Distinctive Kent State
![Sun shining through the Star Sphere 2010 sculpture Sun shining through the Star Sphere 2010 sculpture](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/20231101_BC_November_2023%20Feature_265.jpg?VersionId=Sc9cIiPKYTmnZtdbKoMCIplhH1olrLNq&itok=cSN2gnSD)
A photgrapher captured Earth's star shining through the Star Sphere 2010 sculpture near Franklin Hall.
![quark gluon plasma quark gluon plasma](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Quark%20Gluon%20Plasma.jpg?VersionId=9y8ndiYtmfRa7VNVm8g.G8dZtlsoMfjv&itok=naEA7DHK)
Supported by grant funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, Kent State physics professor Michael Strickland, Ph.D., and his team have developed the world’s leading approach to describe non-equilibrium evolution of highly relativistic systems.
![David Hassler, director of Kent State University's Wick Poetry Center, performs at the 2023 Nobel Prize Summit. David Hassler, director of Kent State University's Wick Poetry Center, performs at the 2023 Nobel Prize Summit.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/349116522_1113098473426419_3163790242087012541_n-1%20hassler%20nobel.jpg?VersionId=Sn7aygUv5tFF8jbIWWYBNqpLX5IHPmZM&itok=IibuOtWd)
"Poetry and science are not opposites, they’re actually allies," said David Hassler, director of Kent State University’s Wick Poetry Center.
Hassler paraphrases American poet Jane Hirshfield, who, in 2017, contacted him to collaborate on a Poets for Science project, which is now an interactive exhibit and writing invitation housed at the Wick Poetry Center on the Kent Campus.
![Kent State student filmmaker Aileen Joven Kent State student filmmaker Aileen Joven](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/CIFF47_Day2_DefinePreview-00262.jpg?VersionId=rlq1I.ZJW6kwTgxhGYQ_B9Q3CXR54qr.&itok=clV799nB)
Kent State connects with the Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) to create opportunities for students.
![Pages from the 1983 Chestnut Burr showing the Valentine's Cabaret Pages from the 1983 Chestnut Burr showing the Valentine's Cabaret](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/MicrosoftTeams-image.jpeg?VersionId=5icFOvVS9NThQDug7Wk5WiWOKIn7o7tm&h=0d50045d&itok=xBu324Pc)
A look back at Valentine's Day at Kent State - 40 years ago.
![The Kent Opera Theatre](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/opera-83_0.jpg?VersionId=IbgfDYD4SjHE87utb1xXRJgKRjNEELPs&h=78aab1d8&itok=c_PwDwrI)
The Kent State Opera Theatre will peform on Nov. 18, 19 and 20 in the Wright-Curtis Theatre.
![Kent State hosted the GLSEN Northeast Ohio's Annual Fall Conference for the seventh consecutive year](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/IMG_9068.HEIC__0.jpg?VersionId=IWw_tr5mTlpRHVKSd7XeqchyCQYbnbiJ&h=613550ff&itok=pbS_ZNw4)
Students and faculty from 20 area high schools came to Kent State for GLSEN Northeast Ohio's Annual Fall Conference.
![Sunlight and fall colors surround the home of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/20221024_BC_220455_International_004_0.jpg?VersionId=h1neQH0bE9DosX4rimaC5rC7KQdxjyJ9&h=10d202d3&itok=lA2swXGX)
Sunny days show off the peak fall colors on the Kent Campus.
![A drone's eye view of a foggy morning on campus](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/MicrosoftTeams-image_0.jpeg?VersionId=5s078fnPzkhhlCyKAZmuJyDC3Tcd7P8n&h=0d50045d&itok=3I_Rgt7p)
An early morning shroud of fog gave campus an entirely new look.
![A shadowy figure walks the hall on the second floor of the Kiva.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/20221028_BC_220426_October%20Feature%20Ghosts_009_0.jpg?VersionId=a9hgci.kj.DJuBFfUq_.K3FW5t9X9DXB&h=eb4b6aec&itok=40SkuUuc)
A Kent State employee shares a strange experience he had on the second floor of the Kiva.