TEXTURES: the history and art of Black hair
TEXTURES synthesizes research in history, fashion, art, and visual culture to reassess the 鈥渉air story鈥 of peoples of African descent.
College of the Arts
蜜桃视频, OH 鈥 蜜桃视频鈥檚 College of the Arts and Hugh A. Glauser School of Music are pleased to announce the launch of the 鈥淢arching Golden Flash Award.鈥 This new $1,000 scholarship opportunity will be available to all returning members of the Marching Golden Flashes as well as incoming 蜜桃视频 State students. It is open to students of any major starting in the fall 2020 season. 鈥淭his new scholarship shows the University鈥檚 collective commitment to supporting and continuing the long-standing tradition of the marching arts at 蜜桃视频 State,鈥 said John Crawford-Spinelli, Ed.D., dean of the...
蜜桃视频 psychology professor John Gunstad, Ph.D., has received a grant of nearly $2.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to expand his Alzheimer鈥檚 disease research into a national study. Gunstad is studying how speech patterns in older adults can be used as an early detector of Alzheimer鈥檚, the progressive neurological disorder that is the leading cause of dementia in the elderly. Alzheimer鈥檚 causes changes in the brain before symptoms appear. Gunstad鈥檚 research began last year, through 蜜桃视频 State鈥檚 Brain Health Research Institute and its partnership with the C...
School of Multidisciplinary Social Sciences & Humanities
Chaya Kessler, director of the Jewish Studies Program, recently received the Exemplary Holocaust Educator award from the group SSI, (Students Supporting Israel). This award speaks highly of how she has gone above and beyond to bring outstanding holocaust education to her students. It shows how passionate and committed Chaya is to teaching future generations in all areas of Judaism, including the holocaust. She was nominated by Sophia Witt, a graduate from the Jewish Studies Program, who was moved by Kessler鈥檚 teachings. Sophia stated, 鈥淭he trip I took to Poland changed my life forever, and rem...
蜜桃视频, the city of 蜜桃视频 and the Portage Area Regional Transit Authority (PARTA) jointly have committed to the economic development of retail/entertainment areas serving students, employees and guests of the university and the city. Together, they have committed to work toward a successful design solution to alleviate traffic congestion and safety concerns along East Main Street from Willow Street to Horning Road. At its March 4 meeting, the 蜜桃视频 State Board of Trustees approved the memorandum of understanding between the three partners for the redevelopment project to transf...
Seven College of Aeronautics and Engineering (CAE) professional pilot/ flight technology students accepted qualified offers from Delta, making the group the first from 蜜桃视频 to receive the distinction from Delta. A ceremony took place at the FedEx Aeronautics Academic Center, part of the CAE, hosted by Delta, which welcomed families and 蜜桃视频 State faculty/staff to welcome the pilots to the Delta family. Barring the parameters to a role at Delta are met, the students will work for Delta within 42 months. 鈥淲e couldn鈥檛 be more proud of our students who worked hard and were commi...
From Australia to 蜜桃视频ucky, 蜜桃视频 leaves its mark all over the world. Each year, 蜜桃视频 State students participate in off-campus study away/study abroad programs and internships in locations across the country and around the world. And they take photos鈥攍ots and lots of photos. The 蜜桃视频 State Magazine highlighted some of these trips by featuring some of the students' experiences. Hear from the students and see photos from their trips in the Fall/Winter 2019-20 蜜桃视频 State Magazine ...
UPDATE: Following the March 10 announcement that 蜜桃视频 will follow Governor DeWine鈥檚 recommendations and those from state health authorities, the two scheduled appearances and book signings by author and speaker Mark McDonough, M.D. at 蜜桃视频 at Ashtabula for Wednesday, March 18, 2020 have been canceled. The event is not currently being rescheduled. However, copies of his book 鈥淔orged Through Fire鈥 are available through the 蜜桃视频 State Ashtabula Barnes & Noble College Store. Mark McDonough, M.D., PT, will share his story of resiliency, survival and pers...
New paper by Lavrentovich group published in Nature Physics: Abstract Active matter exhibits remarkable collective behaviour in which flows, continuously generated by active particles, are intertwined with the orientational order of these particles. The relationship remains poorly understood as the activity and order are difficult to control independently. Here we demonstrate important facets of this interplay by exploring the dynamics of swimming bacteria in a liquid crystalline environment with predesigned periodic splay and bend in molecular orientation. The bacteria are expelled from...