Design Innovation welcomes its 1,000th collaborator, reaching the milestone in just under two years. ...
Ten years ago, the New York Times featured Kent City Manager Dave Ruller and Kent State University’s then-President Lester A. Lefton in an article touting their college town-gown success. Kent State Today is following up on that article, looking at the different ways the town-gown relationship is still flourishing. Read more about the background of the relationship here. The Kent State social media team recently took to the streets to show off all of the places they love in downtown Kent. ...
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The Skoolies, inspired by the bands of the 80s and onward, kicked off their career at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through socially distanced jam sessions, this band of university professors produced their debut album, Darker Rhymes. The Skoolies are four Kent State University professors: Phillip Hamrick, associate professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, singing lead vocals; John Dunlosky, professor and director of the Science of Learning and Education Center (SOLE) in the Department of Psychological Sciences, on guitar; Christopher Was, associate professor in Ps...
The Kent State University Board of Trustees approved the establishment of six new majors during its regular quarterly meeting held March 9 in Columbus, Ohio, at Le Meridien Columbus, The Joseph. Five of the new majors fall under the College of Aeronautics and Engineering, and one falls under the College of Arts and Sciences. Addressing the Future of Flight With the Board’s approval, five concentrations of the Aeronautics major in the College of Aeronautics and Engineering will be elevated to separate majors, effective fall 2023, pending approval of the Ohio Department of Higher Education...
College of Education, Health and Human Services
EHHS grad James "Bo" Alexander, BA ’17, MA ’18, MA ’21, a former standout linebacker at Kent State University, has been named an assistant football coach at Eastern Michigan University. Head Coach Chris Creighton announced that Alexander will serve as EMU's defensive ends coach. Read the full story. --Photo courtesy Eastern Michigan University ...
Join us for this great cross-over event with KSU Geography this Friday, March 10 from 3:00pm to 4:00pm in McGilvrey room 302! Mat Coleman, Professor From Ohio State University, will talk about "Legal Extraterritoriality and U.S. Coast Guard Drug Interdiction in the Western Hemisphere." A description of the presentation is below: U.S. Court Guard counterdrug operations at sea contradict a core assumption of Westphalian legal territoriality, i.e., that law signifies only within tight and well-defined state boundaries. Indeed, in contrast to a commonplace ‘presumption against ext...
College of Communication & Information
Peter Bobkowski will join the School of Media and Journalism this fall as Kent State University’s second Knight Chair in Scholastic Journalism, dedicated to leading national efforts to revitalize journalism in the nation's high schools. He replaces retired chair Mark Goodman, who held the role since it was established in 2007. Bobkowski received his doctorate in mass communication from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For the last 12 years, he served as professor in the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Kansas. “I am thrilled...