The Eren Lab at Kent State University’s Department of Anthropology is among the university’s busiest and most prolific. Because of the lab and guidance from Metin Eren, Ph.D., assistant professor of anthropology and director of archaeology in the College of Arts and Sciences, two students have achieved great accomplishments in archaeology. Graduate student Ashley Rutkoski designed a novel experiment to explore how ancient pots were discarded. “After stone, ceramic sherds are one of the most abundant things we find in the archaeological record,” Eren said. Doctoral student Michelle Beb...

What’s a must have for U.S. universities overseas? A Florentine palace, according to a recent Times Higher Education article. Fortunately, Kent State has one, and students have noticed. Kent State University purchased a building in the heart of Florence back in 2016, which has since been renovated extensively to make the perfect Florentine palace for Kent State students to study. Since 2012, the number of Kent State students wanting to spend part of their degree in Florence has exploded, Fabrizio Ricciardelli, director of Kent State’s Florence Center told Times Higher Education. The univ...

Airlines are agitating for more pilots, making donations and partnering with university flight programs to help create a better pipeline of degree-toting aviators. The new academic center for Kent State University’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering followed a big donation from FedEx. The company pledged $6.5 million to the university to pay for the large new building, complete with new aircraft simulators, briefing rooms and 70-seat classrooms. Maureen McFarland, associate dean of academic affairs at the college, who ran the flight program for 10 years, said the department previous...

SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE THE FOCUS DURING KENT STATE’S FASHION TECH HACKATHON The Fashion Tech Hackathon, a cross-circular event hosted by the Kent State University School of Fashion Design and Merchandising, took place Jan. 24 – 26 and experienced record-breaking numbers in its seventh year. Over 150 students from 27 different universities throughout the U.S. and Canada took part in the 36-hour marathon-style competition aimed at creating fashionable, yet wearable game-changing technology. During the competition, students are given 36 hours, (beginning Friday night at 8 pm and endi...

Message from the Provost   Dear Students, Faculty and Staff, I want to provide you with an update related to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, specifically regarding the implementation of new travel restrictions. Let me begin by reiterating that as of this writing, there are no suspected cases in Ohio, and we are thankful to learn that two students who were under isolation at Miami of Ohio have tested negative for the virus. While the spread of the virus within the United States is still considered to be low risk, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) upgraded its warning ...

The "C" in "college" might as well stand for "cramming." Studies show students are notoriously bad at adopting and adhering consistently to high-impact study habits that help them retain knowledge long-term. Researchers and faculty at Kent State University, however, are collaborating on a new project to put a modern technological twist on a tried-and-true study tactic. "We are working with faculty in the sciences to evaluate the degree to which a technique called successive relearning can improve students' learning and retention of core concepts, and improve their achievement on their high ...

A bright idea – made possible through Kent State’s Office of Procurement and Supplier Diversity – will help Kent State University save more than $6 million in energy costs over the next 20 years. On December 4, 2019, the university’s Board of Trustees approved solar panels as part of a renewable energy project on Kent State’s seven regional campuses. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2020. The idea came from a recent graduate of the Office of Procurement and Supplier Diversity’s annual Kent State University/Turner Construction Workshop Series. Graduate Cliff Wood, own...

Kent State University’s College of Nursing will welcome its first nursing cohort into the Ph.D. in Nursing revised program in the fall semester 2020. The newly developed, state-of-the-science curriculum was thoughtfully constructed to prepare students to address emerging areas of nursing science by gaining essential knowledge in areas such as history and philosophy of nursing, theory, scientific writing, research methods, statistics and quantitative and qualitative design. “The restructured program will meet the needs of our students and the broader nursing community,” said Wendy Umberger, ...