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This large and ancient, cutleaf beech tree, Fagus sylvatica 'Asplenifolia,' growing near the old carriage house by the ������Ƶ Women's Center, is older than ������Ƶ State. The tree has been dated to be at least 200 years old by a certified Ohio arborist, who is part of the ������Ƶ State Tree Advisory Board.  The date coincides with the establishment of the original homestead on the property where the Williamson House now stands.  In 2019, when construction of a three-tier parking deck was proposed for this site as part of ...

Nearly 40 people from the ������Ƶ State community enjoyed a tour of the flowers and trees of Front Campus during part two of the “Walk & Talk: Flowers and Foliage” event, thanks to the Employee Wellness and Health Promotion program and the grounds crew on Friday, Sept. 16. Rebekkah Berryhill, grounds manager, gave the lunch-hour tour, which started behind Merrill Hall in the Beck Family Memorial Gardens in ''Behind the Brain Plaza.'' Aided by groundskeeper Andrea Smith, the tour began by discussing the impressive carved elements of the garden - most of which were sculpted on-site. ...

Celebrate Chem-O-Ween Saturday, October 22 from 1:00-3:45 p.m. with ������Ƶ State’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry!  Chem-O-Ween is our spooky celebration of Mole Day and the end of National Chemistry Week!   Join our marvelous undergraduate chemistry majors over melty pizza and gruesome refreshments as our mad scientists present their spine-chilling research in the Integrated Sciences Building lobby. Next, the Wizard of Chemistry will provide an in-depth discussion on amazing careers in chemistry and biochemistry! Troll through our Haunted Labs to witness hair-raising scie...

Kathryn Burns is an upperclassman who transferred to ������Ƶ State during the pandemic.  Last academic year, she became a fellow within the Environmental Science and Design Research Institute (ESDRI) at KSU, which falls under the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs (RASP).  Kathryn is from the region and her family – as well as the family dog, Archie – live in Lyndhurst, Ohio.  Originally Kathryn wanted to study food recovery and food waste.  While this is still a research passion of hers, now that she has been exposed to other environmental...

Last Friday, a group of about 10 ������Ƶ State students received a guided tour of one of the most unique spaces on the ������Ƶ Campus – the Herrick Conservatory. It’s the large greenhouse that’s attached to the north side of Cunningham Hall.   The 5,500-square-foot facility is home to a large and diverse selection of plants, plus some fish and a couple of turtles. Highlights of the collection include a 30-year-old rubber tree and strawberry guava tree, banana trees, flowering plants and vegetables, succulents, tropical varieties and even carnivorous plants.  The t...

������Ƶ partnered with Universidad Panamericana in Mexico City for an international cross-cultural exchange for students to focus on studying how immigrant populations are aided by sustainable gardening projects.  The program enabled 11 ������Ƶ State students from the Stark and ������Ƶ campuses to spend their spring break in Mexico, and a group of 11 students from Universidad Panamericana (UP) to spend a week in Northeast Ohio in June, working at Shanti Community Farms in Akron’s North Hill neighborhood, which is home to large groups of immigrants.  Sarah Schmidt, assista...

������Ƶ’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering (CAE) developed an innovative hybrid fuel cell capacitor that prolongs the flight time of unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAVs), the first hybrid fuel cell battery capacitor specifically developed for commercial UAVs. The project team, led by Yanhai Du, Ph.D., professor in ������Ƶ State’s CAE and principal investigator at ������Ƶ State’s Fuel Cell Research Lab, developed a lightweight-high-energy-density onboard power source that enables vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) type aircraft to potentially increase fli...

In August 2021, 1,000 incoming ������Ƶ State students, faculty and staff began a collaborative community effort to implement a social justice quilting project. This initiative stemmed from the Community Engaged Learning (CEL) department's welcome week and was completed in late August 2022. “The students were only given fabric, fabric glue, stencils and cookie cutters,” Louise Ditchey, academic program officer and coordinator for the executive master of the business administrations program at ������Ƶ State, said. “Then after a year of hard work, we all created these quilts together.” Ditchey and ...

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Members of the ������Ƶ community who enjoy kayaking along the Cuyahoga River or taking a walk or jog along the adjacent Portage Hike and Bike Trail may have noticed the river dredging work near Fred Fuller Park in ������Ƶ.  The work, which began in September, is expected to take about three months. The aim is to remove petroleum that causes a sheen on the top of the water.   Bridget Susel, director of community development for the city of ������Ƶ, said the work is part of a long-standing environmental cleanup from a former industrial building located ups...