A talk with the 2026 School of Fashion Hall of Fame Inductee, Ms. Fern Mallis
Fashion Show
Knit Fashion Show
Celebrate our first year students while they show off their end of year designs! This event is free and open to the public.
A new study led by researchers at Kent State University and Michigan State University finds that populations of lady beetles, important natural predators of crop pests, have declined substantially over the past three decades in a Midwestern agricultural landscape. The research, published in PNAS Nexus, analyzed 31 years of insect monitoring data collected at the Kellogg Biological Station Long-Term Ecological Research Site (KSB LTER) in southwestern Michigan. Across that period, the overall lady beetle community declined by 39 percent. Native species experienced the steepest losses, declining ...
Join us at the May 4 Visitors Center at Kent State University for a special screening of the acclaimed documentary 'Deaf President Now!' The film chronicles the historic 1988 student uprising at Gallaudet University, where students demanded the appointment of the institution’s first Deaf president, an extraordinary moment in disability rights history that reshaped conversations about representation, access, and leadership.
Join us for a light breakfast of bagels and coffee as we celebrate the student artists and designers featured in the exhibition 'Still Standing: Dean Kahler and Disability Rights'.
The exhibit examines the legacy of May 4, 1970, through the life and activism of Dean Kahler, one of nine students wounded during the Kent State shootings. Paralyzed by a bullet fired by the Ohio National Guard, Kahler transformed personal trauma into a lifelong commitment to disability rights, peace, public service, and democratic engagement.