Jason Lorenzon, J.D., assistant professor of aeronautics at Kent State University, was recently featured on 93.5 WAKR’s Ray Horner Morning Show and detailed the new changes coming to the Kent State airport.  In June 2023, the Kent State Board of Trustees a number of approved resolutions for the aeronautics program. Since then, the program continues to make changes to improve the airport and curriculum. Kent State received a grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to improve its taxiway and compass calibration. The university has the largest public university fleet ...

Dear Kent State University Faculty and Staff,At Kent State, your voice matters!Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to ask questions, share opinions and engage in open dialogue. To support this approach, the university has created the Campus Concerns Reporting page, a central place to share concerns or experiences you believe should be reported and evaluated. Ohio Senate Bill 1 (SB1), effective June 27, 2025, introduced new requirements for colleges and universities. Under this law, universities must remain neutral on controversial political and social issues while continuing to uphold a...

Kent State University’s College of Public Health welcomed a special guest this year: Harry Haverkos, M.D., a renowned infectious disease specialist whose work helped shape the early response to the AIDS epidemic. His visit included a presentation on his book “Inside the AIDS Fight: Memoir of an Epidemiologist at the Pandemic Front Lines,” and a heartfelt interview reflecting on his career, his late wife Lynne (Janecek) Haverkos, ’73, and a scholarship honoring their shared legacy.Harry shared his journey from internal medicine to epidemiology, detailing his early work with the Centers for Dise...