Students taking anatomy and biology classes on the Salem Campus are seeing things much clearer now, thanks to new compound microscopes in the anatomy lab. This type of microscope is used to look at the internal structures of thin samples such as cells or tissues. The new Accu-Scope EXC-120 microscopes arrived on campus last December and are being used for the first time this semester. They were purchased with funds from the Centofanti Foundation.According to Louise Steele, Ph.D., associate professor of biological science, the microscopes greatly enhance learning opportunities in the...

Winter hit hard with snow and subzero temperatures this year, making even a short walk to class feel brutal. Kent State University first-year finance major Mason Pranevich quickly realized just how cold it could get.   “I was walking back from class one of the days when it felt around negative 15 degrees outside, and I took my hand out of my glove in order to pick up a call,” Pranevich told Kent State Today. Pranevich, who’s from the Pittsburgh area, is no stranger to the cold, but this winter felt different. “Within five minutes, I was like ‘this is unbelievable,’” he said.But ...

Vera LeCount is a fourth year Fashion Merchandising student at Kent State. She recently studied abroad in Hong Kong through the KSU School of Fashion program at Hong Kong Polytechnic University and then later interned in Tokyo, Japan as a KSU Freeman Fellow. Studying Abroad in Hong KongVera knew she wanted to study abroad somewhere in Asia, but wasn’t quite sure where. What pushed her to apply to study at Hong Kong Polytechnic University was a close friend of hers also wanting to apply to the program. They decided to study abroad together in Hong Kong, making the experience all the more m...