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ѿappUniversity employee Mark van ‘t Hooft presents at a lunch and learn to celebrate and recognize his achievements and commitment to the university’s wellness program.

ѿappUniversity employee Mark van ‘t Hooft, Ph.D., took to the Netherlands for four days this summer and walked 125 miles in the largest multiday marching event in the world.

ѿappemployees pause to listen to Michael Bruder, executive director of facilities planning and design, during a Walk and Talk to learn about campus construction.  The Walk and Talk is one of Kent State’s wellness initiatives for employees.

ѿappUniversity has achieved silver-level recognition from the American Heart Association for taking significant steps to build a culture of health in the workplace.

ѿappUniversity employees participate in the Lunchtime Rejuvenation Yoga session – a regular wellness offering on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The 12-week On the Move University Challenge begins Oct. 2 and provides Kent State faculty and staff with a blue and golden opportunity to move more, sit less and become the Most Active University in the nation!

ѿappMagazine
A Weighty Concern

How can we halt the health hazard of childhood obesity? ѿappresearchers weigh in on their latest findings. By Michael Blanding / ѿappMagazine

Photo by Melissa Olson

As the heroin epidemic continues to make headlines and devastate communities across the country, ѿappsophomore public relations major Emelia Sherin found a way to help people better understand what’s going on, who is affected—and what we can do about it.

By Emelia Sherin, as told to Jan Senn / ѿappMagazine

ѿappUniversity researchers use indents and boarders on plates to study how optical illusions help people choose smaller portions.

ѿappresearchers build optical illusions into plates to see how they can help us choose smaller portions and ultimately lose weight. 

Ideastream talks with ѿappUniversity Professor Angela Neal-Barnett about the relationship between racial stress and infant mortality.

Ideastream® talks with ѿappUniversity Psychology Professor Angela Neal-Barnett about the relationship between racial stress in black women and ways to reduce the stress before it affects pregnancy.

WKYC-TV talks with ѿappresearchers about the Acting White Accusation.

ѿappProfessor Angela Neal-Barnett shares her Acting White Accusation research with WKYC-TV and Anxiety.org.

 

Emelia Sherin, a public relations major in Kent State’s College of Communication and Information, has written a play “Independent: The Heroin Project.”

The New York Times highlights a ѿappUniversity student who turned the heroin epidemic into a theatrical performance “Independent: The Heroin Project.”