Environmental Science and Design Research Institute
Kayakers to Paddle From Kent to Cleveland for 5th Annual Crooked River Commute
Two days and 50 miles. That is how long it will take kayakers to paddle the Cuyahoga River from ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University to ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative for the 5th annual Crooked River Commute. The event is intended to promote the river as a shared asset for education, recreation,…
Sandy's Scrapbook
When Sandy Scheuer was killed on her way to class on May 4, 1970, she was a junior speech therapy major and honors student, a member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority and active in the local Jewish community. She was also a beloved daughter, sister, friend. One of the four students killed and nine stu…New College and Career Academies
This spring, 300 incoming freshmen at Akron’s Firestone Community Learning Center high school visited the Kent Campus to explore firsthand what careers in the areas of design, graphic communication, the performing arts and advanced technology and comprehensive engineering have to offer. The visit w…
List Girl
Last year, senior Kelsey Merritt attempted to break a Guinness World Record by assembling a team of volunteers to create the world’s largest mural painted entirely by bare feet—measuring 26,787 square feet—on the ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Commons during Homecoming 2017. She’s still waiting to hear back from …
Economic Engine
Partners in Progress: (above) Kent City Manager Dave Ruller and ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì President Beverly Warren discuss the university’s new economic impact study during a press conference unveiling the report on February 26, 2018. “Sharing this data is creating a solid foundation for the future transformation …
Up On The Roof
What some call a sustainable answer to urban flaws, Anna Droz calls research. As a biological sciences doctoral student in ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University’s College of Arts and Sciences, Droz’s curiosity has developed into a passion, maybe even an obsession, to discover the best vegetative roof combinations with the optimal plants, soil, and micro-organism communities.
Teaming Up To Tackle Toxic Waters
Like a financial analyst who pores over numbers to predict the next big trend, Joseph Ortiz, Professor of Geology at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì University, is an expert at crunching earth data.
Waste to Value
Open water placement of dredged material in Lake Erie will be banned in the State of Ohio after July 1, 2020. However, eight federal navigation harbors built along Ohio’s Lake Erie coast still need to remove more than 1.5 million cubic yards of sediment.
What to do with this large amount of material removed from the ports in Ohio poses a major challenge. Securing the dredged material in a confined disposal facility (CDF) is costly. An alternative approach is to reuse the dredged material as a construction and landscaping material.
ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì Architect Students Use Fabric, Rope and Ice to Construct International Recognition
The details are stunning. The size - mammoth. The temperature - frigid. They are some of the most awe-inspiring creations made out of mother nature’s most exquisite winter ingredients: snow and ice. Equally impressive are the artists, architects and engineers who take that snow and ice and design a…