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![A computer rendering of the Liberty of Poetry statue (shown here) was used by Kent State University to create the 3D-printed reproduction of the statue.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/Computer%20rendering%20of%20Liberty%20of%20Poetry%20.png?VersionId=ZoEPyMEmw_lJhD4mLrUVpGVaNuzO9lKW&h=bcb6c8d2&itok=qbJgi3QE)
Kent State University and the Opera di Santa Croce in Florence, Italy, will celebrate a collaborative partnership around the creation of “Sisters in Liberty: From Florence, Italy, to New York, New York,” an exhibition opening on Oct. 17, 2019, and running through April 26, 2020, at the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration on Ellis Island in New York.
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Kent State’s Design Innovation Hub is setting the stage for transformative research and innovation across disciplines.
![Kent State's makerspaces outrank Harvard, University of Michigan Ann Arbor](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/design-innovation-orb_1.jpg?VersionId=aGoLueUuFDZ8EjNbCk46tIcf77zzcrrF&h=e6f36a9c&itok=hKbKbJbg)
Kent State’s makerspaces, which number more than 25 across the eight-campus system, was named the top program in Ohio and entered the top 10 by surpassing programs at schools such as the University of Southern California, Arizona State University, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and Harvard University.
![J.R. Campbell, executive director of the Design Innovation Initiative at Kent State, speaks during the construction launch event for the Design Innovation Hub.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/DesignInnovate_006sm.jpg?VersionId=CFqGucFq09Etcg2xhRHvDZJVeTLl9B9l&h=eb2183be&itok=M3VvLzco)
Kent State University celebrated the launch of a dynamic new space, the Design Innovation (DI) Hub, which will bring innovations from many disciplines together in a 68,000-square-foot building near the center of the Kent Campus.