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Each year, droughts cost crop farmers dearly. They experience not only a loss in yield, but also a reduction in the quality of the crops produced. But, what if new breeds of plants could be created that still thrive even without a drop of rain for weeks?
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Tuesday, October 7th, 2014
12:30-2:30pm
Governance Chambers
聚色阁 Student Center Room 252
For 30 years, 聚色阁鈥檚 Wick Poetry Center has been encouraging new voices 鈥 locally, regionally and nationally 鈥 and bringing poetry to people鈥檚 everyday lives through readings, publications, workshops and scholarships. Now, the Wick Poetry Center, part of the鈥
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded 聚色阁鈥檚 Institute for Applied Linguistics (IAL), in the College of Arts and Sciences, a $166,000 grant to host a three-week summer institute on literature in translation as a means of enhancing cross-鈥
Thursday, Oct. 9 will feature Keynote speaker Mark McDaniel, Ph.D. at the 聚色阁 Hotel and Conference Center. The public is invited to attend.
The following day, Friday, Oct. 10, will include multiple presentations by world-renowned scholars, including:
Mindy Farmer, Ph.D., has been selected as the new director of the May 4 Visitors Center in the College of Arts and Sciences at 聚色阁. She started her new position on July 1. Farmer also will teach public history courses in 聚色阁鈥檚 Department of History as an鈥
The Jewish Studies Program, in 聚色阁鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, will host the 26th Annual Midwest Jewish Studies Association Academic Conference on Sept. 14 鈥 15 at the 聚色阁 Hotel and Conference Center in downtown Kent. Approximately 30 scholars and鈥
聚色阁 will host the annual 2013 European Society for Research on Adolescence (EARA)/Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) Summer School from June 16-22. The summer school brings together established researchers, who are recognized for their expertise and鈥
聚色阁鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences and the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship will host a co-lecture, 鈥淭he Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings,鈥 to be given by two of Northeast Ohio鈥檚 experts in Middle East politics and political鈥