"As the World Weds: Global Wedding Traditions, " an exhibition at the Kent State University Museum, displays a range of beautiful, lavish and deeply symbolic clothing from wedding ceremonies around the world. Traditional clothing for both men and women are included in the contributions from the museum's rich holdings as well as pieces from private collections.  The exhibition runs from Sept. 16, 2022, through Aug. 27, 2023. For more information, visit: https://www.kent.edu/artscollege/news/ksu-museum-announces-new-exhibition-world-weds-global-wedding-tr...

Officials from Kent State University and the greater Kent and Portage County community came together Wednesday morning for the annual Bowman Breakfast, an event that has been bringing university and town officials together since 1963.  This year’s featured speaker was Lamar R. Hylton, Ph.D., Kent State’s senior vice president for Student Affairs, whose talk focused on community and how important the support of a student’s “village” is to achieving success.  Hylton began by mentioning a recent episode of one of his favorite television shows, “Abbott Elementary,” which struck ...

Please note: This article is historical in nature and should be considered as such.Na’Tasha Evans, assistant professor of Health Education and Promotion in the School of Health Sciences, has been selected to serve as the 2022-2023 Strategic Planning Fellow for the Anti-Racism and Equity Institute.The Fellowship is designed to provide administrative experience to faculty members interested in leadership and decision-making activities in support of anti-racist programming and scholarship.As the Strategic Planning Fellow, Evans will meet regularly with AREI leadership to work on current initiativ...

On October 12, 1985, a 6-foot egg (constructed by Kent State technology students) was rolled onto the 50-yard line during halftime of Kent State's Homecoming game at Dix Stadium. Earlier in the day, the egg rode in a nest down Main Street in the Homecoming parade, on a float with Kent State cheerleaders. In a cloud of smoke at midfield, the egg hatched and Flash the Golden Eagle (eaglet) emerged. "Baby Flash" is shown here, shortly after hatching, with an actual golden eagle, also named Flash, who appeared at select Kent State athletic events until the mid-90s....

Congratulations to Dr. Veronica Dexheimer for her recent publication in Physical Review Letters and editor's suggestion in Physical Review C.   In her first paper, Dr. Dexheimer and collaborators demonstrated a new way to determine the equation of state that describes the interior of neutron stars by using data extracted from LIGO and Virgo detections of the gravitational waves produced by neutron star mergers. These gravitational waves encode the neutron stars’ tidal deformability, a measure of how much the stars deform before merging, which is associated with th...

A familar figure from the Office of the President was on Risman Plaza last week to get runners "all shook up" and ready to begin the Rainbow Run 5K. The money raised by runners goes toward Kent State's LGBTQ+ Emergency Fund, which helps Kent State students in crisis.  To learn more about the LGBTQ+ Emergency Fund, and to donate, visit: https://www.kent.edu/lgbtq/financial-support.   ...

Greetings! Since early August, I’ve been filling the role as interim dean and chief administrative officer for the Kent State Columbiana County Campuses and learning to navigate between the two campuses, as well as with my home campus in Tuscarawas County. I’ve been welcomed in supportive and reassuring ways, confirming that the East Liverpool and Salem campuses are willing to maneuver through changes and embracing the future with a spirit of determination.   Technology certainly makes it easier for me to manage multiple locations, but I assure you that the faculty, staff, administrat...