TOP TIER NATIONAL UNIVERSITY ACCORDING TO U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
$58+ million
in scholarships offered to incoming freshmen in 2016-2017
109 countries
represented in student body
41,000+
enrolled in 8-campus system
400+
student clubs and orgs
234,000+
alumni worldwide
10
colleges across 8 campuses
70%+
faculty have highest degree in field
866
acres on Kent Campus
Top tier national university according to u.s. news & world report
Cheer on the Golden Flashes at events throughout the year
1920
first athletics team played: football
9 women’s teams
basketball, cross country, field hockey, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, track and field, and volleyball
7 men’s teams
baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, track and field, and wrestling
64
Golden Flashes graduated Spring 2016
425
student-athletes on our 16 teams
3rd
highest GPA in program history, men’s basketball
57
Mid-American Conference Distinguished Scholar Athletes
Palffy-Muhoray received his Ph.D. (1977) in Physics from the University of British Columbia. He joined the LCI staff in 1987. He is Professor of Chemical Physics and LCI Associate Director for basic research. His areas of expertise include nonlinear optics, pattern formation, and nonequilibrium phenomena in liquid crystals.
