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![Beading on a garment representing "culture" and a Kent State University patch on jeans representing the "counterculture" are included in the Kent State University Museum's "Culture/Counterculture" exhibition.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Culture%20Counterculture%20web%20banner%202.jpg?VersionId=8z_D0ktGnqLI73YIBop9EJQGBAO.MQL2)
Almost 50 years ago, the shootings of Kent State University students by the Ohio National Guard brought to a head the cultural divides that had split the nation. The Kent State University Museum’s exhibition, “Culture/Counterculture: Fashions of the 1960s and ’70s,” opening…
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![The Kent State University Alumni Association will honor seven alumni with its 2019 Alumni Awards.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/09.10.19%20Gate%20with%20K.jpg?VersionId=Pb44oxX0SNFzKRNnp7M67RjxC3UscQBQ)
The Kent State University Alumni Association is proud to announce its 2019 Alumni Award recipients. Recipients are chosen based on their exceptional contributions in their chosen profession, in their communities and at Kent State.
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![Members of Kent State University’s Class of 2023 form a K on campus for a photo with President Todd Diacon, Kent State cheerleaders and the university’s mascot, Flash.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/09.09.19%20Photo%20of%20Kent%20State%27s%20Class%20of%202023%20forming%20a%20K.jpg?VersionId=CL90LGDvhZEvPhyywMAoSi99cc_zCftN)
Kent State University has made impressive moves in the rankings in the newly released 2020 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges list. Kent State has climbed three spots, a 3% increase, on the Top Public Schools list. Kent State is the only Northeast Ohio institution on the…
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Kent State University’s new FedEx Aeronautics Academic Center provides a world-class training ground to help aviation students and future pilots soar to even greater achievements.
Kent State University, in collaboration with Ohio’s public universities, has pledged support for Lt. Gov. Jon Husted’s “Ohio Intellectual Property (IP) Promise,” a collaborative effort to strengthen Ohio’s innovation economy, attract innovative researchers and serve as a magnet…
The Kent State University Board of Trustees will hold its next regular business meeting Wednesday, Sept. 11, at Kent State University at Tuscarawas, located at 330 University Drive NE in New Philadelphia, Ohio. The Board is scheduled to convene at 2 p.m. in Room 113/107 in the…
*For media planning purposes, Kent State University is providing this monthly email that outlines all planned events for the upcoming month related to the 50th commemoration of May 4. For the latest updates on events, visit www.kent.edu…
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![New Kent State University President Todd Diacon will serve as Kent State’s 2019 Homecoming Grand Marshal on Saturday, Sept. 21.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/09.03.19%20Photo%20of%20Kent%20State%20University%20President%20Todd%20Diacon.jpg?VersionId=gsEcN5rrVydvCty1PRkrOgbWrWXuVNFn)
Last year, Kent State University celebrated 100 years of Homecoming. This year, the university starts the next century of Kent State Homecoming celebrations with a new president leading the institution.
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![Kent State's "We the People" Exhibition on Display near the Esplanade Arch in May 2019](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/GURI%20-%20WTP%20Web%20Banner.jpg?VersionId=3FJGDKMqrzVRZlH8wYpBgeLtb.E95R3L)
Kent State University is pleased and proud to announce the return of “We the People,” a photography exhibition that shines a light on our common humanity.
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![First-year students read May 4 books for the Common Reading Experience.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/article/Common%20Reading.jpg?VersionId=SNYp9sXex2Duu.707Bb.PWL22V23LmYC)
Kent State’s Common Reading Experience is an opportunity for first-year students to read university-selected books and share a common experience with their peers. The goal is for freshmen to gain an understanding of the university’s values and to build and maintain relationships…