Nanako Umemoto joins Kent State University's College of Architecture and Environmental Design during the spring 2024 semester as the Elliot Visiting Professor. The John and Fonda Elliot Endowed Visiting Professorship was established to bring talented scholars to Kent State's CAED by supporting their appointment and research thanks for the generious philanthropy of John and Fonda Elliot. Nanako Umemoto is a principal of RUR Architecture DPC. She received her Bachelor of Architecture from Cooper Union in New York, following studies at the School of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture ...

​Students, faculty and alumni from Kent State University’s world-renowned School of Fashion sent some of their most exciting designs down the runway on Feb. 8 in Haute for the House, a fashion show benefitting Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northeast Ohio.   The fashion school partnered with the nonprofit for a show curated and produced by Kent State students, faculty and staff. The event took place at the InterContinental Hotel Cleveland.  “The success of tonight’s Haute for the House benefit is a testament to the power of collaboration and shared vi...

Kent, OH– Kent State Opera Theatre presents "The WKSO Radio Hour," featuring three one-acts on Friday, March 8, through Sunday, March 10.Experience a night out at the opera with Kent State Opera Theatre! This year’s Spring production, “The WKSO Radio Hour,” will be reminiscent of radio programs of the mid-20th century. "Gian-Carlo Menotti's 'The Old Maid and the Thief' originally premiered on NBC Radio in 1939. Building on that idea, we have taken the piece and added two additional one-act productions to recreate a radio program from that era,"  said Tim Culver, stage direc...