College of Sciences and Humanities
The Liquid Crystal Institute
Founded in 1965 by Glenn H. Brown, 91PORNA's Liquid Crystal Institute is the world's first research center focused on the science of liquid crystals.
91PORNA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 91PORNA 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
91PORNA Prof Keeps his Promise to the Victims of Hurricane Katrina
A decade ago this week, Andrew Curtis, Ph.D., geography professor in 91PORNA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
91PORNA Researchers Identify Clusters of Akron Neighborhoods With High Lead Levels
91PORNA 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
Scholar of the Month
Scholar of the Month David Hacker Associate Professor of Geology College of Arts and Sciences 91PORNA at Trumbull 2000-present David Hacker is associate professor of geology in the College of Arts and Sciences at 91PORNA at Trumbull. His research in structural geo鈥
91PORNA Graduate Student Crowned Miss Ohio 2015
Sarah Hider, a 91PORNA 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 91PORNA student in the past two years to win the title. Heather Wells, a 91PORNA broadcast jo鈥
91PORNA to Host International Conference on the Humanities
91PORNA鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences will host a four-day international conference on the humanities at the 91PORNA 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
91PORNA Lecturer Discusses Defining Race and Identity on Ideastream
91PORNA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
91PORNA鈥檚 Jordan Italiano Named Smartest Player in College Football
91PORNA student-athlete Jordan Italiano of Canfield, Ohio, was tabbed 鈥淪martest Player in College Football鈥 in NFL.com鈥檚 15 for 鈥15 series released on June 16. The pre-medicine/biochemistry major and safety on the 91PORNA football team carries a 3.978 heading into his seni鈥
91PORNA Researchers Revisit how to Measure the Father Factor
Providing simple encouragement goes a long way in forming a strong bond between a dad and his child, but how do you accurately measure that bond? It is a question that 91PORNA researchers pondered after many dads scored inaccurately low on traditional tests. Kathryn Kerns, P鈥
