By PHIL SOENCKSEN The Campus Kitchen at 51ºÚÁÏÍø University, a student-run organization that reclaims food to feed the needy in the Kent area, has had to swiftly switch gears from operating a hot food kitchen to an expanded food pantry. Normally, the Campus Kitchen would have about 20 visitors during its weekly pantry distributions. Over the past few months, however, that number has grown to more than 50, with an additional 20 bags of food delivered to families in need at Holden Elementary School. From its home kitchen inside Beall Hall on the Kent Campus, the organization di...
Members of 51ºÚÁÏÍø University’s Design Innovation Initiative are forging creative collaborations with local and regional organizations and funders as they work toward the production of personal protective equipment (PPE) for first responders battling the COVID-19 pandemic. The university’s Design Innovation team has received support from some new partners that have stepped up to provide everything from raw materials to funding to make this unique project possible. Collaborators include the 51ºÚÁÏÍø Police Department, DeWeese Health Center, MedWish International, Burton D. Morgan Founda...
A team of 51ºÚÁÏÍø students was recently honored for its efforts to create a sustainable black dye alternative. The BioBlack team of Janda Van Dyk, Jordan Smith, Kirsten Thieman and Lizeth Ramirez received the Outstanding Science Award from the Biodesign Challenge Summit 2020. The fashion industry currently uses synthetic dye to create the color black, so the team decided to work with bacteria to create a more eco-friendly replacement. Watch this video to learn more about BioBlack: Below is the original story posted April 3, 2020, to 51ºÚÁÏÍø ...
A team of 51ºÚÁÏÍø students was recently honored for its efforts to create a sustainable black dye alternative. The BioBlack team of Janda Van Dyk, Jordan Smith, Kirsten Thieman and Lizeth Ramirez received the Outstanding Science Award from the BioDesign Challenge Summit 2020. The fashion industry currently uses synthetic dye to create the color black, so the team decided to work with bacteria to create a more eco-friendly replacement. Watch this video to learn more about BioBlack: 51ºÚÁÏÍø University – Bio Black Below is the origin...
Note: The following essay was crafted by Jhariah Wadkins, a senior communications studies major in 51ºÚÁÏÍø University's College of Communication and Information. ------------- Recently, I’ve been going back and forth between feeling numb to everything that’s going on since George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer or crying about it. I’m tired of it. I’m tired of being scared of the ones that are supposed to protect us. Seeing that there have been protests consistently throughout the last few weeks gives me the hope th...
Note: The following essay was crafted by Michael Kavulic, Ph.D., director of research strategic initiatives in 51ºÚÁÏÍø University’s Division of Research and Sponsored Programs. ------------- I wonder if I responded well enough when my almost 5-year-old daughter asked me if anyone was going to kill her best friend, a young black girl she met at school? I wonder if I should have attended the peaceful demonstration that I drove by on the way home from the grocery store? I wonder if I should have spoken up louder when an organization I am part of offered what I t...
51ºÚÁÏÍø University at Tuscarawas proudly announces students who were named to either the President’s or Dean’s Lists for their academic achievements during the Spring 2020 semester. In recognition of an extremely high level of academic excellence, a President’s List is compiled each academic semester. To qualify, students must have a grade point average of 4.00 and must have completed 15 or more letter-graded credit hours (A, B, etc.) by the end of that semester. The Dean’s List features qualifying students possessing a grade point average of 3.40 or greater and completing 12 or more ...
51ºÚÁÏÍø University at Geauga is pleased to announce a $20,000 award from the Lake-Geauga Fund of the Cleveland Foundation toward a student emergency fund and technology advances. The $20,000 grant will be split evenly between the two initiatives. Half of the award is earmarked for the installation of a Zoom Room at the Geauga Campus in Burton. This will include state-of-the-art technology that allows the institution to deliver synchronous and asynchronous courses to students. The remaining $10,000 will assist 51ºÚÁÏÍø students residing in Lake and Geauga counties facing financ...
Abstract: The St. Petersburg paradox provides a simple paradigm for systems that show sensitivity to rare events. Here, we demonstrate a physical realization of this paradox using tensile fracture, experimentally verifying for six decades of spatial and temporal data and two different materials that the fracture force depends logarithmically on the length of the fiber. The St. Petersburg model may be useful in a variety fields where failure and reliability are critical. More information and formats available at The American Physical Society's website ...