Kent State University will celebrate Homecoming on Saturday, Oct. 3, with a theme honoring a century of student journalism. This year’s theme, “Every Flash Has a Story,” marks the 100th anniversary of The Kent Stater, and former staff members of the student newspaper will serve as this year’s Homecoming Parade Grand Marshals.Alumni, students, families, employees and community members are invited to the Kent Campus in Ohio’s best college town for a day of events rooted in a tradition that began in 1918.The Kent Stater published its first issue on July 29, 1926, under its first editor-...

All these questions are discussed at length in Episode 931 of the MeatEater Podcast, which featured Metin Eren, Ph.D., of Kent State University’s Department of Anthropology, and David Meltzer, Ph.D., of Southern Methodist University. The episode, titled “Eating Rotten Mammoths,” was filmed in Bozeman, Montana, and released on Sept. 14. Eren and Meltzer cover a wide range of archaeological topics during the episode, but they spend most of their time with host Steven Rinella on one big question: Did early modern humans hunt, scavenge or do both? Eren asked the same thing in his latest ...

The College of Public Health and Health Sciences is pleased to welcome the newest member of our family: Tyler Horgan, M.Ed, and Keya Jennings, M.Ed. Tyler Horgan, M.EdTyler Horgan serves as an Academic Advisor in the College of Public Health and Health Sciences at Kent State University. Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Tyler now calls Akron home. He recently joined the College of Public Health and Health Sciences after serving in the School of Fashion in Rockwell Hall.Tyler is a proud Kent State graduate, having earned undergraduate degrees in Environmental Studies and Earth Scie...