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Members of Kent State University’s Design Innovation Initiative are forging creative collaborations with local and regional organizations and funders as they work toward the production of personal protective equipment (PPE) for first responders battling the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kent State’s Design Innovation Initiative Cultivates Creative Partnerships to Battle COVID-19
Members of Kent State University’s Design Innovation Initiative are forging creative collaborations with local and regional organizations and funders as they work toward the production of personal protective equipment (PPE) for first responders battling the COVID-19 pandemic.Image

The Kent State Emergency Grant Fund is helping students meet financial challenges.
Kent State Emergency Grant Fund Helps Students With Basic Needs
The Kent State Emergency Grant Fund is helping students meet financial challenges.Image

"I am creating this scholarship to continue the legacy of my father’s diligent work helping empower those facing hardship with disabilities.”
JOSEPH NEFF, ESQ.
"I am creating this scholarship to continue the legacy of my father’s diligent work helping empower those facing hardship with disabilities.”Image

“It always felt that Kent State and the English Department faculty ‘gave me my shoes,’ and so I feel strongly about giving back to help future generations succeed.”
KATHLEEN RYDAR
“It always felt that Kent State and the English Department faculty ‘gave me my shoes,’ and so I feel strongly about giving back to help future generations succeed.”Image

“The success I have had has been a result of my classes in Sociology and Psychology at Kent State."
KAREN NICHOLSON
“The success I have had has been a result of my classes in Sociology and Psychology at Kent State."Image

Kent State University psychology professor John Gunstad, Ph.D., has received agrant of nearly $2.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to expand his Alzheimer’s disease research into a national study.
Gunstad is studying how speech patterns in older adults can be…
KENT STATE PROFESSOR RECEIVES $2.6 MILLION GRANT FOR ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH
Kent State University psychology professor John Gunstad, Ph.D., has received agrant of nearly $2.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to expand his Alzheimer’s disease research into a national study. Gunstad is studying how speech patterns in older adults can be…Image

Michael Parker, a senior Mechatronics student, was recently accepted into a year-long internship, in computer-aided sheet metal design for Bessamaire HVEC, a Heating, Ventilation, and Evaporative cooling company.
Parker plans to pursue a position in the field of automation…
Student Spotlight - Michael Parker
Michael Parker, a senior Mechatronics student, was recently accepted into a year-long internship, in computer-aided sheet metal design for Bessamaire HVEC, a Heating, Ventilation, and Evaporative cooling company. Parker plans to pursue a position in the field of automation…Image

As an aeronautics major with a concentration in flight technology, Alex Johnson spends a lot of time around airplanes. In addition to working at the Kent State University Airport, she recently spent the majority of her day for four days in a 172 Cessna flying across county in…