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Dear Fellow Flashes,
Whether you are connecting to Kent State University from campus, or from the comfort of your own home, all of our student leaders would like to welcome you back. Also, we want to give a special welcome to our first-year students who just joined the Golden…
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![Torsten Hegmann, director of Kent State's Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, shows the area in the basement of the Integrated Sciences Building where a new X-ray scattering machine will be installed in 2021.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/200827_ISB-Torsten_RD_00723%20%281%29.jpg?VersionId=P5HY3loSX8OenSxNdrP1PIWKj8hYitrX)
Kent State University’s Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute soon will be home to a new X-ray scattering instrument capable of examining materials in scales from as small as a fraction of a nanometer to as large as several micrometers.
Dear Kent State University Students, Faculty and Staff,
We have entered our first full week of classes, and many of you have reached out with excellent questions about life on campus as we work to limit the spread of the virus in our community. Below you will find answers to…
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Two recent incidents involving the painting of racist messages on the Rock located on Front Campus, coupled with the series of tragic national events this year involving the shootings of Black Americans, serve as glaring evidence that this university and our country need to do…
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![Kent State University’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Plus (LGBTQ+) Center holds a safe, physically distant small group kickoff event at the start of the 2020 Fall Semester.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/LGBTQ%2B-Center-Event_0.jpg?VersionId=yQpfjUMfUlTq9jU5HVHGCcjMoxiI0VbT)
Kent State University’s commitment to maintaining a diverse and inclusive campus has received acknowledgement from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in higher education, for an eighth consecutive year. INSIGHT Into Diversity…
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Two Kent State University employees have been recognized among the 2020 “30 for the Future” award recipients by the Greater Akron Chamber.
Following the guidance provided by the Kent City Health Department and until further notice, all university-sponsored events, meetings or gatherings of more than 10 people on the Kent Campus must be held via virtual technology, including events and activities sponsored by…
Today, we became aware of a message painted on the KSU rock that was offensive and insulting to many, specifically to members of our Black community. Messages that are intended to be upsetting and hurtful are unconstructive and do not reflect our core values as a university.
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![Kent State's College of Public Health has created a new 100% online MPH in epidemiology degree.PH](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Online%20MPHAylaDanes6_0.jpg?VersionId=EH4R_Q71sfo2Rv1WhTAXXLTV2gnIQNIm)
The 100% online MPH, with a concentration in epidemiology , will have an official launch in fall semester 2020.