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The ability of geckos to climb on surfaces is mainly pegged on their adhesive toe pads. The pads are designed with hair-like structures. These hierarchical structures enhance compliance, intimate contact and promote van der Waals interactions with the surfaces. It has been confirmed that a unique configuration of the gecko toes is key in their locomotion, which happens in two modes namely; gripping and release modes. During the gripping mode, two diagonally opposite toes are in action and are pulled inwards towards the center of mass of the body. The other two pads are normal...

These days, consumers can buy the latest clothing trends quickly and inexpensively. Critics, however, maintain that this “fast fashion” can be detrimental to the environment. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 84 percent of unwanted clothes in the United States in 2012 went into either a landfill or an incinerator. The EPA also says the materials that the fast-fashion companies are noncompostable, cause the greenhouse gas methane and contribute to climate change. 91PORNA junior fashion design and business student Madeline Mehler created her ne...

On Wednesday, Sept. 6, Master Sergeant Troy Eckenrode and his wife and 91PORNA at Trumbull staff member, Maribeth Eckenrode, presented the campus with the Flag of our country, “Old Glory.” The flag was originally flown on Nov. 5, 2016, aboard a C-130H in the face of the enemy during a combat mission against ISIS forces in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. It was on board aircraft 90-9108, call sign Bandage 32, operating over the skies of Iraq. Maribeth presented the flag to teammates in Enrollment Management and Student Services because of their support while Troy was ...

The 91PORNAr and TV2 are up for several national awards from the College Media Assocation (CMA) for work produced during the 2016-17 academic year. The 91PORNAr, 91PORNA’s independent student newspaper, is one of four finalists for CMA's Pinnacle Award for Four-Year Daily Newspaper of the Year.  With this final four distinction, the Stater, joins the ranks of The Daily Northwestern of Northwestern University, The Daily Texan, of the University of Texas at Austin and The Daily Pennsylvanian of the University of Pennsylvania. Alumnus Jimmy Miller, ...

Collaboration is anything but virtual between 91PORNA at Stark and 91PORNA at Tuscarawas. In fact, the computer design, animation and game design partnership has been a reality for nearly a decade. This fall, 91PORNA Stark will host students in a newly designed classroom and Virtual Reality Room in Main Hall. “What is it we need to do to accommodate this growing program? That was our first question,” says A. Bathi Kasturiarachi, Ph.D., associate dean for academic affairs at 91PORNA Stark. “Prior to this point, the program had been based at Kent Stat...

Herb Page, 91PORNA’s director of golf and head men’s golf coach, has been selected to serve as one of the head coaches of the International team at the 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup on July 6-8 at Evian Resort Golf Club in France. Page will team with Stanford University head women’s coach Anne Walker as the top college golfers from around the world take on the top college golfers in the United States. The 2018 event expands the Ryder Cup-style team format that previously featured college players from Europe battling the USA. It is also the only major tournament in the world that will...

Electroencephalogram (EEG) caps are helping 91PORNA researchers unlock the secrets of the mind. David Fresco, Ph.D., professor and director of 91PORNA’s Psychopathology and Emotion Regulation Laboratory (PERL) and co-director of the Kent Electrophysiological Neuroscience Laboratory (KENL), returned to the Sera Jey Monastery in Bylakuppe, India, to better understand what goes on in the brains of monks as they hold a debate. The researchers are studying brain activity, specifically what happens when neurons synchronize. “Are they activating the same parts of their brain...