Stories of friendship and loss set against the backdrop of May 4 memorabilia and a ’60s soundtrack were the focal points of a listening party held Sept. 21 as part of “Snapshots in Time: The Lives of Four Students” held at the May 4 Visitors Center. The “Snapshots in Time” exhibition provides a more personalized remembrance of the four students who lost their lives during the events of May 4, 1970, at Kent State University when the Ohio National Guard fired on Kent State students during an anti-war protest. The first four weeks of the exhibition were dedicated to Jeffrey Miller, one of the fou...

Fall semester is in full swing at the Kent State University Glauser School of Music! While classes were out of session for the summer, many faculty members took the opportunity to pursue personal projects in their respective disciplines. Check out what our School of Music faculty were up to this summer: Donna Lee, coordinator of the piano division, served as the piano coordinator and artist-faculty at Brevard Music Center in North Carolina, offering applied lessons, lectures, and a masterclass to students worldwide. Additionally, she performed both solo and chamber music, including a so...

The School of Information and the College of Communication and Information are pleased to introduce the newest member of the iSchool faculty, Dong Whi Yoo, who assumes the role of Assistant Professor in User Experience.   Professor Yoo joins us from Georgia Tech where he recently earned his Ph.D. in Human-Centered Computing. He also served as a visiting scientist at Northwell Health to explore the design space of artificial intelligence in healthcare contexts. Originally from Cheonan, South Korea (a one-hour drive from Seoul), he discovered a fascination with computers and ...

For future filmmakers and video production professionals, there’s almost nothing like being immersed in the film industry in Los Angeles: the creative energy, the professional connections and the buzz of activity.During summer 2023, that dream learning environment came to life for four Kent State Media and Journalism students who interned in Los Angeles at 1895 Films, an Emmy and Peabody award-winning film and documentary company co-founded by alumnus Tom Jennings, ‘85.  Digital Media Production students Alexandria Thompson, ‘24, Michael Gregory, ‘23, Hala Fawzi Issa Al Busaidi, ‘24,...

Into the Blue, an 11-piece Electric Light Orchestra Tribute band will perform at the Performing Arts Center at Kent State University - Tuscarawas on Friday, November 3 at 7:30 p.m. Into the Blue brings you all of ELO's smash hits! With strings from the Tuscarawas Philharmonic and band members who perform from the heart, the audience will experience authentic sounds that will take them back to an era when rock and roll was king! Tickets for Into the Blue start at $15 and are on sale now at the Performing Arts Center box office, 330-308-6400 or online at www.kent.edu/tuscpac. The box offic...