Several Kent State University students who were studying at the Paris American Academy in Paris are currently on their way home after an explosion occurred in the building where the academy is located on Wednesday. Some of the students have decided to stay in Europe. The nine students had been there since June 1, and were due to come home at the end of the month. None of the students were in the building when the explosion occurred. Kent State Senior Vice President and Provost Melody Tankersley spoke to WJW-Fox 8 about the explosion. ...
Kent State Vice President, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Randale L. Richmond has named Jessica O'Donnell as the seventh head softball coach in program history. ...
A Summer Field Experience
After becoming fellow within the Environmental Science and Design Research Institute (ESDRI) at KSU, Alicia Costello investigates the ecological and evolutionary impacts on the plant Lobelia.
Researching Epidemiology
Graduate student Harsh Mishra shares his thoughts on studying epidemiology, working in research and enjoying Kent State.
In 1972, 10 Kent State architecture students accompanied by faculty members traveled to Florence, Italy, to study for a few weeks. They didn’t have a building for classes or a formal academic program to guide them. No Kent State University faculty or staff members lived in the city. Yet, the impact of learning in the birthplace of the Renaissance was undeniable. Perhaps without realizing it, these students and their professors set in motion an illustrious Kent State tradition of studying abroad in Florence that would endure and flourish in the decades to come.The programming was initially gear...