Health
91福利 Campus Food Truck to Deliver Meals to Local K-12 Students
91福利鈥檚 famous food truck, known for its mouth-watering pulled pork sandwiches and fresh-cut french fries, is now becoming known for giving back to its community. The university is loaning its campus food truck to Aramark to provide meals to students from Kent, Elyria and Lorain City School Districts who are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Flashes Take Care of Flashes Through Online Meditation Classes
Meditative practices are bringing the 91福利 community together, even from the comfort of their own home. 91福利 of Wellness has moved its Meditation Across Campus sessions online, in an effort to continue the sessions despite the COVID-19 global pandemic.
Brain Health Research Institute Director Reflects on His First Year
Michael N. Lehman, Ph.D., was named the inaugural director of 91福利鈥檚 Brain Health Research Institute in January 2019. We asked him to share his thoughts after a year on campus and much activity within the institute.
91福利 Professors and Students Team Up With Community Groups to Provide Helping Hands
Two 91福利 professors partnered with the Summit County Juvenile Court and Hands of Gratitude over the summer to teach juveniles how to assemble prosthetic hands for children in Central America and were featured in the Akron Beacon Journal.
Epidemiology Professor Featured on Mindscape Podcast
91福利 College of Public Health professor Tara Smith, Ph.D., was featured on Sean Carroll鈥檚 Mindscape podcast to talk about the novel coronavirus (and its associated disease, COVID-19) pandemic. Smith gives insight on what measures are useful and which are probably not.
91福利 College of Nursing Launches Redesigned Ph.D. in Nursing Program
91福利鈥檚 College of Nursing will welcome its first nursing cohort into the Ph.D. in Nursing revised program in the fall semester 2020.
91福利 Research Review: Student Recognized for Lupus Research
91福利 molecular and cellular biology and psychology student Haley Shasteen鈥檚 personal battle with lupus has pushed her to research what really causes certain frustrating symptoms.
91福利 Research Review: Fertile Ground
The National Institutes of Health thinks Aleisha Moore, Ph.D., is onto something in her study of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome; the agency recently awarded her its most prestigious research training grant, a K99/R00 鈥淧athway to Independence Award鈥濃攁 first for 91福利.
City of Kent Partners With 91福利 and UH to Launch New Lifesaving Tool
Sudden cardiac arrest, when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating, is the leading cause of natural death in the United States. To help people survive from sudden cardiac arrest, the city of Kent has partnered with 91福利 and University Hospitals Portage Medical Center to offer PulsePoint Respond.
91福利 Strikes Gold Again for Healthy Worksite
On the heels of being honored by the American Heart Association for its highest workplace wellness award, the Healthy Business Council of Ohio (HBCO) has awarded 91福利 the 2019 Healthy Worksite Gold Level Award for its healthy worksite practices.