'Smart' greenhouse research partnership unveiled

Cleveland Botanical Garden, which began as the Garden Center of Greater Cleveland, the country's first urban garden center, celebrated its 75th anniversary year in 2005. A nonprofit garden, the institution is a national leader in urban horticulture and botanical education. From its 10-acre campus in University Circle to three inner-city learning gardens and dozens of outdoor classrooms at area schools, the Garden has introduced the benefits of gardening to thousands of people of all ages, interests, backgrounds and abilities. Since its founding in 1930, education has been the core of the Garden’s mission, guiding expansion in recent years to include urban outreach, school programs that support national academic standards, and sustainable economic development. It has 6,000 members and bi-annually hosts the nation’s largest outdoor flower show. The Garden's website is at www.cbgarden.org.

Pioneering breakthroughs in liquid crystal display materials and technology at the Glenn H. Brown Liquid Crystal Institute and the Center for Advanced Liquid Crystalline Optical Materials (ALCOM) place Kent State in the pivotal role of the world's largest and most comprehensive academic center devoted to research on flat-panel display systems, devices that improve everything from computerized cockpits to laptop computers. Active research collaborations with scientific centers and industrial partners in the United States and abroad continue to provide exciting opportunities for applying today's cutting-edge research to tomorrow’s technologies, spinning off commercial products and start-up companies that benefit the region and state.

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Scott Rainone
Kent State University
University Media Relations
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Molly Molpus
Cleveland Botanical Garden