Events
The Office of Sustainability is involved in various events throughout the year.
- Kent Green Energy Ohio Tour: September
- Campus Sustainability Month: October
- Game Day Challenge: Fall Semester
- Earth Month Events: April
- RecycleMania: Spring Semester
- E-Cycle Drive: March
- Shred Mania: March
Friday, May 31, 2019 - 12:00am
Being hunted by unseen predators isn’t the way most researchers conduct their work. But for some, it’s just part of the day.
“The animals that most concerned me were the large cats, like jaguars, pumas, but also snakes, and monkeys,” said Emmaleigh Given, Kent State aquatic ecolo...
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 - 12:00am
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) created the AIA-ACSA Design & Health Research Consortium to advance university research that ties together building design and health concerns.
Kent State University i...
Tuesday, May 28, 2019 - 12:00am
The university celebrates the construction launch of the Design Innovation Hub.
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Thursday, May 23, 2019 - 12:00am
Instead of traveling to a bustling beach in Florida or a cross-country trip to the Rocky Mountains, Kent State students embarked on a variety of alternative volunteer trips during this year’s spring break.
The alternative spring break trips are hosted by Community Engaged Learn...
Friday, May 17, 2019 - 12:00am
In May 2018, Kent State University’s Wick Poetry Center received a $90,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Since then, the center has been busy strategically planning and implementing the River Stanzas Project in communities around Northeast Ohio.
The River Stanza...
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 - 12:00am
Flash’s Food Pantry officially opened in April, serving as a resource for students on the Kent State University at East Liverpool campus who may need an occasional boost with putting food on their tables.
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 - 12:00am
Kent State Receives Local Volunteer Award
Kent State University was recognized this month by the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank for its volunteer work with the organization last year. In appreciation of the service provided by the university, the foodbank bestowed Kent State with...
Monday, April 29, 2019 - 12:00am
Kent State Receives Ohio EPA Environmental Excellence Awards
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency presented its Encouraging Environmental Excellence (E3) Awards recently at the Ohio EPA’s second Sustainability Conference in Columbus.
Doug Pearson, associate vice president of...
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - 12:00am
Kent State University celebrated the launch of a dynamic new space, the Design Innovation (DI) Hub, which will bring innovations from many disciplines together in a 68,000-square-foot building near the center of the Kent Campus.
The construction launch, which marks the beginning...
Sunday, April 21, 2019 - 12:00am
Kent Wired Article "Tracking our Trash" by Henry Palattella
Sorted, transported and covered: Transforming trash as it travels to its forever home
Think of the last thing you threw away on Kent State’s campus. Maybe it was a scrap of paper. Maybe it was the remnants of a Prentice...