Mathematics Education Professor Karl Kosko, Ph.D., recently received the 2025 Kenneth Cummins Award from the Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Kosko was recognized at the OCTM annual conference that celebrates outstanding teachers, curriculum leaders/coaches, professors, emerging leaders, contributors to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, and friends of mathematics.OCTM lauded Kosko as "a nationally recognized leader in research, teaching and service. With a deep commitment to preservice teacher development, Kosko transforms how future educators view and teach mathe...

The actual “brainchild” of Kent State University Professor Emeritus Brinsley Tyrrell, the Behind the Brain Plaza, was completed and dedicated in 2000. It is located behind Merrill Hall in the Beck Family Memorial Gardens on the Kent Campus.  Tyrrell was the winner of a design contest by the Ohio Arts Council with the idea of creating art to occupy this space. The plaza was funded through the Ohio Arts Council by Ohio's Percent for Art legislation. Works of art commissioned by Kent State related to the Percent for Art program, which were installed at various campus locations throughou...