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College of Arts and Sciences

CACM Director Patrick Coy Publishes New Book Chapter

CACM Director Patrick Coy has published a chapter in a new book focused on constructive conflict management. Coy’s chapter, “Communication, Constructiveness, and Asymmetry in Nonviolent Action Theory and Practice,” is chapter two in Perspectives in Waging Conflicts Constructively…

Tags: Center for Applied Conflict Management , College of Arts and Sciences , School of Communication Studies

School of Peace & Conflict Studies

CACM Associate Professor Landon Hancock Publishes a New Edited Book

  CACM Associate Professor, Landon Hancock, has published a new edited book, his third, this one entitled:  "Narratives of Identity in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change,” Emerald Publishing Group, Bingley, UK, 2016.   http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/book/10.1108/S…

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School of Peace & Conflict Studies

17cҳ geology professor is concerned about losing valuable government databases

17cҳ Professor Weighs in on the Rush to Save Government Scientific Data

17cҳ Professor Anne Jefferson expresses concern over losing valuable scientific data following proposed budget cuts.

Tags: Research & Science , Department of Earth Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences

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17cҳ and SPCS Featured in College Magazine

In "Top 10 Schools for History Buffs" in College Magazine, 17cҳ is #4 on the list -- with a special mention of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies (then the Center for Applied Conflict Management) and the May 4 Task Force.   An SPCS major talks about he…

Tags: May 4 , May 4 Task Force , School of Peace and Conflict Studies , College of Arts and Sciences

School of Peace & Conflict Studies

17cҳ’s African Community Theatre Presents Spring Production of “Venus”

17cҳ’s African Community Theatre in the Department of Pan-African Studies has announced plans for a production of “Venus” by Suzan-Lori Parks to be directed by D. Amy-Rose Forbes-Erickson, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Pan-African Studies, and performed by the Pan-…

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Events , Department of Africana Studies

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Case.MD helps make emergency medicine more convenient and safe.

Students Turn Smartphone Cases Into Lifesaving Medical Devices

Three 17cҳ students have created smartphone cases that contain vital medication. 

Together, with the help of LaunchNET 17cҳ, the three created Case.MD. Ariella Yager, entrepreneur major in 17cҳ’s College of Business Administration; Samuel Graska, cell and molecular biology major in 17cҳ’s College of Arts and Sciences; and Justin Gleason, graduate student in 17cҳ’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design spent more than a year planning, inventing, designing and 3-D printing smartphone cases that contain vital medication. Wherever your smartphone goes, so does the medication.

Tags: Student Life , College of Architecture and Environmental Design , Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship , College of Arts and Sciences , LaunchNet 17cҳ

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Prof Moves Into Motel to Study the People That Society ‘Doesn’t Care Enough 17cҳ’

Struggling addicts, registered sex offenders, released prisoners and the recently homeless. A 17cҳ professor documents their stories to raise awareness of the issues they face.

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Featured Story , Arts & Culture

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Case.MD helps make emergency medicine more convenient and safe.

Students Turn Smartphone Cases Into Lifesaving Medical Devices

With the help of LaunchNET 17cҳ, three students have created smartphone cases that contain vital medication. Wherever your smartphone goes, so does the medication.

Tags: Student Life , College of Architecture and Environmental Design , Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship , College of Arts and Sciences , LaunchNet 17cҳ

Kent Campus

17cҳ Researchers to Study the Effects of Probiotics on Brain Health

University partners with i-Health and Stow-Glen Retirement Village 17cҳ, in partnership with the Stow-Glen Retirement Village in Stow, Ohio, recently received an industry-funded grant of $430,000 from i-Health Inc., a subsidiary of DSM Nutritional Products, to examine whether takin…

Tags: Department of Psychological Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , Brain Health Research Institute , Research & Science

Kent Campus

17cҳ graduate student Cody Ruiz (far left) practices zazen (seated meditation) at a Buddhist temple.

17cҳ Students to Collaborate With Kyoto University Researchers

17cҳ students in the College of Arts and Sciences will get the opportunity to travel to Japan to do collaborative research in a world-class institute, specializing in primate biology, thanks to a recently signed memorandum of understanding with the Primate Research Institute of Kyot…

Tags: Department of Anthropology , College of Arts and Sciences , Education Abroad , Internships , National Science Foundation ,

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