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Sun, Summer and Science: Professors Receive Inclusive NSF Grant

Michael Tubergen, professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry and

Professor Emerita Carol Salus Featured in Roy Lichtenstein Documentary

Art history professor emerita Carol Salus was interviewed for a new ideastream documentary about artist Roy Lichtenstein and his wife, Is

Alumnus Omid Tavakoli Featured on ideastream

Omid Tavakoli, M.F.A. '19 Print Media and Photography, was interviewed about his life and art for ideastream in April. The article “Equity in Art: Balancing Biracial Identity" centers around about his experience being a biracial artist. He also talks about his time studying at Kent State.

Kent State Psychologist Has A Blast Telling Tall Tales

Roughly four out of 10 Americans have glossophobia, better known as having a fear of public speaking, and it is even slotted ahead of dea

Kent State Alumna and Journalist Finds Additional Success on Social Media

Kent State alumna Jeannette Reyes, ’12, uses TikTok for fun outside of her television anchor responsibilities at FOX 5 Washington, D.C. Last October, Reyes posted a video with her husband using their “anchor talk” voices to decide on choices for dinner. She never expected her video to gain so much momentum.

Hope Springs Through Verse: Global Vaccine Poem Has Grown to More Than 1,700 Stanzas Worldwide, Gains Attention of Ohio Governor

The Global Vaccine Poem, launched in early April by Kent State University’s Wick Poetry Center and the University of Arizona’s Poetry Center, has grown to more than 1,700 stanzas submitted by people in all 50 states and 89 countries. 

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, at his May 17 news briefing on the COVID-19 pandemic, shared a video about the project to encourage all Ohioans to submit a stanza.

International Student Wins Global Cleveland Pitch Contest

Fathima Nafrisha Cassim Bawa, a fourth-year Ph.D.

Four Years Ahead: An 18-Year-Old Kent Student Will Graduate From Kent State This Spring

While most 18-year-olds are finishing up their high school requirements for graduation and making plans to attend college or applying for jobs, a few exceptional students like Benjamin Mudrak are simply way ahead of their peers in their academic pursuits.

Division of Student Affairs Wins Prestigious National Award

The Division of Student Affairs at Kent State has been named one of the 30 Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs for 2021 by A

BHRI Researchers Featured on NPR’s Academic Minute

Five Kent State University Brain Health Research Institute (BHRI) faculty were recently featured on National Public Rad

Kent State Students Gain Valuable Experience Via the NFL Draft

While all eyes were on the stage to meet the NFL stars of the future, scores of current and former Kent State students were nearby during the league’s recent draft, which was held in Cleveland on April 29-May 1, 2021.

Political Science Professor Awarded MAC Outstanding Faculty Award

Congratulations to Julie Mazzei, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Political Science (in the College of Arts and Sciences a