Organizational Sustainability

Earth Fest Stickers

As part of Earth Month, there was an Earth Fest event at the Kent Student Center on Tuesday.

Dorceta Taylor ESDRI Symposium Keynote Speaker

Issues concerning environmentalism and race will be explored at the 2023 ESDRI Symposium, April 13-14, at Kent State University

Fungal Furniture exhibit at the DI Hub Muselab

An innovative experiment creates building materials from fungus.

Plant growing in a light bulb

April 22, 2023, marks the 53rd anniversary of Earth Day, and Kent State University is celebrating the whole Earth Month with the theme “Invest in Our Planet.” 

Student working on clothes mannequin

As of 2021, the fashion industry was responsible for 10% of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions, according to research done by the Columbia Climate School.

Kent State University students walk through Florence, Italy, as they receive a tour.

Kent State University will be equipped to offer more financial assistance to students in need thanks to donors to a key area of the university’s ongoing comprehensive fundraising campaign. The Forever Brighter campaign includes a scholarship-support component, Prioritizing Student Success, that now stands at $142 million, surpassing the $100 million goal set at the campaign’s outset in October 2021.

Kent State Today
Kent State Airport Hangar in 2020

The Kent State University Board of Trustees approved a project with an estimated cost of $5 million to be funded from federal, state and university sources to address deferred maintenance at the Kent State University Airport hangar.

KSU Starsphere

The Kent State University Board of Trustees approved the establishment of six new majors during its regular quarterly meeting held March 9 in Columbus, Ohio, at Le Meridien Columbus, The Joseph. Five of the new majors fall under the College of Aeronautics and Engineering, and one falls under the College of Arts and Sciences.

E-Cycling location near the home of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design

Electronic recycling drop-off dates in March are part of Kent State's overall institutional sustainability initiatives.

Plant vendor at Spring 2023 Farmers' Market

The first on-campus Farmers' Market of spring arrived on Tuesday in the DI Hub.