Community & Society

As National Hispanic Heritage Month comes to a close, Alex Silverio and Tatiana Fernández Pérez shared pieces of their cultures at this month’s installment of Cultural Café, presented by International Student and Scholar Services at the Office of Global Education.

On Flash the Mascot's 38th birthday, we ask the question: Which came first, Flash or the egg?

New York couturière designer Pauline Trigère, whose career spanned more than five decades, left behind a legacy of fashion innovation meticulously preserved in volumes of sketchbooks and press clippings. Those volumes have had a home at Kent State University Libraries since 1993 and soon will be accessible to everyone. 

Everybody's heard about the bird! Oct. 12 is Flash's 38th birthday!

Downtown Kent is colored with pride, recognizing National Coming Out Day on Oct. 11 and preparing for Kent's Rainbow Weekend, Oct. 13-14. 

Kent's Main Street Bridge has been accumulating expressions of love for nearly a decade. 

On World Mental Health Day, Kent State is launching its own university-wide mental health campaign with a special event.

Fall is the time to get protected from COVID-19 and flu. Appointments for shots are available at Kent State University's DeWeese Health Center on the Kent Campus.

You can submit your Kent State photos to appear in Kent State Today's daily "IN A FLASH" feature. 

Small sensors about the size of a postage stamp could one day save the lives of firefighters, soldiers and other workers who face the threat of toxic gases or vapors on the job.