What starts as a ball of yarn quickly evolves into some much-needed winter apparel – from hats to scarves, in all colors and sizes. “To see the progress is really awesome,” says Anne-Marie Kurtz, ѿappUniversity student volunteer, with an interest in learning to knit. “It’s going to a good cause, which definitely makes it worthwhile.” Kurtz and other ѿappstudents gathered on the fourth floor of University Library to volunteer time and talent to take part in a 12-hour knit-a-thon. Many have never before picked up a loom, crochet hook or even knittin...
Newly Developed Liquid Crystal Elastomer Material Could Enable Advanced Sensors, ѿappResearchers Say
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Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs), essentially rubbers with liquid crystal properties, can do a number of fascinating things, especially in the fields of optics, photonics, telecommunications and medicine. They can curl up, bend, twist, wrinkle and stretch when exposed to light, heat, gases and other stimuli. Because they are so responsive, they are ideal for applications such as artificial muscles and blood vessels, actuators, sensors, plastic motors and drug delivery systems. They can even be used as a mechanically tunable mirrorless “rubber” laser. In the College of Arts and Science...
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UPDATE: Only overflow tickets remain. The third event in ѿappUniversity at Stark’s 25th season of the popular Featured Speakers Series will bring Minnesota’s former supreme court justice and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Alan Page to campus. His presentation, Mentoring and Role Models: Two Things Youth Cannot Live Without, will take place on Thursday, Feb. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the Timken Great Hall, located in ѿappStark’s Conference Center, 6000 Frank Avenue NW in Jackson Township. Tickets are required for this free Featured Speakers Series lecture. Tickets may b...
Accepting 2016 Nominations Deadline to submit nominations is Friday, March 4, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. ѿappUniversity at Stark students, alumni, faculty and staff are invited to submit nominations for the Distinguished Teaching Award for full-time faculty and the Award of Distinction for adjunct (part-time) faculty at ѿappStark. Each spring these awards are presented to a full-time faculty and an adjunct faculty member for his or her superior classroom teaching. Award recipients will be announced during the first week of May. A selection committee consisting of Kent ...