Artificial intelligence (AI) is a reality for many industries and individuals. We use it for fun, in business and in the classroom. The question of how to use it appropriately drove some new revisions to Kent State University’s administrative policies.A revision of the Administrative Policy 3342-3-01.8 Regarding Cheating and Plagiarism adds language surrounding content generated by internet-based generative artificial intelligence (GAI) programs for both cheating and plagiarism.The university’s definition of generative artificial intelligence is “any internet-based generative artificial intell...

Several Kent State University students, including Julia Fedor, Gabriel MacWilliams, Emilee Sanor, Emma Grace Homoky, Sarah Basler, Brian Ruppel and Jake McQuaid participated in the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) Intercollegiate Band April 4- 6. The ensemble met during the CBDNA North Central Conference held at Ohio State University in Columbus. These students joined the finest undergraduate and graduate musicians from the Midwest to perform with peers from the University of Michigan, Ohio State, Michigan State, the University of Wisconsin and others. “It is wonderful ...

 MCLS Professor, Dr. Trask Roberts, won the  2024 Martha Cheung Award for his article entitled ‘Evoking Pure Narrative in La Chanson de Roland’s Laisses Similaires’, published in Exemplaria Medieval, Early Modern, Theory, 34/2 (2023).  Congratualtions to Dr. Roberts and the runners up, Dr. Yan Jia, Peking University, and Dr. Lydia Hayes-Harris, University of Leeds. To read the full article please click here. ...

Kent State University’s experimental archaeologists, along with those from several other universities, joined forces with the popular hunting, outdoors, and conservation media platform, MeatEater, Inc., for a unique animal processing experiment, shedding new light on ancient stone knives and showcasing the importance of testing and looking for equifinality.  ‘Equifinality’ is when two or more distinct processes can lead to the same outcome or result.The Kent State archaeologists included Professor Metin I. Eren, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor Michelle Bebber, Ph.D. and Alumni Michael Wil...