A $1.5 million gift from The Timken Foundation of Canton is supporting the project Kent State University’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering is unique in the country as the only college that combines the disciplines of aeronautics, engineering and engineering technology in one cohesive college, enabling cross-disciplinary synergy in academic programs and research. Due to the value associated with a degree in these fields, enrollment growth has exploded, with a 53.6% increase in enrolling freshmen since 2018 and an almost 7% enrollment growth collegewide in 2020 – notable during the COV...

Beginning in November, all adult international travelers must be fully vaccinated before coming into the United States. Additionally, all international travelers must show proof of a negative test result, taken within 72 (seventy-two) hours of departure into the U.S. U.S. citizens have the same requirement. However, if the U.S. citizen or permanent resident is unvaccinated, they will still be able to fly to the U.S. They will need to test 24 (twenty-four) hours prior to inbound flight boarding and will have tougher protocols for clearance. These new policies currently only affect inbound...

Students to create toy universe around WWII female aviators as part of SkyHack hackathon event Kent State University and The Red Door Films of Los Angeles announce “Play with a Purpose,” a sponsor challenge as part of the SkyHack 3.0 competition at Kent State to be held Nov. 5-7. Teams of students will create an interactive toy universe based on the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of World War II and their training base, Avenger Field. “Play with a Purpose” will be one of five competition streams at this year’s SkyHack. Hosted by Kent State’s Design Innovation, LaunchNET and College of...

Steven Brown, Research, Measurement and Statistics, presented "Poetry and Later Life" at the International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity during a virtual meeting on Sept. 16, 2021.         ...

As they prepare for careers as directors, writers and cinematographers in an industry that’s dominated by men, female filmmakers at Kent State University empower and support one another through the Female Filmmaker's Initiative (FFI). In April 2021, the student group premiered its first film, "I Am," and the short documentary has now earned acceptance into several prestigious film festivals: The Montreal Independent Film Festival, the Chagrin Documentary Festival and the Women's Film Festival in Philadelphia. Three members and alumnae of the Female Filmmaker's Initiative recently atten...

Doctors Duane Ehredt Jr. and John Lagoutaris have two very important things in common: both are alumni of Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine (CPM), and both are officers in the United States Navy Reserve. Once a student in the class of 2011, Dr. Ehredt now works as an Associate Professor in the Division of Foot & Ankle Surgery and Biomechanics in addition to treating patients in CPM’s teaching clinics and St. Vincent Charity Medical Center in Cleveland. But serving his alma mater through the training of today’s student doctors doesn’t stop him from serving his country as ...

Kent State University’s School of Fashion once again ranks as one of the best fashion programs in the United States according to Fashion-Schools.org.  Fashion-Schools.org released its 2021 rankings, naming the Kent State School of Fashion as one of the top fashion design and fashion merchandising programs in multiple categories. Fashion-Schools.org ranks educational institutions, basing its rankings on school admission data, graduation success, reputation and a survey of school and industry stakeholders. In the 2021 list, the School of Fashion is named: ...