Imagine making a dress out of LEGO® dots. Matthew Williams, a junior fashion design major at Kent State University, is doing just that. Williams is one of six students who has been featured in Teen Vogue’s Generation Next Class of 2022. The students selected have been given 21,000 LEGO dots that they will now use in a design challenge. According to the Teen Vogue article, “The winners will participate in a design challenge in partnership with LEGO. These designs will be showcased in Los Angeles at this year's Teen Vogue Summit among industry insiders, influencers and celebs to foste...

November 7 & 8, 2022 in Rockwell Hall The Fashion School’s senior Bachelor of Fine Art design students will particiate in the annual Muslin Critique November 7 -8, 2022, which acts as the mid-point review for all of the collections of the seniors finishing up their B.F.A. coursework. Every year, a designer in residence works with our students throughout the process. The School of Fashion 2022-2023 Designer in Residence is William Taswell III. Industry critics are brought in to view and critique the students’ work. The industry critics for this semester are Alicia Hardesty,...

Stavros Atsas (Graduate Student, Research, Measurement & Statistics), co-authored a book, The Cost of Congress: What Americans Get for Their Money, 1st Edition, (Santa Barbara, California: Praeger), (2022), 351 pgs. A word from Astas: "Congressional ratings have fallen to single digits; citizens believe that Congress fails to do the things its members are publicly paid to do. What does Congress do for our dollars, and how has that changed in the last 50 years? Congress’s increasing use of continuing resolutions and agencies’ almost semi-annual preparations for gover...

Rick Feinberg (Professor Emeriti, Anthropology), presented "How Anthropological Research in Polynesia Morphed into Community Engagement " at the Association of Senior Anthropologists "Thursday Chat", an online presentation, on October 13, 2022.  Per Feinberg, "Since my doctoral fieldwork in 1972 – 73, I have been connected to Anuta, a remote Polynesian community in the Solomon Islands. Over that time, I’ve studied topics that range from language and kinship to navigation and voyaging. I discuss how I became connected to Anuta (following a suggestion by Sir Raymond Firth), how the ...

The purpose of a theatre ghost light is uncertain. Some say it is a safety measure; others argue it keeps spirits away, and a few believe it allows ghosts to put on their own performances while the actors and audience are away. Beginning this week, Modern Methods Brewing Company and Kent State Trumbull Theatre will settle the matter when they launch Ghost Light Porter.  Available on draft and in cans and through wholesale accounts beginning Wednesday, Nov. 2, Ghost Light Porter is a classic American Porter brewed with six different specialty malts for a complex flavor profile evoking cho...