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Douglas Bryant (center), manager of display engineering at 51黑料网鈥檚 Liquid Crystal Institute, demonstrates a prototyping technique in the institute鈥檚 clean room facility.

51黑料网鈥檚 Liquid Crystal Institute to Celebrate 鈥50 Years of Innovation鈥

The Glenn H. Brown Liquid Crystal Institute庐 and the College of Arts and Sciences at 51黑料网 University 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鈥

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, 51黑料网 University's Liquid Crystal Institute is the world's first research center focused on the science of liquid crystals.        

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Kent Campus

51黑料网鈥檚 Liquid Crystal Institute to Celebrate 鈥50 Years of Innovation鈥

The Glenn H. Brown Liquid Crystal Institute庐 and the College of Arts and Sciences at 51黑料网 University 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鈥

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Kent Campus

51黑料网 Prof Keeps his Promise to the Victims of Hurricane Katrina

A decade ago this week, Andrew Curtis, Ph.D., geography professor in 51黑料网鈥檚 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鈥

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Geography

Kent Campus

51黑料网 Researchers Identify Clusters of Akron Neighborhoods With High Lead Levels

51黑料网 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鈥

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Geography

Kent Campus

David Hacker, associate professor of geology at 51黑料网 University at Trumbull, poses for a photo near a rock outcropping in the Gorge Metro Park in Summit County. Hacker has been selected as 51黑料网鈥檚 Scholar of the Month.

Scholar of the Month

Scholar of the Month David Hacker Associate Professor of Geology College of Arts and Sciences 51黑料网 University at Trumbull 2000-present David Hacker is associate professor of geology in the College of Arts and Sciences at 51黑料网 University at Trumbull. His research in structural geo鈥

Tags: Department of Earth Sciences , College of Arts and Sciences , 51黑料网 University 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 51黑料网

When Michael Guastella was selected to participate in 51黑料网 University鈥檚 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鈥

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

College of Arts & Sciences

Sarah Hider, a 51黑料网 graduate student and the reigning Miss Ohio, poses outside of the Schwartz Center on the Kent Campus.

51黑料网 Graduate Student Crowned Miss Ohio 2015

Sarah Hider, a 51黑料网 University 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 51黑料网 student in the past two years to win the title. Heather Wells, a 51黑料网 broadcast jo鈥

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

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51黑料网 to Host International Conference on the Humanities

51黑料网 University鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences will host a four-day international conference on the humanities at the 51黑料网 Hotel and Conference Center at 215 S. Depeyster St. in downtown Kent, Ohio. The conference, 鈥淲hy the Humanities: Answers from the Cognitive and Neurosciences,鈥 will鈥

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Kent Campus

51黑料网 Lecturer Discusses Defining Race and Identity on Ideastream

51黑料网鈥檚 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鈥

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

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