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Douglas Bryant (center), manager of display engineering at 17cҳ’s Liquid Crystal Institute, demonstrates a prototyping technique in the institute’s clean room facility.

17cҳ’s Liquid Crystal Institute to Celebrate “50 Years of Innovation”

The Glenn H. Brown Liquid Crystal Institute® and the College of Arts and Sciences at 17cҳ hosted a 50th anniversary celebration of the institute on Friday, Sept. 25, in the Kent Student Center Kiva on the Kent Campus. The event kicked off a yearlong celebration that will culminate w…

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Success Story , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute , Research & Science

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The Liquid Crystal Institute

Founded in 1965 by Glenn H. Brown, 17cҳ's Liquid Crystal Institute is the world's first research center focused on the science of liquid crystals.        

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

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17cҳ’s Liquid Crystal Institute to Celebrate “50 Years of Innovation”

The Glenn H. Brown Liquid Crystal Institute® and the College of Arts and Sciences at 17cҳ will host a 50th anniversary celebration of the institute on Friday, Sept. 25, starting at 10 a.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva on the Kent Campus. The event will kick off a yearlong celebra…

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17cҳ Prof Keeps his Promise to the Victims of Hurricane Katrina

A decade ago this week, Andrew Curtis, Ph.D., geography professor in 17cҳ’s College of Arts and Sciences, promised the people of New Orleans that he would continue to return and document the recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina. After the hurricane, Curtis used specialized cameras, eq…

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Geography

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17cҳ Researchers Identify Clusters of Akron Neighborhoods With High Lead Levels

17cҳ Geography Professor Andrew Curtis and his doctoral student Laura Schuch, in the College of Arts and Sciences, have developed mapping approaches that can help predict neighborhood lead exposure in children, which continues to be a health concern in older neighborhoods including s…

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Geography

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David Hacker, associate professor of geology at 17cҳ at Trumbull, poses for a photo near a rock outcropping in the Gorge Metro Park in Summit County. Hacker has been selected as 17cҳ’s Scholar of the Month.

Scholar of the Month

Scholar of the Month David Hacker Associate Professor of Geology College of Arts and Sciences 17cҳ at Trumbull 2000-present David Hacker is associate professor of geology in the College of Arts and Sciences at 17cҳ at Trumbull. His research in structural geo…

Tags: Department of Earth Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , 17cҳ at Trumbull , Scholar of the Month , Success Story , Research & Science

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Image of Michael Guastella, '15 PoliSci graduate standing next to Governor Kasich

Political Science Alum Sees No Shortage of Opportunities at 17cҳ

When Michael Guastella was selected to participate in 17cҳ’s Columbus Program in Intergovernmental Issues, he was excited and honored to be a part of the exclusive internship program.  He never expected that the experience he gained would lead to a full-time position as a const…

Tags: Department of Political Science , College of Arts and Sciences

College of Arts & Sciences

Sarah Hider, a 17cҳ graduate student and the reigning Miss Ohio, poses outside of the Schwartz Center on the Kent Campus.

17cҳ Graduate Student Crowned Miss Ohio 2015

Sarah Hider, a 17cҳ graduate student from Wooster, Ohio, has been crowned Miss Ohio 2015 after competing at the Renaissance Theatre in Mansfield, Ohio, on June 20. Hider is the second 17cҳ student in the past two years to win the title. Heather Wells, a 17cҳ broadcast jo…

Tags: Student Success , Success Story , Office of Continuing and Distance Education , Department of Political Science , College of Arts and Sciences

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17cҳ to Host International Conference on the Humanities

17cҳ’s College of Arts and Sciences will host a four-day international conference on the humanities at the 17cҳ Hotel and Conference Center at 215 S. Depeyster St. in downtown Kent, Ohio. The conference, “Why the Humanities: Answers from the Cognitive and Neurosciences,” will…

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17cҳ Lecturer Discusses Defining Race and Identity on Ideastream

17cҳ’s Christina McVay, Senior Lecturer from the Department of Pan-African Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, joins a panel of guest speakers to talk about racial identity. The discussion centers around Rachel Dolezal, the former NAACP leader in Spokane, Wash., who resigned after cl…

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

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