A new course offered to horticulture students at Kent State Salem could not be more appropriately named: “Emerging Technologies.” This class introduces students to new technologies that can potentially revolutionize the ways food is grown and produced, including drones, sensors, GPS and other systems to optimize crop production. And, yes: students get hands-on experience learning how to operate two types of highly-sophisticated drones. Dr. Sheren Farag, director of the horticulture program, pointed out that drones are revolutionizing the green industry by transforming the way horticu...

Please note: This is a one-time initiative implemented in the spring of 2023.Astrid Sambolín Morales, assistant professor for the Cultural Foundations of Education Program, and Francisco Torres, assistant professor in the School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies, will collaborate on a research project, “Future Dreaming: Coalition Building in Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Youth and Families for Empathy, Critical Engagement, and Praxis toward Educational Reform.”"This research project centers coalition-building between BIPOC Youth and Families for their shar...

NEW YORK, New York - The Kent State Golden Flash Asset Management (GFAM) Team took third place in both the Global Portfolio category (Graduate) and the Fixed Income Portfolio category (Undergraduate) at the G.A.M.E. Forum held recently in New York City.  Student team members who participated in the competition included MBA student Jorge Astorga; senior finance major Minung Chung; MBA student Chase Holland; senior finance major Cameron Brooks and senior finance major Zachary Manzella. “With the 2023 awards, the team has now won a total of eight awards at this global event si...

On Friday, April 14th, Kent State University’s School of Fashion welcomed 8th-grade students from Streetsboro Middle School to explore and design in the KnitLab. Students got the chance to gain a better understanding of fashion, design and knitwear by participating in a variety of educational activities. In the TechStyleLAB, students were introduced to CLO3D, a software that helps designers accurately visualize the fabric, fit and silhouette of their designs in real-time. Exploring how different materials and designs can be manipulated, the students participated in a 2D to 3D exercise....