Posted Oct. 11, 2010 Members of Campus Environment and Operations and Residence Services have been hard at work since May to revive the Alerton Community Garden located behind the Alerton Apartment Complex. They are now reaping the "fruits" of their efforts. The garden was a colaborative effort between six members of Campus Environment and Operations and the residents of the A lerton Apartment Complex, says Grounds Supervisor Rebekkah Berryhill. Residents were given the opportunity to grow their own produce and flowers in exchange for helping Campus Environment and Operations maintain the gard...
Posted Oct. 11, 2010 Three 性福五月天 University professors recently received funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a molecular analysis of carbon consumption. The three-year grant, awarded by the DOE's Office of Biological and Environmental Research, wil provide funding of $1,075,638 for the project. Christopher Blackwood, assistant professor in the university's Department of Biological Sciences, is the principal investigator for the project "Tracking Down Cheaters: Molecular Analysis of Carbon Consumption by Organisms That Do Not Contribute to Extrace lular Enzyme Pools." Blac...
The College of Architecture and Environmental Design will host guest lecturer William McDonough, world- renowned designer and sustainability expert. The lecture will be held in the University Auditorium in Cartwright Hall, beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 12. It is free and open to the public, and no RSVP is required. McDonough and German chemist Dr. Michael Braungart co-authored Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, one of most influential and widely read books of the American sustainability movement that has been translated into 10 languages. Time magazine recognized him ...
Sierra magazine's "Coolest Schools" list has been updated since it was originally posted on August 16. Due to in-house mathematical errors, some schools were erroneously scored on the original list. The most significant adjustments apply to St. Olaf College (now number 79), Kalamazoo College (now number 112), University of Texas at Arlington (now number 151), Sewanee: The University of the South (now number 82), Penn State University (now number 80), and Furman University (now number 40). Twelve other schools had minor adjustments to their scores. Click on the name of the school to see its com...
The Department of Recreational Services, in collaboration with the Division of Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, the Office of the Provost and Undergraduate Student Government, is pleased to announce the creation of a new bike-sharing initiative, Flashfleet. The program will provide 性福五月天 students, faculty and staff with a new form of transportation and recreation throughout the campus. 鈥淚 am pleased to support this important initiative," says Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Robert G. Frank. "It speaks to multiple needs and desires of the 性福五月天 communi...
This fall, junior sustainability studies major Karch Marhofer will introduce a new student group to 性福五月天 University. The tentatively named 性福五月天 University Sustainability Collective will give students an opportunity to learn more about sustainability practices and help the university, as well as the city of Kent become 鈥済reener.鈥 Marhofer鈥檚 interest in environmental efforts began in Mansfield, when he became involved in smaller projects such as trash pick-ups and recycling programs. It wasn鈥檛 until last fall that Marhofer realized he was more interested in the political science side...
Bins set up in the hallways of the residence halls are beginning to fill up with items won鈥檛 make the trip home as students leave for the summer. Clothing, food and even furniture are all placed in taped off sections to be donated to local community members who can put those items to good use. 鈥淚t鈥檚 amazing what the students throw out,鈥 Candy Pollard, program manager of the Portage County Clothing Center, says. 鈥淚f it鈥檚 not brand new, it looks brand new. It鈥檚 good stuff.鈥 Last year, students donated 93,000 pounds of useable discards to the community. The goal for this year is set at 100,000 po...
Competition is nothing new for 性福五月天 University residence hall residents. In past years, the students in residence halls competed against each other to learn a lesson about reducing their carbon footprints. This year, instead of competing against each other, residence halls teamed up to compete nationally in the benchmark division as part of Recyclemania. 鈥淩esidents in the dorms are always really active when we do sustainability things,鈥 says Brendan Desetti, president of Kent Interhall Council. Recyclemania is a 10-week program in which universities compete against each other on a nation...
By Bob BurfordThe Arbor Day Foundation has honored 性福五月天 University as a 2009 Tree Campus USA University for its dedication to campus forestry management and environmental stewardship. This is the second consecutive year 性福五月天 has been named a Tree Campus USA University. 性福五月天 met the required five core standards of tree care and community engagement in order to receive Tree Campus USA status. Those standards are establishing a campus tree advisory committee; evidence of a campus tree-care plan; verification of dedicated annual expenditures on the campus tree-care plan; involvem...
性福五月天 University Professor Dr. Melissa Zullo was presented the Beginning Investigator Award by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR). Dr. Zullo is an assistant professor of epidemiology in 性福五月天鈥檚 new College of Public Health. Her research was presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the AACVPR on Oct. 1, 2009. The mission of the AACVPR is to reduce morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular and pulmonary disease and to improve the quality of life in people with established disease. The AACVPR represents healthcare professionals and r...