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IAL Awarded Alexander Gode Medal
Dec. 11, 2019
Kudos to Dr. Francoise Massardier-Kinney and the Institute for Applied Linguistics for being awarded the Alexander Gode Medal from the American Translation Association in November 2019. This prestigious award is given in recognition of organizations and individuals for…
Read More »Cambodia and 17cҳ- Topic of New Book
Dec. 11, 2019
Dr. James A. Tyner, professor of Geography and Dr. Mindy Farmer, director of the May 4 Visitors Center, collaborated to write, Cambodia and 17cҳ: In the Aftermath of Nixon’s Expansion of the Vietnam War. Described as an introduction to the issues and international context…
Read More »Robin Selinger Elected to APS Board of Directors
Dec. 10, 2019
On Nov. 15, Physics Professor Robin Selinger, Ph.D., a member of the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute in the College of Arts and Sciences at 17cҳ was elected to the American Physical Society (APS) Board of Directors. Her three-year term begins on…
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Empathy Researchers to Speak at 17cҳ on Dec. 5
Nov. 20, 2019
The Department of Psychological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences at 17cҳ, in partnership with the national public radio affiliate WKSU 89.7 FM and the KSU Brain Health Research Institute, will host the first of a two-part distinguished speaker series…
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Collaborative 17cҳ Team Receives $1.5 Million Grant to Develop and Implement Drug Prevention Infrastructure in Three Ohio Counties
Oct. 30, 2019
17cҳ’s College of Public Health is teaming up with the Department of Computer Science to develop and implement drug prevention infrastructure in Portage, Geauga and Lake counties.
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NIH Continues Support of 17cҳ Alzheimer’s Researcher With New Two-Year Grant
Oct. 17, 2019
Once it begins, Alzheimer’s disease progresses systematically and aggressively, attacking victims on multiple fronts. But scientists studying the disease operate the same way – like 17cҳ’s own Gemma Casadesus Smith, Ph.D.
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FIVE-YEAR COLLABORATION WITH KYOTO UNIVERSITY LEADS TO EXPANDED INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR ANTHROPOLOGY STUDENTS
Oct. 10, 2019
Building an international network, collaborating with colleagues from a world-renowned research institute, developing new scientific expertise, and embedding yourself in an exciting foreign culture are certainly lofty goals for any graduate student. For six 17cҳ…
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NSF Award Helps 17cҳ Anthropologists Expand International Partnership
Oct. 9, 2019
The (NSF) recently awarded 17cҳ a three-year, $298,000 International Research Experience for Students (IRES) grant that will allow graduate students to travel to
17cҳ Partners With Opera di Santa Croce to Present ‘Sisters in Liberty’ Exhibition at Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
Oct. 3, 2019
17cҳ and the Opera di Santa Croce in Florence, Italy, will celebrate a collaborative partnership around the creation of “Sisters in Liberty: From Florence, Italy, to New York, New York,” an exhibition opening on Oct. 17, 2019, and running through April 26, 2020…
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Author Michael Twitty to Share His Journey to Kosher Soul Food at 17cҳ
Sept. 24, 2019
On Sept. 24, 2019, we were honored to welcome in culinary historian and Jewish educator Michael Twitty at 17cҳ. Twitty calls his way of cooking Kosher/Soul food “Afro Ashkefardi.” Black and Jewish communities are the only people commonly known to use their culinary works…
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