On Sept. 11, Bob Christy, senior photography coordinator, University Communications and Marketing, was walking through campus for an assignment when he looked up and saw these planes in formation flying over campus. He quickly readied his camera and captured these images.   The four, T-34 military trainer aircraft were part of a 9/11 tribute, flying out of Akron-Canton Airport, to honor those lives lost and the heroes that stepped forward on that tragic day, 24 years ago.   Want to see YOUR photos in “IN A FLASH?” Submit your Kent State-related ph...

Kent State University and the University of Cincinnati have been awarded a nearly $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation's GRANTED program to launch the Supporting and Harmonizing Research Endeavors (SHARE) program. This initiative will transform how research institutions across the region collaborate, share expertise and develop the next generation of research leaders.Led by Co-Principal Investigators Douglas L. Delahanty of Kent State University, Jane E. Strasser of the University of Cincinnati, and James Reecy of Iowa State, the SHARE program addresses critical national needs...

Brookhaven National Lab in New York is home to some of the most exciting work in nuclear physics today. Two rising stars from Kent State University, doctoral student Maci Kesler and research scientist Sooraj Radhakrishnan, are on the cutting edge of high-profile scientific research collaborations through Brookhaven that advance our understanding of the universe’s early moments.Both work with Zhangbu Xu, Ph.D., professor at Kent State's Department of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, who has a research focus in high-energy nuclear physics. Their research connects Kent State to ground...