Ken Hovis
Associate Teaching Professor, Mellon College of Science; Assistant Dean for Educational Initiatives Carnegie Mellon University
- Pittsburgh PA
Coordinates student success efforts across the college, plans college-wide student events, and help to advise incoming first-year students.
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Braun, Hovis Promoted for Their Support of Student Success
Carnegie Mellon University News online
2025-05-01
Maggie Braun, Carnegie Mellon University's Mellon College of Science associate dean for undergraduate affairs has been promoted to senior associate dean for student success and strategic initiatives; and Ken Hovis, assistant dean for educational initiatives, has been promoted to associate dean for educational initiatives.
Ken Hovis Receives Julius Ashkin Award
Carnegie Mellon University News online
2024-07-03
Neuroscientist Ken Hovis sees deep parts of the brain, but the sheer potential he recognizes in all first-year students has made him a remarkable teacher.
“When you’re a student, four years seems like forever, but the amount of growth you see in students over those four years is really incredible,” Hovis said.
Signature Course: EUREKA!: Discovery and Its Impact
Carnegie Mellon University News online
2020-08-10
This year, EUREKA! is part of CMU's signature course initiative. Over the summer, lead instructor Ken Hovis and his team have worked to adapt the course to the hybrid model of teaching and learning the university will follow this fall. They are making improvements that will enrich the course for the long term and incorporating a technology enhanced learning component.
Qatar Biology Outreach Program Excites High Schoolers
Carnegie Mellon University News online
2012-12-14
Kenneth Hovis, assistant teaching professor of biology at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, used to assist Carrie Doonan with outreach efforts at the Pittsburgh campus.
“One of my primary goals with this program is to get high school students in this region excited about biology. This activity gets them interested in the problem they are trying to solve, and they forgot that they are learning a lot,” Hovis said.
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Mount Union College
B.S
Biochemistry
Carnegie Mellon University
Ph.D.
Neuroscience
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Association between diabetes mellitus and olfactory dysfunction: current perspectives and future directions
Diabetic Medicine2018
The increasing global prevalence of diabetes mellitus presents a significant challenge to healthcare systems today. Although diabetic retinopathy, nephropathy and neuropathy are well‐established complications of diabetes, there is a paucity of research examining the impact of dysglycaemia on the olfactory system. Olfaction is an important sense, playing a role in the safety, nutrition and quality of life of an individual, but its importance is often overlooked when compared with the other senses. As a result, olfactory dysfunction is often underdiagnosed. The present review article aims to present and discuss the available evidence on the relationship between diabetes and olfaction. It also explores the associations between olfactory dysfunction and diabetes complications that could explain the underlying pathogenesis.
