Raj Aggarwal - President
Emeritus Sullivan Professor of International Business; Past Dean of University of Akron; Editor of Journal of Teaching Internat. Bus.
Akron, OH
Bravo to our EHHS student eclipse team! Along with 81 citizen science teams across the path of totality in North America, our team captured moment-by-moment images during the eclipse of the Sun’s inner corona—a phenomenon observable solely during a total solar eclipse.These high dynamic range (HDR) images were uploaded in real time to the Dynamic Eclipse Broadcast (DEB) website, providing moment-by-moment viewing opportunities for visitors as the eclipse traversed observation sites along its path. The DEB team is now processing and analyzing the image files from all the teams to advance u...
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
In collaboration with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), employee wellness partner UH Portage Medical Center will host a one-day opportunity to dispose of expired, unwanted or unused pharmaceutical controlled substances and over-the-counter medications for destruction. This drive-up/drop-off program is anonymous and all medications will be destroyed. The Take Back event will be held Saturday, Apr. 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Division of People, Culture and Belonging
In celebration of April 2024 National Poetry Month, Kent State University Geauga will host retired nurse, poet, and essayist Jeanne Bryner, who will read from her work and conduct a workshop on healing through writing. Bryner is the author of several books, including "Breathless," a Wick Poetry Center Chapbook (1995) and "Tenderly Lift Me: Nurses Honored, Celebrated, and Remembered" (2004), both published by Kent State University Press. Most recently, she co-edited the award-winning "Learning to Heal: Reflections on Nursing School in Poetry and Prose" (2018), also published by Kent State UP.&n...
May 4 research group faculty event
What are the research implications of comics and graphic novels? Are comics scholarship? How can they be incorporated into the curriculum? We’re excited to explore our new exhibition, "Graphic Content," with Kent State faculty, and hope you will join us Friday, Apr. 26 at 2 p.m. for a tour and discussion with Vera Camden, Emerita Professor of English at Kent State and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University, and Valentino L. Zullo, Anisfield-Wolf Postdoctoral Fellow in English and the Public Humanities at Ursuline College.
College of the Arts
KENT, OH – The School of Fashion at Kent State University is pleased to announce British designer Dame Zandra Rhodes as the 2024 Hall of Fame Inductee.In its 35th year, the prestigious Kent State School of Fashion Hall of Fame award celebrates the outstanding contributions to fashion made by an individual. The accolade honors the unique qualities of their leadership. It champions the aspiration and inspiration they and their business of fashion offer the next generation of fashion graduates at Kent State. Rhodes joins an illustrious group of inductees that includes Omar Salam, Kenneth Col...
Porthouse Theatre Presents: "Annie"
With music by Charles Strouse, book by Thomas Meehan, and lyrics by Martin Charnin, "Annie" is based on the popular comic strip by Harold Gray. “Annie” has become a worldwide phenomenon and was the winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical. It features some of the greatest musical theatre hits ever written, including “Tomorrow.”
Porthouse Theatre Presents: "Annie"
With music by Charles Strouse, book by Thomas Meehan, and lyrics by Martin Charnin, "Annie" is based on the popular comic strip by Harold Gray. “Annie” has become a worldwide phenomenon and was the winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical. It features some of the greatest musical theatre hits ever written, including “Tomorrow.”