Goal: To leverage and elevate the entire Design Innovation Ecosystem to create a powerful and diverse community of fearless collaborators in the face of complex problems.
“I was excited about the biology aspect of the course because I was not familiar with integrating biology and fashion for the purpose of creating an innovative product.”
—Janda Van Dyk, BFA ’22, fashion design major, one of a team of Kent State biology and fashion design students that received the Outstanding Science Award from the Biodesign Challenge Summit 2020. The fashion industry currently uses synthetic dye to create the color black, so the team worked with bacteria to create an eco-friendly replacement.
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Employee Talent
Kent State University’s rising stature among the nation’s best research institutions depends on the success and achievements of its employees. Perpetual support allows faculty, administrators and staff to advance their work, assist in research, purchase equipment and push the boundaries of the unknown for generations to come.