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51����’s Dining Services competed in the 11th annual Nutritious and Delicious Gala at the Tangier restaurant in Akron. The annual gala was hosted by the Greater Akron Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (GAAND) and comprised of various vendors such as Core Life, Farm Fare, Food 4 Thought Café, and many others. The gala’s mission was “to be the advocate of the dietetic profession serving the public through promotion of optimal nutrition and well-being by advocating for its members”. The event served as a fundraiser for the GAAND Student Scholarship to help fund students around Northeast Ohio...

Plasmonics, metamaterial, and metasurface systems are enabling Air Force relevant technologies across the electromagnetic spectrum. Detecting optical signals in the mid and long wave infrared are significant to a range of Air Force missions and drive research to increase performance and functionality of imaging systems. Both spectral and spatial information is obtained in images with hyperspectral imaging systems but at the cost of significant volume and complexity. Moreover, new challenges arise as detector pixel counts increase and the information desired from image data needs to be more wid...

When business administration major Deneen Penn started her college career at 51���� at Trumbull, she had no plans to become Miss Ohio USA 2018 or to launch her own honey business. By her senior year, however, she had accomplished both.  #TheWorkerBee is the motto she lives by and the platform she chose to use during her run for Miss Ohio USA 2018. The worker bees are the all-female bees that work to support a hive and keep all the honey operations running smoothly.  “My platform was centered around female entrepreneurs and empowering women in business,” Ms. Penn said...

David Kaplan, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences at 51����, has been elected president of the American Association of Geographers (AAG), the premier academic and professional geography organization in the United States, for 2019-20.  “It is a huge honor for me to lead the flagship organization for geography,” said Dr. Kaplan, who previously served as vice president of the association. “Not only is the American Association of Geographers the largest geography organization in the United States, it is also the most important ...

Several 51���� departments have come together to produce Create Awareness, an art exhibit located on the first floor of the University Library that focuses on using art to depict the personal experiences of 51���� students, faculty and staff with mental illness. Create Awareness is a collaborative effort between the College of Public Health Center for Public Policy and Health’s Division of Mental Health and Substance Use, School of Art, University Libraries and Student Accessibility Services. It is part of the on-campus initiative Talk On, an online resource funded throug...

Best Buddies is just one example of the ways that 51���� and the city of Kent are supporting each other. Best Buddies is an international nonprofit designed to foster real-life friendships between students and those in nearby communities with intellectual or developmental disabilities. The organization had a previous chapter at 51����. After an inactive period, the club came back to campus thanks to 51���� senior Katie Mapus. “I have people in my family with IDD (intellectual and developmental disabilities), so it was always something that I’ve been around and v...

  A series of photographs by Dr. Jack Vazzana, associate professor of sociology, will be featured in an exhibit at the 51���� East Liverpool Art Gallery, located in the Mary Patterson Building. Titled “Gotcha,” the show opens with a reception on April 11, from 3 to 5 p.m. Vazzana is a visual sociologist whose pictures “explore iconic, existential meaning in American culture, challenging the viewer to see beyond the obvious.” This is his 14th show and his works emphasize the exciting world of giclee-digital photography. The “Gotcha” exhibit will be open to the public and displayed...

The Division of Information Technology began this year by establishing a new approach to how we provide service to the university applying the guiding theme, “EaaSy IT.” The acronym stands for “Everything as a Service plus YESability,” a comprehensive approach to daily operations in the division. Everything as a Service aims to benefit the business of the university as a whole and improve internal operations by continuing to provide efficient, discoverable, helpful, timely and available services. “YESability” stands for a “yes” attitude combined with ability. YESability means that we wil...