Kent State University students and faculty took part in the second annual Innovation Day on Oct. 11, with one Kent State student bringing home honors. Doug Delahanty, Ph.D., vice president for research and economic development, said Kent State was well-represented at the event with many students entering the poster competition and several faculty and emeritus faculty members also giving presentations.Kent State is a top-tier research university and encourages a wide breadth of undergraduate student research.Tram Le, a Kent State senior computer science major in the College of Arts and Sci...
Social and Behavioral Sciences
The Social and Behavioral Sciences concentration provides students with an interdisciplinary approach to improve health in populations across the life course. Students learn to apply theoretical principles to design, implement and evaluate effective programs that include behavioral and environmental approaches. Graduates are able to design and evaluate public health interventions intended to improve health for families, workplaces, communities and other settings.
Health Policy and Management
The Health Policy and Management concentration prepares students to address public health risks and develop effective health services delivery models. This concentration incorporates health services research, health policy analysis and health care planning and management. Given the active research of the college鈥檚 faculty in identifying service gaps and in developing evidence-based practices and policy analysis, students emerge with strong skills in health services management, alternative models of service financing and strategies for improving services.
College of the Arts
Kent State University鈥檚 School of Theatre and Dance continues its 2024-2025 season with 鈥淧ride & Prejudice鈥揟he Musical鈥 running October 25 through November 3 in E. Turner Stump Theatre, located in the Center for Performing Arts.Jane Austen's beloved novel comes to the stage in this exciting and moving new musical adaptation of 鈥淧ride & Prejudice.鈥 Set in 1800 England, this 2008 Richard Rodgers Award finalist musical tells the story of Elizabeth Bennet, one of five sisters, who rebels against society's and her mother's wish that she must marry anyone, as long as he is rich. When she cro...