Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine (KSUCPM), one of 11 accredited colleges of podiatric medicine in the United States, is proud to enter into a Grant Agreement with the Bako Medical Education Foundation, Inc. (“BMEF”). The Bako Medical Education Foundation strives to advance diagnostic excellence in the field of podiatry through education, empowerment, and inspiration. Toward this goal, the Foundation sponsors with scholarships and fellowships educational institutions that seek to train the podiatric medical community on the innovations and best-practices of medical diagnos...

In honor of Women’s History Month, Kent State Today will be looking at the accomplishments of Kent State women who have advanced the cause of women, broken glass ceilings and left a lasting impact on women’s history.   When she came to Kent State University in October 2009, Alfreda Brown Ph.D., made history by becoming the first person ever to lead a university division dedicated completely to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.   As vice president for the Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Brown served as a powerful voice for making sure no one i...

 Collaboration and teamwork have been the common threads that have led Kent State Media and Journalism alumna Raytevia Evans, M.A. ‘12, through teaching English abroad, graduate school, work as an education reporter and now, as a public information officer.She says that every time she’s produced work she’s proud of, it has been the result of a group project. And one of the first places she experienced this was in Kent State Student Media. “(Student media) gave me an opportunity to work with a lot of different writers (and) photographers that are right there on campus that you ca...

A medical secret about Ludwig van Beethoven may have been unlocked. A new study by an international group of researchers published in the journal Current Biology provides interesting new details about the composer’s health and genealogy. Beethoven, the famous German composer, died in 1827. According to a New York Times article, friends and family took locks of Beethoven’s hair for remembrance.  Beethoven scholar William Meredith studied the DNA from some of these strands of hair, and Beethoven’s cause of death is speculated to be cirrhosis of the liver, but what would cause this?&nb...

In America, conversations about grief and loss are often avoided, and in art, tend to be sugarcoated, or even “corny.” Kent State Assistant Professor and independent filmmaker Dana White is changing that narrative through her work, and was recently recognized by the Ohio Arts Council. “We don’t address these really uncomfortably topics,” White said. “It’s OK to not be OK. It’s OK that life leaves us with a lot of bruises. It’s not about erasing them. It’s about trying to live with them, about trying to cope. … I don’t think American society is comfortable with that.” White, who teache...