Meet Olha Viun, the Kent State Graduate College Graduate Student Teaching Award recipient. Olha is a master's student in the Department of English.    Please give a short overview of your research, scholarship or creative successes. My research focuses primarily on the experiences of Ukrainian students when completing the U.S. Department of State’s Global Undergraduate Exchange Program. The study examines language and social challenges perceived by the students, as well as the development of academic excellence over the course of one semester. Th...

On Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio, dozens of Norfolk Southern rail cars derailed, 11 of which contained hazardous materials. In an effort to start repairing the situation, Arcadis, an international company hired by the railroad company, has developed a plan to clean the air, ground and water in the village. On Feb. 14, WFMJ-TV in Youngstown, Ohio, invited Kuldeep Singh, Ph.D., assistant professor in Kent State University’s Department of Earth Sciences, to review Arcadis’ cleanup plan.  Singh told WFMJ-TV that he feels the air and ground portion of the cleanup has gone well, but ...

The 2023 Animation School Rankings have been released, and the Kent State University College of Applied and Technical Studies Animation Game Design (AGD) program is ranked 16th nationally and 20th in the Midwest. This is the 12th year for the annual rankings for animation programs. Nearly 200 schools with animation programs from across the country were considered. ...