Two Anthropology graduate students were Presentation Winners at 17cÍøÒ³°æ's 2019 Graduate Research Symposium on April 5. Michael Wilson received an award for his oral presentation, "Does it stick? Using thermoplastic vs. organic-based adhesives in experimental prehistoric ballistics weaponry testing" in the Anthropology, History, and Communications session. Kristen Hirter received an award for her poster presentation, "Neurochemical insights of human origins: A comparative analysis of dopaminergic innervation of the ventral striatum among primates" in the Biomedical Science...
The 88th meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists (AAPA) was held at the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio. A special symposium honoring the scientific contributions of Dr. C. Owen Lovejoy was part of this year’s program. The symposium included 19 posters that demonstrated the breadth and depth of Dr. Lovejoy’s contributions and research interests. Topics included biomechanics, bone development, comparative morphology, fossil interpretations, forensic applications, primatology, and neurochemistry. Discussants included Dr. Lovejoy’s former students, Bru...
Green Energy Ohio 2019 Award Recipients Business Achievement Award Talan Products, Inc. Talan Products had a humble beginning in 1986 with a single part for a single customer (the part is still being produced for that customer today). Steve Peplin, his brother Rich & John Talan each invested $2,100 to found the company. 33 years later, today Talan is a $50 million contract manufacturer specializing in solar mounting systems, LED lighting components & building products. All of Talan’s growth has been organic, there were no acquisitions of other companies. Talan’s customer base incl...
How do we connect to the Cuyahoga River? The flowing water touches our emotions, our communities, our environment and our history. In this 50th anniversary year of the last Cuyahoga River fire, the Concrete Poetry project invites us to reconsider and reconnect to the river and its legacy. The 1969 fire occurred at a pivotal time and helped spark the environmental movement leading to protective legislation and the sustainability movement today. 17cÍøÒ³°æ’s Office of Sustainability convened partners to create the designs. The poems are from the Wick Poetry Center’s Cuyahoga...
Kent Wired Article Halena Sepulveda March 1, 2019 RecycleMania at 17cÍøÒ³°æ encourages student to participate from KentWired.com on Vimeo. Universities all across the country are participating in the annual Recycling Mania as the competition finishes its fourth of eight weeks. The competition aids to call attention to the importance of Recycling on a broader scale. Universities participate in the competition by recycling and trying to get rid of unnecessary waste. Melanie Knowles, Sustainability Manager at 17cÍøÒ³°æ, says that this year ...
Dr. Kohji Hirata, Director of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Washington Office (http://jspsusa.org/wp/), and Mr. Masahiro Ueda, International Program Associate, visited 17cÍøÒ³°æ for two days in November. JSPS is Japan’s main funding agency for the sciences and humanities. They arrived first to the Anthropology Department, where they toured our neuroscience, osteology, genetics, and experimental archaeology laboratories. Dr. Hirata and Mr. Ueda then gave presentations to an audience of nearly 150 members of the 17cÍøÒ³°æ community. They discu...
Dr. Katsuki Nakamura of the Primate Research Institute (PRI), Kyoto University, visited the Anthropology Department in early November. Dr. Nakamura was the first researcher at the PRI to host one of our graduate students. In summer 2015, he kindly welcomed Emily Munger into his lab to conduct a study on visual discrimination and reversal learning in aged marmosets. Under his guidance the project resulted in a publication in the journal Neuroscience Research. This study also marked the first collaboration between Dr. Nakamura’s lab and that of Emily’s advisor at ...
Join us in congratulating Barbara Davis on receiving the President's Award of Distinction! President Warren presented Barbara with her award on October 31st, 2018. Barbara is the heartbeat of our department and we are convinced that she can actually walk on water! Congratulations again for this well-deserved honor!! ...
SAVE THE DATE! Dr. Kohji Hirata, Director of the Washington office for the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and Mr. Masahiro Ueda, International Program Associate will discuss funding opportunities to conduct short- and long-term research in Japan. These opportunities are available for students and faculty in the sciences and humanities. November 14, 2018 143 Lowry Hall 4 pm - 5 pm The JSPS is the major funding body in Japan, similar to the United State's National Science Foundation (NSF). Following their presentation, graduate students Cody Ruiz and...
The Pan-African Theatre Ensemble will hold a reading of Malcauchon, or Six in the Rain written by Derek Walcott, directed by D. Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson in the African Community Theatre. This reading will be performed by the Caribbean Theatre class Thursday, November 29, 2018 at 2:30 pm in the African Community Theatre located in room 230 Oscar Ritchie Hall on 17cÍøÒ³°æ campus, 225 Terrace Drive, Kent, Ohio 44242. Derek Walcott’s Malcauchon, or Six in the Rain is the story of a woodcutter Chantal, and people gathered under a hut from the rain...