Kent State University’s School of Theatre and Dance continues its 2024-2025 season with “Pride & Prejudice–The Musical” running October 25 through November 3 in E. Turner Stump Theatre, located in the Center for Performing Arts.Jane Austen's beloved novel comes to the stage in this exciting and moving new musical adaptation of “Pride & Prejudice.” Set in 1800 England, this 2008 Richard Rodgers Award finalist musical tells the story of Elizabeth Bennet, one of five sisters, who rebels against society's and her mother's wish that she must marry anyone, as long as he is rich. When she cro...

Kent State University students had the chance to learn from an award-winning Hollywood costume designer when Isis Mussenden visited the Kent Campus recently for two days, a visit sponsored by the Kent State University Museum.Mussenden, a costume designer based in Los Angeles, is a recipient of the Costume Designers Guild Award. Her work includes feature films such as "The Chronicles of Narnia," "The Wolverine" and “American Psycho” as well as streaming shows, commercials and animated feature films including "Shrek" and "Puss in Boots." While on campus, Mussenden offered a workshop for stu...

  A recent study by Psychological Sciences graduate student Christina Korth and faculty member Dr. Joel Hughes investigated factors that may reduce posttraumatic stress symptoms during the COVID-10 pandemic. While we cannot always prevent traumatic stress, such as during a global infectious disease pandemic, they found that people’s confidence in their ability to cope with stress and their perceived social support helped lessen the effect of stress on symptoms of posttraumatic stress. This important work was completed in collaboration with Dr. Gregory Gibson and Dr. Anthony Vander Ho...