Dear Colleagues:Please take note of the following important information regarding your 2024 Flexible Spending Account (FSA).2024 FSA FundsImportant DeadlinesThe IRS requires that any 2024 balances remaining in your FSA at the end of the 2024 calendar year be spent by March 15, 2025, and claims filed by June 30, 2025, or the balance will be forfeited.This means that if you had a balance of 2024 funds remaining in your FSA as of Dec. 31, 2024, you have until March 15, 2025, to incur qualified expenses (deductibles, co-pays, eyeglass, dental expenses, etc. not covered by the plan). Reimburse...

Kent State University’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute will present 15 awards to alumni and academics who have served or trained at the institute as part of its 60th anniversary celebration April 25-26.Here are the award recipients:Lifetime Achievement Awards  Cheng Chen, Ph.D. ‘06, is an executive in Apple’s Hardware Technology team, where he has led a diverse technical portfolio spanning liquid crystal display and organic light-emitting diode displays, optics, perceptual computing and vision science. His contributions and leadership have played a key role in t...

A significant fire broke out at the Teatro Universitário (TUCA) of the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR) in Curitiba, Brazil on April 15. Kent State University’s American Academy program operates on the PUCPR campus as part of the dual-enrollment partnership established between the two institutions in 2018. The damaged building does not house any American Academy classes, but is the home to the program’s commencement ceremony. The blaze, which reportedly started in an air conditioning unit before a medical student lab coat ceremony, prompted a campus-wide evacuation....