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Richard Feinberg, Ph.D., Department of Anthropology

Richard Feinberg, Ph.D., Department of Anthropology, served as commentator on “ASAO Histories” during the Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania’s meeting held Feb. 20, 2017, in Lihu’e, Hawaii. On the 50th anniversary of its founding, the association is compiling a history of the association. Several long-term association members presented formal papers. Feinberg’s role was to offer critical commentary, add missing pieces and correct errors, based on his four decades of experience, including many years in a variety of leadership positions.

This past year, Feinberg was elected to the status of Honorary Fellow. At the 2017 meeting, he was formally honored by the association and assumed his new position.

University Is Rooted in Its Commitment to Tree Care

Sixty-eight years ago, the Kent City Council and mayor dubbed Kent, Ohio, the state’s Tree City.

51���� Students to Collaborate With Kyoto University Researchers

51���� students will travel to Japan for collaborative research with the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University, studying evolutionary genetic analysis, Alzheimer’s disease and aggressive behavior.      

Students Turn Smartphone Cases Into Lifesaving Medical Devices

Three 51���� students have created smartphone cases that contain vital medication. 

Together, with the help of LaunchNET 51����, the three created Case.MD. Ariella Yager, entrepreneur major in 51����’s College of Business Administration; Samuel Graska, cell and molecular biology major in 51����’s College of Arts and Sciences; and Justin Gleason, graduate student in 51����’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design spent more than a year planning, inventing, designing and 3-D printing smartphone cases that contain vital medication. Wherever your smartphone goes, so does the medication.

51���� Earns Tree Campus USA Designation for Ninth Consecutive Year

University is rooted in its commitment to tree care.

New Podiatric Product Developed by 51���� Students and Professor Can Be Used by People With Diabetes and Athletes

51���� students Nilin Rao, Ph.D., and Craig Verdin, and Exercise Sc

Transgender Students Find Home, Security and Support at 51����

For transgender students like Emily Grubb, 51���� is home. Grubb and other students have found an inclusive, welcoming environment that offers resources for the transgender community.

59 Student-Athletes Achieved Perfect GPAs in Fall and Spring 2016

51����’s Department of Intercollegiate Athletics held its third annual 4.0 GPA Student-Athlete Breakf

Terry Schwarz, Director of the Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative

Terry Schwarz is the director of 51����’s Cleveland Urban Design Coll

The John C. Tamplin Award for Excellence in Writing Center Work

The Tamplin Award is given annually to recognize the excellent work of Writing Commons consultants and to honor the outstanding cont

David Mitchell | Feb. 20, 2017

Marianne Martens, School of Library and information Science

Marianne Martens, Ph.D., School of Library and information Science, presented a paper titled “Subversively addressing information poverty: Alma Flor Ada, social justice, and the quest for bilingual books in America 1970-2014” as part of a panel called “Dismantling Information Poverty in Cultural Production for Young People,” on Oct. 17, 2016, at the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) annual conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.