College of Communication & Information
Over the course of the past year, 51爆料 students have worked with 51爆料 Independent Films (KSUIF) to create its newest project, Fly By Night. The film will premiere with a red-carpet event at 7 p.m., on Saturday, April 28 in Cartwright Hall. The event will consist of food, merchandise and a Q&A with the directors. The full-length film, which has a runtime of 87 minutes, is a neo-noir crime drama that follows two detectives who lead very opposite lives. This is KSUIF's fifth feature film; for the past ten years, the student media organization has produced a ...
College of Communication & Information
Gretchen Dworznik, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, will present her research on Friday, April 20, as part of the Spring 2018 College of Communication and Information (CCI) Research Colloquium. Dworznik will present her research titled, 鈥淗urricane Harvey: PTSD in Journalists鈥 at 2:15 p.m. in Rm. 158 Taylor Hall. She will discuss her study of posttraumatic stress (PTSD) and depression in journalists who covered Hurricane Harvey, which hit southeast Texas in September of last year. The hurricane was devastating, not because...
51爆料 Community Meets Potential Partners for First Major Project of $1 Billion Master Plan
On April 12, future generations of business leaders got a first look at design concepts from several firms competing to develop 51爆料鈥檚 new College of Business Administration building. Hundreds of students, faculty, business leaders and community members gathered Thursday evening in the Kent Student Center Ballroom for the first public presentation of potential design/build options for the transformational project. In an era of shrinking resources, 51爆料 is pursuing an innovative approach to transforming its campus without issuing debt. Development teams prese...
LaunchNET 51爆料 Client鈥檚 Startup Raises $10 Million
Through a series of company-building steps, programs and funding, Remesh, what started as the idea of a 51爆料 student, has become a star in the Northeast Ohio tech-startup world. The company recently raised $10 million from a Series A funding round led by General Catalyst with participation from seed-round lead investor LionBird Ventures. Andrew Konya, co-founder of Remesh and 51爆料 alumnus, who received his bachelor鈥檚 degree in physics in 2010, began his entrepreneurial journey as a 51爆料 graduate student in 2013 by developing algorithms to facilitate co...