College of Communication & Information

Misinformation has permeated conversations across all walks of life. And in the Taylor Hall Gallery at Kent State University this winter, visitors can see misinformation exposed in a new, visually interesting way.

It’s all thanks to a collaboration between Associate Professors Sanda Katila of Visual Communication Design and J.D. Ponder of Communication Studies, who both explored misinformation with their classes during the Fall 2022 semester.

Design students in Katila’s class, Glyphix Research Laboratory, studied the intersection of language, image and lies

As Spotify users across the world took a deep dive into their memorable listening moments of 2022 through the audio streaming app’s Wrapped feature, Emerging Media and Technology students at Kent State turned their attention to another side of the platform this past week: its data.

The annual Robert G. McGruder Distinguished Lecture and Awards Program celebrates diversity in the journalism field. This year, WKYC’s Director of Advocacy and Community Initiatives Margaret Bernstein delivered the keynote speech.

Aimee Crane (Visual Communication Design - BFA ’09, MFA ’12) has the distinction of being the Kent State graduate whose work might just go the farthest. The farthest away from the Earth, that is. Currently the Artemis Brand Manager for NASA, Crane designed the mission patch for the Artemis I Mission which accompanied the Orion spacecraft on its orbit around the moon. We recently spoke with her about her own voyage from Kent State to NASA.

CCI: Tell us about the career trajectory that's led you to where you are.

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At the twentieth International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications (DCMI 2022), five former Kent State University iSchool alumni had the opportunity to give their own presentations on diverse topics