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“Fracking: Promise or Peril?” Forum to be Held at Kent State University

Kent State University, 500 E Main St, Kent, OH | Get Directions »
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The School of Communication Studies at Kent State University announces its inaugural Global Communication Issues Forum, “Fracking: Promise or Peril?” featuring Dimiter Kenarov, a Pulitzer Center journalist, on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m. in the Kent Student Center Kiva. Paid parking is available. This event will examine the practice of hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas from the earth.

The event will feature a recent reporting project by Kenarov on natural gas extraction in Poland, followed by a panel discussion moderated by Mitch McKenney, assistant professor in Kent State’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The forum is free and open to the public.


For more information visit http://www.kent.edu/news/newsdetail.cfm?customel_datapageid_9299=3351539 or http://www.facebook.com/events/372573466175167/.

Event Details

Posted by: Kent State University
Where Kent State University 500 E Main St, Kent, OH 44242
Next on This event is over.
Time 7:00 pm
Website http://­www.­kent.­edu/­news/­newsdetail.­cfm?­custo­mel_datapa­geid_9299=­3351539
Phone 330-672-2120
Price $0

More About Kent State University

Kent State University

Kent State University

500 E Main St, Kent, OH
330-672-3000

The eight-campus Kent State University system is anchored in Kent, where the main campus draws about 26,000 students anually to the city for classes and other activities.

In the fall of 2010, KSU surpassed the University of Cincinnati in total enrollment across all eight campuses with 41,365 students to become the second largest public university in Ohio.

The Kent campus spans 800 acres and includes a golf course, football, basketball and baseball athletic complexes; a large student and community recreation center; and space for more than 6,000 students to live on campus.

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