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![Kent State University receives grants to to prevent sexual harassment and assault, relationship violence and stalking. Kent State University receives grants to to prevent sexual harassment and assault, relationship violence and stalking.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/kent-state-sign--ka.jpg?VersionId=KREQ4dddhtIetq9nwkiAPVssjizGjehE)
Kent State receives $450,000 in grants to help prevent sexual harassment and assault, relationship violence and stalking.
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![New rankings released by U.S. News & World Report place Kent State University’s School of Library and Information Science among the nation’s top 20 graduate programs in library and information science. The school's faculty and staff are pictured. New rankings released by U.S. News & World Report place Kent State University’s School of Library and Information Science among the nation’s top 20 graduate programs in library and information science. The school's faculty and staff are pictured.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article_thumbnail/PHOTOLEAD-Main.jpg?VersionId=FqMPF69s8B1bxOTtSN5M6lzcnGZPRmA5)
New rankings released by U.S. News & World Report place Kent State University’s School of Library and Information Science among the nation’s top 20 graduate programs in library and information science – again.
Beginning July 1, 2017, Kent State University will become a smoke-free, tobacco-free campus. The new policy is part of the university’s healthy campus initiative, Kent State of Wellness.
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![Kent State's Honors College Welcomes a New Dean](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/honorscollege-ka.jpg?VersionId=z_ELFl66x9aR8Bs337r.TcTPb7kE52k6)
Alison Smith will become the new dean of Kent State University’s Honors College, effective July 1. Smith currently serves as the acting chair in Kent State’s Department of Geology and has served in various administrative, research and…
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![Metin I. Eren, director of archaeology and an assistant professor of anthropology in Kent State University’s College of Arts and Sciences, prepares to fire a replica arrowhead at a special lab at the university's Kent Campus.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Metin%20Eren_0.jpeg?VersionId=FjybGhukICcX0FRi63XjJ.mIpyNA1sVF)
Kent State professor uses a $215,000 National Science Foundation grant to analyze weapons technology dating back 11,000 to 12,000 years.
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![Gemma Casadesus Smith, an associate professor in Kent State’s Department of Biological Sciences, has been awarded a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/DA64_047.jpg?VersionId=xB38Op27uzNAPNgkMKKNSRUMSaTbz1sj)
Kent State's Gemma Casadesus Smith is studying why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's.
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![Kent State student Brooke Mullins stands in front of the Lordstown Fire Department – Station 36 in the Village of Lordstown, Ohio, where she serves as a volunteer firefighter. Kent State student Brooke Mullins stands in front of the Lordstown Fire Department – Station 36 in the Village of Lordstown, Ohio, where she serves as a volunteer firefighter.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Lordstown3---USE-ON-HOME-PAGE-web.jpg?VersionId=gzrWO20kGar5uMeq2WlJF9F3Gjv.Evhu)
Weighing in at barely 100 pounds, Brooke Mullins summoned every ounce of strength she had, and even more she didn’t. Her muscles were shaking; her mind – exhausted. The Kent State University junior had one last shot at overcoming the most grueling portion of a physical exam. If…
UPDATE 4/26/17 - The public lecture by Don Witkowski that was scheduled for April 28 at noon has been canceled. Read more here.
Kent State University’s School of Fashion Design and Merchandising has named Don Witkowski, a Kent…
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![Kent State student-athlete Richard Dahome from the track and field team is preparing to share his secrets to his success by launching a series of athletic camps for students third grade through high school, taught by some of the best athletes in the world](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/HOMEPAGECAMPS.jpg?VersionId=RvDWrgpkLdV8bmomVX6WR8O6rbXxxtwD)
It all comes down to a fraction of a second. Who can push off the block first? Who can jump the highest? Who will cross the finish line ahead of everyone else? In the end, speed is the ultimate winner – it can separate the good from the great.