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Ninth Annual AMETEK Tree City 5K for United Way of Portage County Set for July 7

The ninth annual AMETEK Tree City 5K benefiting the United Way of Portage County will take place on Saturday, July 7. The race, which is part of the annual Kent Heritage Festival, raises funds for more than 40 health and human service programs in the community.

Kent State's Baseball Team Plays in College World Series

Golden Flashes will play elimination game Monday, June 18, at 5 p.m. The Kent State baseball team (46-18) won in dramatic style June 11, as Derek Toadvine scored the game’s winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning on a one-out double by Kent State all-time hits leader…

Panelists Announced for Live Presentation of NPR’s Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!

Panelists have been announced for a live presentation of NPR’s Peabody Award-winning Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me! on Thursday, June 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the State Theatre at Cleveland’s PlayhouseSquare.

Kent State Selected to Host Fulbright Visiting Scholars This Summer

Kent State University is one of five institutions selected to host the 2012 Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program for Iraq this summer. The prestigious program is sponsored by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars and supported by the U.S. Department of State’s…

Kent State Professors Design Costumes for Olympic Dance Team

Biggest Winner Teams Drop 564 Pounds During Competition

The results are in for Kent State’s Biggest Winner competition and the first-place team is IS' bIggeSt wInnerS!   All five team members are from the Division of Information Services, and include: Brendan Walsh, Ruth Ruggles, Dolly Lowe, Kathy Meeker…

Bill Cosby to Perform at Kent State Tuscarawas

Bill Cosby, one of America’s most beloved comedians of all time, will perform at the Performing Arts Center at Kent State University at Tuscarawas in New Philadelphia on Aug. 24 at 7:30 p.m.

100 Years of Progress in Kent, Ohio

Watch Kent State University and the city of Kent grow over the past 100 years in this time-lapse animation. Watch video.

Kent State Professor Kimberly Peer Named Fellow of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association

Kimberly Peer, Ed.D., Athletic Training Education Program undergraduate and graduate coordinator and associate professor at Kent State, has been named a fellow of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA).

Kent State's Baseball Team Advances to College World Series

A dramatic one-out double by Jimmy Rider to score Derek Toadvine gave the Golden Flashes a 3-2 victory over Oregon in the Eugene Super Regional, hosted by the University of Oregon. Read more.
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