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Climate change can now be measured on a global scale using multiple weather variables, according to new research from Kent State University. In 2018, Cameron C. Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Geography at Kent State, began researching how weather types have changed over a 40-year period. Lee’s published research “Trends and Variability in Airmass Frequencies: Indicators of a Changing Climate” can be found in the American Meteorological Society’s Journal of Climate.  Air masses, or multivariate weather situations like hot and humid, or cold and dry, take int...

Virtual Music Technology Preview on Oct. 23

Turn your passion into your profession. Discover a career in music production and audio recording. Kent State University at Stark offers a complete four-year curriculum in music technology. This program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music and is only offered at Kent State Stark. Spend some time with us to learn more about the music technology program! VIRTUAL MUSIC TECHNOLOGY PREVIEW FRIDAY, OCT. 23 2 - 4 P.M. During our virtual Music Technology Preview, you'll Review the admissions and advising process, and learn more about Kent State Stark Talk...

Dave Costello P.h.D., (left), Associate Professor in Kent State University's Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Devan Mathie, an undergraduate honors student, stand in Wahoo ditch in Ravenna, Ohio.

Kent State University’s David Costello, Ph.D., is passionate about identifying what trace metals lie within Northeast Ohio’s streams and what the effects of these metals are on the surrounding environment. Costello, an associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, received a $718,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study these important trace metals. The grant is awarded as part of the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program. The program supports early career development for researchers who have integrated education with t...

A message from the Dean

Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020   Dear students and campus community, Today, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced a COVID-19 Risk Level 3 Red status for Stark County. As a result, we must adhere to the state’s guidelines for counties at a COVID-19 Risk Level 3 status. We have anticipated and planned for a change in the county’s risk level, and we are prepared to take the necessary measures to ensure the safety of our campus and community. In keeping with our Kent State University reopening plan and with the state’s guidance for counties in red status, we are implementing changes i...

Join us in congratulating our cutting edge anthropologists, Drs. Metin Eren, Michelle Bebber, Mary Ann Raghanti and graduate students (past and present) Dusty Norris (’20), Alyssa Perrone (’20), Ashley Rutkoski (’19), and Mike Wilson! Their research, titled “Experimental replication shows knives manufactured from frozen human feces do not work” (published in the Journal of Archaeological Science) was awarded a 2020 Ig Nobel Prize! The prize ceremony was webcast on the IgNobel website on September 17, 2020.   Wonderfully, another of the 2020 Ig Nobel prize winners is Dr. Takeshi...

College Planning Made Easy

In today's remote environment, set yourself up for success. It’s no secret that planning for college is different this year and, perhaps, for the foreseeable future. Still, you can be your own champion during these uncertain times. As the world continues to do its part to flatten the curve of COVID-19, college and university personnel have transitioned their services into remote or alternative models. This includes remote college courses and extracurricular activities, along with virtual campus tours and events.  While virtual services offer a chance for students to comfortably e...

Join us in congratulating Danielle Jones, PhD candidate on becoming a Fellow with the Stem Advocacy Institute (SAi)! The SAi program provides mentorship and support to graduate student Fellows to increase public understanding and engagement with science. This is a 10-week program aimed at guiding Fellows as they develop their ideas. Danielle developed a project aimed at improving mental health and resiliency for high school students. Read more about the SAi here. ...

Hate has no home here

Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020   Dear Stark Campus community,   We take the right to free speech seriously. As Stark County’s public university, we welcome and encourage all forms of expression, with the exception of one.    Hate has no place here.    While some of you may be unfamiliar with the rock at the Kent Campus, many of you know that it has served as an icon of strength and a canvas for freedom of speech since the 1930s. In recent days, the rock has served as a tool for the cowardly delivery of hate speech. For that, we do not stand.    We ...

Justin Kilchenmann happy to present first student with Margaret Kilchenmann Memorial Scholarship. When I was an incoming freshman, I applied for and received the Charity Rotch Scholarship. In my essay, I said that I would tell students still in high school how important it was that they focus on their grades early, because it would determine the college they attended. I always felt guilty that I never did that, even though I said I would. In reality, things worked out very well for me.  I was a lazy student in school, not particularly trying too hard, but getting decent grades. No matte...

Melanie Knowles, Sustainability Manager, stands in front of Kent State LEED Platinum building, The John Elliot Center for Architecture and Environmental Design.

Melanie Knowles is the manager of sustainability at Kent State University. In this role, she works with people all over campus to make cost-effective, better practices for the environment. Learn more about Knowles as she answers these 10 questions. Q: What do you want the people of Kent State to know about you and your position as the manager of sustainability? A: As the sustainability manager, I collaborate with people across campus to make Kent State’s practices better for people and the environment, cost effectively. It takes a team to look at our practices and systems through...

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