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![Retired Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Gainer, a Kent State University student who currently serves as president of the Kent State Veterans Club, addresses those attending the university’s 2016 Veterans Day observance. Retired Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Gainer, a Kent State University student who currently serves as president of the Kent State Veterans Club, addresses those attending the university’s 2016 Veterans Day observance.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/11.27.17%20Photo%20of%20Mark%20Gainer.jpg?VersionId=jqPV2G5qvRv97R_HvQwL2WpyZg.6JLex)
For the ninth consecutive year, Kent State University has earned the 2018 Military Friendly® School designation for its Kent Campus. Military Friendly is the military ratings division of Victory Media, a service-disabled, veteran-owned business that also publishes G.I. Jobs®,…
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![Two chimpanzees are pictured sitting in the grass. A recent study co-authored by researchers at Kent State University looks at the differences of human brains compared to the brains of other primates such as chimpanzees, gorillas and monkeys. Two chimpanzees are pictured sitting in the grass. A recent study co-authored by researchers at Kent State University looks at the differences of human brains compared to the brains of other primates such as chimpanzees, gorillas and monkeys.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/11.30.17%20Photo%20of%20two%20chimpanzees.jpg?VersionId=s4EPB98iZDmrSttD9EJaXqKjqgRNPMng)
How different are human brains compared to the brains of other primates such as chimpanzees, gorillas and monkeys? It’s one of many important questions that scientists have asked for years while pursuing a better understanding of human evolution.
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![Kent State University students fill the steps of the Kent Student Center during peak hours at the beginning of the 2017 Fall Semester. Kent State University students fill the steps of the Kent Student Center during peak hours at the beginning of the 2017 Fall Semester.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/11.30.17%20Photo%20of%20students%20in%20Kent%20Student%20Center.jpg?VersionId=4wMIx3CeuswO3knOQthI51uS_NXuuIgk)
Supporters give more than $1 million
Kent State University’s Giving Tuesday 2017 doubled the 2016 campaign – hitting more than $1 million just before midnight on Tuesday, Nov. 28. The single largest gift of the day was a $100,000 donation to the Fashion School Study Away Fund.…
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![Kent State University students fill the steps of the Kent Student Center during peak hours at the beginning of the 2017 Fall Semester. Kent State University students fill the steps of the Kent Student Center during peak hours at the beginning of the 2017 Fall Semester.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/11.30.17%20Photo%20of%20students%20in%20Kent%20Student%20Center.jpg?VersionId=4wMIx3CeuswO3knOQthI51uS_NXuuIgk)
Supporters give more than $1 million
Kent State University’s Giving Tuesday 2017 doubled the 2016 campaign – hitting more than $1 million just before midnight on Tuesday, Nov. 28. The single largest gift of the day was a $100,000 donation to the Fashion School Study Away Fund.…
Students in the viticulture and enology programs will participate in winemaking from start to finish
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![Retired Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Gainer, a Kent State University student who currently serves as president of the Kent State Veterans Club, addresses those attending the university’s 2016 Veterans Day observance. Retired Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Gainer, a Kent State University student who currently serves as president of the Kent State Veterans Club, addresses those attending the university’s 2016 Veterans Day observance.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/11.27.17%20Photo%20of%20Mark%20Gainer.jpg?VersionId=jqPV2G5qvRv97R_HvQwL2WpyZg.6JLex)
For the ninth consecutive year, Kent State University has earned the 2018 Military Friendly® School designation for its Kent Campus. Military Friendly is the military ratings division of Victory Media, a service-disabled, veteran-owned business that also publishes G.I. Jobs®,…
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Officers from Kent State University Police Services have always had a “protect and serve” philosophy, and recently, they put this philosophy in action in order to help families in need.
Each year, the department holds a “Glow, Grow and Give” fundraiser throughout the month of…
Marilyn Norconk, Ph.D., a Professor Emerita of Anthropology in Kent State University’s College of Arts and Sciences, has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the…
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![Thousands of Kent State students will benefit from the support given to select campaigns as part of Giving Tuesday. Thousands of Kent State students will benefit from the support given to select campaigns as part of Giving Tuesday.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Campus%20Walking.jpg?VersionId=kjQO978nH4Npc5MIknr9ToYNnyijraaY)
Kent State University kicked off the season of giving early this year on Nov. 1 with the launch of its 2017 Giving Tuesday campaign. In a departure from efforts of past years, the university extended the fundraising initiative through the entire month of November, leading up to…
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![Thousands of Kent State students will benefit from the support given to select campaigns as part of Giving Tuesday. Thousands of Kent State students will benefit from the support given to select campaigns as part of Giving Tuesday.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Campus%20Walking.jpg?VersionId=kjQO978nH4Npc5MIknr9ToYNnyijraaY)
Kent State University kicked off the season of giving early this year on Nov. 1 with the launch of its 2017 Giving Tuesday campaign. In a departure from efforts of past years, the university extended the fundraising initiative through the entire month of November, leading up to…