Rebecca Meehan, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, presented a poster titled “Considerations of Health Information Exchange Use for Long Term Care Participation in Accountable Care Organizations,” at the American Health and Information Management Association LTPAC Summit, in Reston, Virginia, in June 2016.
Rebecca Meehan, School of Library and Information Science
![СƬƵ Trumbull Chemistry Professor Valerie Cubon-Bell (right) receives her Outstanding Teaching Award last fall. Cubon Bell](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article/ProfileCubonBell.jpg?VersionId=_b5_dGeuIWDmyvLFLhNAEPVjSkwDfBT6&h=e6f36a9c&itok=PLdUPsoc)
As a professor, Valerie Cubon-Bell is known for creating a welcoming and comfortable environment for all students to learn and thrive.
![At СƬƵ's Energy and Sustainability Lab, researchers are working on ways to help lower our world's dependence on burning fossil fuels. At СƬƵ's Energy and Sustainability Lab, researchers are working on ways to help lower our world's dependence on burning fossil fuels.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/Fuel%20cell%20video.jpeg?VersionId=rW57egNs3tIJufahA9anO7U9YU68Q1_E&h=ec98a0f6&itok=FNpxF5HK)
At СƬƵ's Energy and Sustainability Lab, researchers are working on ways to help lower our world's dependence on burning fossil fuels.
The pond and surrounding greenery within the rolling hills of the campus of СƬƵ at Stark is not the average water-retention pond. It’s a living, breathing, vital research tool.
![Tiago Delgado (far right) performs with the Stopper String Quartet at the 2016 International Symposium. Tiago Delgado (far right) performs with the Stopper String Quartet at the 2016 International Symposium.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article/SPECIAL%20FEATURE-Tiago%20Delgado%20MAIN.jpg?VersionId=XGuq7yg1tWEx8tfhNjPft4DfWD.TW2oK&h=e6f36a9c&itok=8U0eaUpC)
Meet international student Tiago Delgado, a musician from Brazil who has had an incredible first year playing the clarinet as a master’s student in the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music at СƬƵ.
![СƬƵ's Center for Undergraduate Excellence has received LEED Gold certification. СƬƵ's Center for Undergraduate Excellence has received LEED Gold certification.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article/photo%20leadCUE.jpg?VersionId=pWk69rem9Mvf2.MIB44EnAsJmX_Rvd3.&h=e6f36a9c&itok=eDrOaP8q)
Several new and renovated СƬƵ buildings received Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) recognition in 2016, bringing to 11 the total number of certified buildings on СƬƵ’s campuses. LEED is a rating system that comes from the U.S.
![Dawn Richards Dawn Richards](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/NEW%20FACES%20Richards%2C%20Dawn.jpg?VersionId=Yw6.u9kJV4kbBpQx_7hZm62gqVN4qv.W&h=8a019425&itok=PAqKXItp)
Michelle Baldini, M.L.S., School of Library and Information Science, and Meghan Harper, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, presented a session titled “Pop Up the Learning!” on Oct. 13, 2016, at the Ohio Educational Library Media Association (OELMA) annual conference in Columbus.
Marcia Lei Zeng, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, served as moderator of a session titled “Linked Data for Data Integration and Curation,” Session 3, on Oct. 14, 2016, at the DCMI International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications in Copenhagen, Denmark.
![Aaron Hanlin](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/FAMILIAR%20FACES%20Hanlin%20Aaron.jpg?VersionId=aHBsTWEoMC.iTezNjtAxh.CEj60VmsCf&h=8a019425&itok=LsvW-Gzt)
![СƬƵ students gather at the site where one of four slain students was shot on May 4, 1970, during a student protest of the Vietnam War. СƬƵ students gather at the site where one of four slain students was shot on May 4, 1970, during a student protest of the Vietnam War.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/thumbnail/public/article_thumbnail/PROFILES-May%204%20photo%201.jpg?VersionId=91sVW4P7BCjpAyhYIrVNZlFbxsYcdWzR&h=ec98a0f6&itok=2uX0SXDf)
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has announced the designation of the СƬƵ May 4, 1970, Site as a . The site joins more than 2,500 historic places that bear the national distinction.
The СƬƵ Board of Trustees today established a comprehensive, national search to recruit and select the university’s 13th president.
The events of May 4, 1970, placed СƬƵ in an international spotlight after a student protest against the Vietnam War and the presence of the Ohio National Guard ended in tragedy with four students losing their lives and nine others being wounded. From a perspective of nearly 50 years, СƬƵ remembers the tragedy and leads a contemporary discussion and understanding of how the community, nation and world can benefit from understanding the profound impact of the event.
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