Centers & Institutes
As Northeast Ohio's premier public university, Kent State University is proud to host many centers and institutes — each of which supports the institution's teaching, research and public service mission in its own unique way. The university has a long, strong history of public-private partnerships and of sharing the expertise of our world-class faculty and highly trained staff far beyond campus boundaries.
Oftentimes, the research and initiatives produced by these facilities translate to "knowledge at work." It can mean improving Ohio's classrooms through learning technologies, developing the next generation of liquid crystal display nanotechnology or improving the lives of people in depressed areas of the world — which also creates contacts and markets for Ohio businesses.
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- Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute
- Applied Psychology Center (APC)
- Brain Health Research Institute
- Center for Comparative and Integrative Programs
- Center for Conrad Studies
- Center for Corporate and Professional Development
- Center for Disability Studies
- Center for Ecology & Natural Resource Sustainability
- Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation
- Center for Information Systems (CIS)
- Center for Innovation in Transition & Employment (CITE)
- Center for International & Intercultural Education
- Center for Materials Informatics (CMI)
- Center for Math & Science Education
- Center for Nuclear Research (CNR)
- Center for Nursing Research (CNR)
- Center for Public Health Preparedness
- Center for Public Policy and Health (CPPH), formerly CPAPP
- Center for Scholastic Journalism
- Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality
- Center for Sport and Recreation Development (CSRD)
- Center for the Study of Information and Religion
- Center for the Study of Librarianship
- Center for Teaching and Learning
- Center of Pan African Culture (CPAC)
- Child Development Center (CDC)
- College of Architecture and Environmental Design
- Communication Research Center (CRC)
- Design Innovation (DI)
- Family Child Learning Center
- Gerald H. Read Center for International and Intercultural Education (CIIE)
- Global Management Center (GMC)
- Hattie Larlham (HLRI)
- Human Development Center (HDC)
- Institute for African American Affairs (IAAA)
- Institute for Applied Linguistics (IAL)
- Institute for Bibliography and Editing (IBE)
- Kent Regional Business Alliance (KRBA)
- Lyman L. Lemnitzer Center for NATO and European Union Studies
- Ohio Employee Ownership Center (OEOC)
- Ohio Literacy Resource Center (OLRC)
- Ohio Small Business Development Center at Kent State Stark (OSBDC)
- Ohio Small Business Development Center at Kent State Tuscarawas (OSBDC)
- Psychological Clinic
- Reading and Writing Development Center (RWDC)
- Research and Evaluation Bureau