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![Photo Courtesy: CBS. Kent State alumna joins The Amazing Race team for the 29th season. Photo Courtesy: CBS. Kent State alumna joins The Amazing Race team for the 29th season.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/a-race-team-ka.jpg?VersionId=rGeOldvDe.fIn3lg4seoMPu_JDvFaxln)
A Kent State alumna joins "The Amazing Race" team to compete for $1 million on CBS.
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…
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![Kent State University President Beverly Warren stands with Xi’An International Studies University President Wang Junzhe after signing a partnership agreement between the two universities. Kent State University President Beverly Warren stands with Xi’An International Studies University President Wang Junzhe after signing a partnership agreement between the two universities.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/03.23.17%20Photo%20of%20Kent%20State%20University%20President%20Beverly%20Warren%20and%20Xi%27an%20International%20Studies%20University%20President%20Wang%20Junzhe.jpg?VersionId=qa9anSp9NZ6BJzAPsd4fP2cJimhi9u6k)
A delegation from Xi’An International Studies University (XISU) in China led by President Wang Junzhe recently met with members of the Kent State University faculty and staff to sign a partnership agreement between the two universities.
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![The winning models and designers of Rock the Runway 2017 pose for a picture with their plaque.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/homepage1.jpg?VersionId=Q9VqeKEuyZfJQacZ5cEXhrcPNGzAsSAe)
Kent Student Center Programming, part of the Center for Student Involvement, hosted the 13th annual Rock the Runway on March 4.
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 will hold Spring Recess March 27 through April 2. Classes will resume Monday, April 3. University offices will remain open during Spring Recess.
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![Kent State gymnast Rachel Stypinski focuses as she performs her floor routine at the 2017 Mid-American Conference Gymnastics Championships. (Photo credit: David Dermer)](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/homepage.jpg?VersionId=p4IeCI.PV45pP0bvmDHYwmxYCjw9BYGz)
Kent State University junior Rachel Stypinski won the all-around title with a 39.500 to lead the Golden Flashes at the 2017 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Gymnastics Championships held March 18 at the…
Ohio is conducting a statewide tornado drill on Wednesday, March 22, at 9:50 a.m. Kent State University will be participating in this test, along with the city of Kent and other communities. Kent State tests the tornado and emergency mass notification system on the first…
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The 14th-seeded Kent State University men’s basketball team played third-seeded UCLA close in the second half, but ultimately fell to the Bruins, 97-80, March 17 in the first round of the 2017 NCAA Tournament Midwest Region at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California.
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Fifteen years after Kent State’s Men’s Basketball team became the darlings of the NCAA Tournament, those who played and cheered for that team are remembering the excitement.
The Golden Flashes won the Mid-American Conference Tournament and entered March Madness as a #10 seed;…