On March 22, the day after “Fake Paddy’s Day,” more than 90 Kent State University student volunteers traveled through the neighborhoods of Kent cleaning up litter left behind after the celebration, along with any other trash they found.  Individual students as well as members of student organizations participated in the cleanup. Andrew Miller, a junior from Rochester, New York, studying political science at Kent State, said, “The cleanup was a great way to bring students together and do something positive for the community. I will definitely be participating next year as well.” ...

Every month the Kent State University Office of Global Education puts on a Cultural Cafe, where students and staff can come and try sample dishes from the culture being presented.March’s Cultural Cafe featured students from Rwanda presenting on their country’s history, including the Tutsi genocide and President Paul Kagame, who has been in office since April of 2000 and is often credited with leading post-genocide recovery. Ruth Akaliza and Maylis Zimulinda wanted to run March’s Cultural Cafe since they do not always see much representation for their home country and wanted to try to clear up ...

  Congratulations to Psychological Sciences Professor Karin Coifman, Ph.D., who has been selected as the new director of Kent State University’s Brain Health Reaserch Institute. To read more about Dr. Coifman and the BHRI, check out this article: Article announcing Karin Coifman as new Brain Health Research Institute director...