STORY UPDATE: The Kent State Precision Flight Team won third place overall at the National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) regional Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference (SAFECON) October 14-19 at The Ohio State University. Nineteen members of Kent State University’s (KSU) Precision Flight Team are competing in the National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) regional Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference (SAFECON) October 14-19 at The Ohio State University. Seventy-nine teams from 10 regions compete in nine flying and ground events, with winners qualifying for the ...

Oct. 20: Mindy Farmer is the director of the May 4 Visitors Center and an assistant professor of history at Kent State University. The May 4 Visitors Center is participating in Kent State’s “Get Out the Vote” voting initiative.” Listen to the interview:       ...

The Ohio Economic Development Association (OEDA) presented its Annual Excellence Awards at its 2018 Annual Summit, held this week at the Columbus Renaissance Downtown. The Multi-County Advanced Manufacturing Corridor received the Excellence in Workforce Development award.   The Multi-County Advanced Manufacturing Corridor is a partnership between Kent State University at Tuscarawas, the Tuscarawas County Chamber of Commerce, Buckeye Career Center, Ohiomeansjobs Stark & Tuscarawas Counties, East Central Ohio ESC, Harrison County Community and Economic Development, and the Carrol...

When I think back to my first weekend as a Kent State freshman, I cringe a little bit. Though it has been four years since I attended Kickoff (it was known as “Welcome Weekend” at the time), I can still remember how I felt walking around campus for the first time: attending convocation in the MAC; trying to remember the names of buildings; getting lost looking for my lecture halls; taking the esplanade all the way downtown and peaking into little shops; and anxiously meeting new people, wondering what we might have in common. Most of all, I remember the uncertainty that surrounded those ...

Each year, 12-15 universities in the United States are selected to participate in the American Council on Education’s (ACE) Internationalization Laboratory. This 18-month program provides a process to help universities assess and improve their international capabilities.   Kent State University is currently participating to help advance Kent State’s impact and reach as a leading international university.   The Kent State internationalization committee is focusing on several strategic areas, and they need your help. Please complete the brief survey that will inform the are...

A grant from the Army Research Laboratory has a Kent State University researcher flying high.   The grant provides more than $130,000 for Blake Stringer, Ph.D., assistant professor of aerospace engineering in Kent State’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering, to study propulsion systems for a new generation of intermediate-sized, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly known as drones.   “I would say that unmanned aircraft systems are becoming the disruptive tech of the 21st century in the aerospace and aviation industries,” Dr. Stringer says. “This technology is real...

People who suffer trauma will, with few exceptions, never forget what happened to them, but a Kent State University researcher may be able offer them the hope of living without constant fear and anxiety.   John D. Johnson, Ph.D., associate professor of biological sciences in Kent State’s College of Arts and Sciences, received a three-year, $450,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a study that could provide a better understanding of how we create deeply ingrained fear memories — and how to stop them.   “People have these horrible things that happen t...