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Distinguished Teaching Award Recipients Announced

This year's 2020 Distinguished Teaching Award (DTA) recipients are an outstanding group of teachers who are truly dedicated to their students' success. Sponsored by the Kent State Alumni Association, the DTA is the university’s most prestigious honor in teaching. The award is presented annually to three full-time faculty members who demonstrate extraordinary teaching, whether it be in the classroom or online. 

Research Spotlight - Dr. Stephanie Fussell

Research Spotlight - Dr. Jason Lorenzon and Dr. Syed Shihab

Speeding Up The Process: Computer Science Professor Receives NSF CAREER Funding

Computers are fast. They benefit humanity because of their ability to process data much faster than a human can.

Kent State Researchers Receive NIH Award for Alzheimer’s Research

Kent State University’s Mary Ann Raghanti, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of

Alumna Rebecca Cross Shows Solo Exhibition at Massillon Museum

The Massillon Museum is currently showing a solo exhibition titled “Suspended Animations” featuring Rebecca Cross, M.F.A. ’07, on view through June 16. The exhibition, which is on view in the museum's Studio M gallery, includes a series of drawings on silk and a sculptural installation. 

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.