When David Jones graduated from Kent State University at Ashtabula in December 2022 with a degree in information technology and computer networking, his career plans were straightforward. He expected to work in IT building systems, managing networks and solving technical problems behind the scenes.But just weeks later, he applied for a position that most outside observers would have predicted: executive director of the Conneaut Arts Center.By early 2023, Jones was hired to lead the nonprofit arts organization, located in a 127‑year‑old historic building along Lake Erie. The Arts Center, which ...

Psychological Sciences Professor Karin Coifman, Ph.D., has been named the new director of Kent State University’s Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI).Coifman, who is bringing her years of expertise as one of the university’s top researchers to her new role, told Kent State Today that she was grateful for her new role and excited about the institute’s future.“I look forward to serving all BHRI members and the broader Kent State research community to meet the primary mission of the institute: to support and to drive interdisciplinary and impactful research on brain health,” she said.Coifman i...

For thousands of years, ancient hunters across North America relied on the atlatl — a lever-powered spear-throwing device — to pursue prey. Then, about 1,400 years ago, something changed fast.A new study co-authored by Metin I. Eren, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Kent State University, published in the journal PNAS Nexus, reveals that the bow and arrow swept across western North America roughly 1,400 years ago in a near-simultaneous wave — and in much of the region, it didn't just compete with the atlatl. It wiped it out almost overnight.The research team analyzed 140...

Dr. Linda Spurlock is a Professor of Anthropology at Kent State University, and teaches courses in biological anthropology, forensic anthropology, primatology, and archeology. Dr. Spurlock will be teaching FACES: Human Head Anatomy with a Forensic Art Focus during the June session of the Florence Summer Institute. FACES: Human Head Anatomy with a Forensic Art FocusDr. Spurlock came up with FACES: Head Anatomy with a Forensic Art Focus by drawing inspiration from her own experience as a forensic artist, anthropologist and anatomist, as well as from the great artists Leonardo da V...

Feeling like you don't quite belong — even when the evidence says otherwise — is more common in professional settings than most people admit. On March 23, students at Kent State University's Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship got an honest look at that experience and, more importantly, what to do about it.Representatives from Sherwin-Williams led a 60-minute interactive workshop titled "Ready for Business: Imposter Syndrome in the Workplace," held in the John S. and Marlene J. Brinzo Center for Entrepreneurship in Crawford Hall. One in three American workers — 33...