The Designer Behind the Vision:Sophia Macro, a fashion design major with a minor in entrepreneurship for the arts, is  preparing to graduate in the upcoming weeks.  During her time at Kent over the past four years, she has become an active player on the women’s rugby team and a member of Kent State’s SURVIVOR student organization, while also  working for Kent State Student Media in analytics. In her rising career in fashion, she has completed a study abroad experience and is currently writing a Senior Honors Thesis/Project, covering some of the real-life implicati...

Kent State East Liverpool Observing Earth Day The 2026 Kent State East Liverpool Earth Day observance will be held April 25, from 9 a.m. to noon in Purinton Hall, located at 400 E. Fourth St. The free event is open to the public. This year’s theme is Our Power, Our Planet. Featured speakers are Zihan Lin Ph.D. from Cleveland State University and Kelli Pastore, parks director with the Salem Parks and Recreation Department.Lin is an assistant professor in Cleveland State’s Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences. The topic of her presentation is “Urban Green Spa...