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Kent State Fashion School Hall of Fame to Induct Don Witkowski, Michael Kors Executive

UPDATE 4/26/17 - The public lecture by Don Witkowski that was scheduled for April 28 at noon has be

Touched by Migration: Poetry Helps Give Refugees and Immigrants a Voice

A unique poetry partnership is helping to spread the “word” about migration, literally. Powerful and inspiring words are ringing throughout 11 cities in the United States.

Kent State Track Star Goes the Distance to Up the Speed of Young Athletes

It all comes down to a fraction of a second. Who can push off the block first? Who can jump the highest?

Kent State Alumna Competes for $1 Million on “The Amazing Race”

A Kent State alumna joins "The Amazing Race" team to compete for $1 million on CBS.

Kent State Geographers Make Maps to Help Study Youth Violence

Kent State University researchers use geospatial technology to study youth violence in Akron, Ohio.

Kent State Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth

A Kent State professor, his graduate students and researchers from Kyoto University help offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.

Kent State Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth

According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases diagnosed and 600,920 cancer deaths in the U.S. in 2017.

These numbers are stark and sobering, and worse yet, we still do not know exactly why cancer develops in its victims or how to stop it.

An online publication in Nature Nanotechnology this week by Kent State University researchers and their colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan, however, may offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.

Kent State University Police Services Swears In Two New Officers

As their families watched, Trevor White and Terrance Duncan were sworn in as Kent State University Police Services’ newest officers.

Cancer Survivors and Depression: Kent State Professor Studies Link

A new study by a Kent State researcher finds that depression in some cancer survivors is linked to both care and financial concerns.

Metin Eren's Team Gives Old Artifacts a New Look

Move over Indiana Jones — Archaeology has some fresh new faces.

Lae'l Hughes-Watkins, University Libraries Department of Special Collections and Archives

Lae'l Hughes-Watkins, University Libraries Department of Special Collections and Archives, authored an article titled “Between Two Worlds: A Look at the Impact of the Black Campus Movement on the Antiwar Era of 1968–1970 at Kent State University” published in the journal Ohio History. The article reframes the antiwar movement and the Kent State shootings through the lens of race and relies heavily on the narratives of African-American alumni who were on the frontlines of the black campus movement. 

Sophomore Comm Studies Major Aims to Educate Community About Human Trafficking

I  had no idea what human trafficking was until I came to Kent.