Community Impact

An art exhibition in the Kent State University Downtown Gallery uses images of UFOs to evoke questions about reality in a world where truth is often reframed. 

Natalie Pillsbury, who earned both a bachelor’s degree in 2007 and a Master of Public Administration in 2023 from Kent State University, will begin her new role on March 20.

After two years of preparation, the Community Geography Lab is back. What started as a room filled with filing cabinets and old maps, turned into a colorful local resource filled with whiteboard-topped tables and maps lining the walls.

A student chef's culinary journey to his dream took him from Cuyahoga Community College to Kent State. 

Flashes Recycle Electronics at the annual Electronics Drive, open to the

 community, each Wednesday in March. 

Understanding academic freedom and freedom of expression were the topics of Tuesday’s “Dialogue and Difference” session, part of a series designed to engage the Kent State University community in discussions that will advance our core values of freedom of expression, respect and kindness in all we do.

A Kent State staffer captured spectacular views of a red moon over the Kent State University Airport.

Local high school student musicians came to Kent State to rehearse and perform with the Flasher Brass Pep Band.

A Kent State staffer's kindness helped international students who were far from their much warmer home weather an Ohio winter. 

Kathryn Wilson, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Economics within the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, weighs in on whether a higher cigarette tax could help lower high smoking rates in Ohio.