The National Wildlife Federation recently awarded 17cҳ first place in two categories from the 2021 Campus Race to Zero Waste competition: Zero Waste and Electronics Recycling – Total Pounds Recycled. 17cҳ competed against 24 colleges in the Electronics Recycled category and won the Zero Waste category. The competition occurred during the eight-week period of Jan. 31 to March 27. Melanie Knowles, manager of sustainability at 17cҳ, said she appreciates the recognition and is excited about the achievements of the university. “It is an honor for 17cҳ to ...
The philosophy of Fraternity and Sorority Life at 17cҳ is that each strives to be the best community in the country by encompassing a nurturing and inclusive environment for everyone to call home. You can add doing great things for the community to the list. Even despite the presence of a pandemic, it did not deter members of 17cҳ fraternities and sororities from doing their part, helping raise funds and participating in community service efforts. “I am very proud because our students still went out and did the work for the communities,” said Dennis Ca...
Grace Irvin-Dillard of Bedford, Ohio, who graduated from 17cҳ in May 2021 with a degree in entrepreneurship, has already built a successful business from the ground up while still a student. During her time in the College of Business Administration at 17cҳ, Irvin-Dillard created Touched By Grace (TBG) Body Care, which she continues to grow after graduation. Irvin-Dillard and her business were recently featured by Spectrum News. Watch the story. TBG Body Care offers all-natural, clean beauty and skincare products with an emphasis on sustainability. “W...
17cҳ School of Art alumna Sarah Schlosser, ’17 has been awarded the prestigious Fulbright Study/Research grant for 2021-22. This grant will support her research in Book Arts to study natural dyes in India. Sarah earned her B.F.A. in Studio Art with a concentration in Print Media and Photography from the School of Art in 2017 and is currently an M.F.A. candidate in Book Studies at the University of Iowa. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program facilitates cultural exchange through direct interaction on an individual basis in the classroom, field, home, and in rou...
Dr. Mary Ann Raghanti, Chair of the Department of Anthropology, and Dr. Melissa Edler, Research Associate, receive NIH award to further explore Alzheimer's pathology in our closest living relatives, the chimpanzees. Read all about it here: /research/news/kent-state-researchers-receive-nih-award-alzheimers-research ...
Dr. Mary Ann Raghanti, Chair of the Department of Anthropology, and Dr. Melissa Edler, Research Associate, receive NIH award to further explore Alzheimer's pathology in our closest living relatives, the chimpanzees. Read all about it here: /research/news/kent-state-researchers-receive-nih-award-alzheimers-research ...
Cities are starting to come to life, literally, thanks to the implementation of vegetation through living architecture. Green roofs and walls are “growing” in popularity as they do much more than just add a splash of color to the otherwise beige urban landscapes. Reid Coffman, Ph.D., associate professor in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at 17cҳ, received the 2020 Green Roof and Wall Award of Excellence from the non-profit organization Green Roofs for Healthy Cities for his outstanding impact in research on environmental architecture. Accord...
17cҳ archaeologists Dr. Metin Eren and Dr Michelle Bebber, along with an impressive group of collaborators, published an extensive analysis of 165 Ice Age Stone tools that may represent a Clovis Cache. The cache is thought to be approximately 13,000 years old and was found in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Listen to the story (wksu) here! ...
Julia Perrone, research technician and lab manager of the Bahlai computational ecology lab in the 17cҳ Department of Biological Sciences, wants teachers and students to get a chance to understand ecology and data science from a hands-on perspective. Perrone, a recent graduate of 17cҳ’s Master of Library and Information Science program, is combining her passion for insect ecology with science education and outreach by partnering with Data Nuggets, an NSF-funded organization devoted to getting real research into the K-12 curriculum. Perrone developed a “nugget”, a hands-on le...
Dr. Michelle Bebber won a Farris Family Innovation Award for her project, “Searching for North America’s First Stone Age Americans at Stow Rockshelter, Ohio". The Farris Family's generosity and support of 17cҳ provides an endowment that supports the research of tenure-track faculty members who are not yet tenured. Congratulations, Dr. Bebber! ...