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The fourth floor of the ������Ƶ Main Library is the ultimate study space, complete with treadmill desks, cozy seats and the Math Emporium. But where are the books?     To make room for custom-made areas like these, more than five miles of shelving - filled with books - moved from the second, fourth and fifth floors of the library to storage facilities, such as Assure Vault and the Northeast Ohio Regional Book Depository. The facilities are two of five active storage buildings around Ohio that house and share books through an extensive system - partnering...

The School of Communication Studies Colloquium Series will continue on Friday, Dec. 4 at 4 p.m. in Taylor Hall, room 146, with a presentation by Dr. Cat Goodall, associate professor. The title of Goodall’s research is “Audience and Message Variables Moderating Emotional Reactions to Local News Coverage of Alcohol-Related Crimes, Accidents and Injuries.” Goodall will discuss the role of fear and anger that comes from news stories, specifically in alcohol related crimes, accidents and injuries, and how people attribute the blame solely on individual or larger societal factors. She explains...

������Ƶ at Salem is holding its annual Undergraduate Research Conference on Dec. 11. This event recognizes students for their research and allows them to showcase their learning through oral presentations, panel discussions, poster presentations or creative performances. Registration for the event begins at 8:30 a.m. and a keynote speaker will address the audience at 11:30 a.m. in the Lecture Hall. Lunch and award presentations will follow. The conference is open to all undergraduates in any discipline and in any for-credit course at the Salem campus. Faculty judges evaluat...

There are just a few days left in the ������Ƶ 2015 United Way Campaign. The campaign runs from Nov. 1-25. The United Way focuses its attention on the common good in the areas of education, income and health. It really is easy to donate. To make a donation to ������Ƶ State’s United Way Campaign, go to FlashLine / University Resources / Giving Back and click on the United Way Pledge link.. As always, there are a large number of philanthropic areas that need your donation. It is our hope that you will designate to an area for which you have great passion. In direct alignment wit...

������Ƶ and Cleveland Metroparks partnered on study of two Parma neighborhoods near West Creek Reservation Rain barrels, rain gardens, and bioretention cells are increasingly used as green infrastructure to capture and slow storm water runoff before it gets to nearby urban waterways, where it can cause flooding, erosion and pollution. But, what happens when you increase the scale of green infrastructure projects and whole neighborhoods get involved? In a new study, ������Ƶ and Cleveland Metroparks researchers have collected some of the first data to test the effec...

������Ƶ President Beverly Warren will deliver her first State of the University address on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 3 p.m. in the ������Ƶ Student Center Kiva. ������Ƶ State faculty, staff, students and members of the community are invited to attend the event, which is themed “Celebrating Today, Imagining Tomorrow.” A reception will follow in Room 206, ������Ƶ Student Center. Regional Campuses will host watch locations for their campus communities. KENT STATE UNIVERSITY AT STARK LIVE SIMULCAST AT 3 P.M. MAIN HALL AUDITORIUM WATCH ADDRESS ONLINE “As we approach t...