Kent State University’s Division of Research and Economic Development recently hosted its quarterly Town Hall and Kent State Today was in attendance as the division offered a bright prediction for the future of the university’s R1 status as a top research university. Doug Delahanty, Ph.D., vice president for research and economic development, said he expects Kent State will once again receive R1 status when rankings from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education are released in early 2025.“We have met that R1 criteria for 2025,” he said.The criteria to renew R1 statu...

Only a first-year in a competitive program, Nathan Heid's ambitions, conceptualizations, and hard work caught the eyes of the jury at the state level, ultimately leading to him winning an Honorable Mention Award by the 2024 AIA Ohio Student Design Competition. With a true mechanical element stemming from an engineering background and hours spent meticulously prototyping, Heid’s project “Machine on the Horizon” paves a new path for first-years and students beyond to design with risk and brilliance.The AIA Ohio Student Design&...