College of the Arts
Kent State University's School of Theatre and Dance continues its 2021-2022 season with the production of Disney’s Freaky Friday, running Feb. 25 – March 6 in E. Turner Stump Theatre. With book by Bridget Carpenter, music by Tom Kitt, and lyrics by Brian Yorkey, the musical is based on the novel “Freaky Friday” by Mary Rodgers and the Disney films. Directed by Eric van Baars, choreographed by assistant professor Jennifer Black, and music directed by associate professor Jonathan Swoboda, Freaky Friday explores what happens when an ...
Kent State public relations seniors helped lay the groundwork for future partnerships between the university and the city of Kent. And today, many of their ideas are coming to life. Students in the Media and Journalism capstone course Public Relations Campaigns (taught by Professor Michele Ewing) partnered with the newly formed Kent State Office of University Outreach and Engagement as their client during the Spring 2021 semester. The office was established in June 2020 to enhance town-and-gown relationships with the city of Kent, among other things. In teams of six, students worked on...
College of the Arts
Experience Dance at Kent State Dance and learn from Kent State University dance faculty during the Open Master Classes event Sunday, Jan. 29 from noon to 5 p.m. on the Kent Campus! We're inviting high school-aged dancers at the intermediate/advanced level to spend the day taking two master classes (Ballet and Modern) led by KSU faculty. You will also spend the day: Watching the prestigious Kent State Dance Ensemble perform repertoire from their 2022-23 season Attending a Q&A with KSU dance faculty and students Visiting our studios Discovering...
International team of researchers co-led by Kent State professor investigates In a new study, researchers report the creation of an artificial molecule with superpowers. It has the potential to revolutionize nanotechnology – and it also explains one of nature’s intriguing enigmas: Why do we have a right hand and a left hand? When scientists discovered DNA and learned how to control it, science was revolutionized. Today researchers and the medical industry routinely create artificial DNA structures for many purposes, including diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Now an international rese...