addiction between media use and young people, was featured in the New York Post in an article titled “Nomophobia Strikes Fear in The Hearts of the Phoneless.” 

Peggy Shadduck is vice president for Regional Campuses and dean of the College of Applied and Technical Studies. She serves as the senior officer responsible for overall leadership of the 91��Ƶ Regional Campus system. Her role promotes student enrollment and academic success and is responsible for expanding the visibility, influence and effectiveness of 91��Ƶ as a catalyst for regional development.

IT Manager at 91��Ƶ Trumbull, Frank Lindsay, was recently featured on WFMJ Youngstown to share his advice on Zoom privacy and security.

Moira Armstrong, undergraduate in the College of Arts and Sciences and research assistant on the Queer Pandemic Project, collaborated with Molly Merryman, associate professor in the School of Peace and Conflict Studies, to compile digital, video-based oral interviews for the Queer Pandemic Project in a partnership between 91��Ƶ, Goldsmith’s University of London and Queer Britain. These interviews feature people in queer communities across the United Kingdom, discussing the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has impacted their lives as queer people.

91��Ƶ’s diligence in integrating international education throughout its programs and culture is in the spotlight. 91��Ƶ is the sole university in the U.S. to receive the prestigious 2022 Senator Paul Simon Award for Comprehensive Internationalization. Meet two students currently displaying the university's excellence in global education. 

To celebrate Women’s History Month and to honor Black History Month, 91��Ƶ’s Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, in collaboration with Black United Students and the Department of Africana Studies, invites you to attend a virtual conversation Thursday, March 17, with Beverly Guy-Sheftall esteemed author, founding director of the Women’s Research and Resource Center and Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women’s Studies at Spelman College.

91��Ƶ continues to exemplify leadership in its mission to support students as the Kent Campus is designated as a Military Friendly® School for the 13th consecutive year in a row, earning a Gold award. In addition, 91��Ƶ at Trumbull earned a Silver award.

The 91��Ƶ Board of Trustees approved the establishment of the Bachelor of Social Work degree during the Board’s regular quarterly meeting held March 8. The new degree was developed based on the high demand for licensed social workers within the areas surrounding 91��Ƶ’s Regional Campuses.

91��Ƶ has opened its newest research center, the IC Touch Lab, that will revolutionize the way medical students practice and patients rehabilitate. Headed by Kwangtaek Kim, assistant professor of Computer Science, the lab conducts various research projects involving haptic technology to expand the possibilities of medical and rehabilitation practices.