Andy Wyatt, Ph.D., received his undergraduate degree in English from Kent State in 2016, and is now the Assistant Director of Student Affairs at the Kent State Florence Center in Italy. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2023, and his research focused on modern Italian literature and intellectual history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.Andy had the opportunity to study abroad in the Kent State Florence Semester program as an undergraduate, and the experience inspired him to pursue a career in Italy. He felt a connection to KSU Florence especially, because of how influe...

Uffner & Liu is pleased to present "Toki-No-Wa ; Harmony of Time," an exhibition bringing together new sculptures by contemporary Japanese ceramicist Miwa Neishi (b. 1990, Tokyo, Japan) in conversation with historical works by Toshiko Takaezu (b. 1922, Pepeekeo, Hawaii - d. 2011, Honolulu, Hawaii), foregrounding an intergenerational dialogue rooted in material devotion, ritualized making and the expansive possibilities of ceramic form.Born in Hawaiʻi to Japanese immigrant parents in 1922, Takaezu emerged as one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century American art, playing a pi...

How do animals cope when oxygen levels suddenly drop? That question is at the center of research led by Sangeet Lamichhaney, Ph.D., associate professor and MA coordinator in the Department of Biological Sciences, whose team has assembled the first complete genome of the black redstart, a small mountain bird that regularly travels between high and low elevations. The work, recently published in Nature Scientific Data, provides a foundational resource for studying how species respond genetically to rapid environmental change....

A future in entrepreneurship may sound daunting to some, but at Kent State, students are prepared to start successful businesses with the help of LaunchNET.The Marty Erbaugh i3 Lab, LaunchNET’s summer accelerator program, has been offered to students since 2022. Participants are paid to work on their business and are provided a collaborative experience with fellow student entrepreneurs.“We have specific projects,” said Zach Mikrut, Director of LaunchNET Kent State, “ranging from business model canvas work, to prototyping, to customer interviews.” LaunchNET caters to what the students need, so ...

Welcome to Flash Focus! In this series, we introduce you to fascinating student Flashes from all walks of life.Meet Karissa Wahl, a member of the Honors College and a second-year public health major with junior standing from Mansfield, Ohio. She has a concentration in allied health and also minors in psychology, disability studies and community inclusion.  Wahl was particularly excited to visit and tour the Kent State University campus as a junior in high school, as both of her parents are proud Golden Flash alumni.  “My mom and I came in the peak of the spring season, so the campus ...

By Mercury FosterUndergraduate Student InternAs we prepare to welcome three poets from the Cincinnati area to Kent State, we at the Wick Poetry Center want to introduce them and their unique perspectives before their readings onstage. The poems that they will share at the reading in the Murphy Auditorium are only pieces of their identities as poets. We hope that through asking some of our guest poets about their experiences and opinions, their answers will help crystallize the fragments their poems give us into a fuller image of them. My name is Mercury. I’m a Wick intern who helped craft...