Dr Molly Merryman has been awarded funding from the US Embassy in London for a project entitled: Resilience During the Pandemic: LGBQT+ Stories. The project will include a traveling exhibition and lecture series celebrating the launch of the Queer Britain national LGBTQ museum. The exhibition will tour England, Northern Ireland and Wales, and features video-based oral histories from the Queer Pandemic oral history project, that explores experiences of LGBTQ+ people living in the time of COVID. ...
Update: Jon Meacham delivered his address to a sold-out audience on May 4 at the Kent Student Center. View Meacham's speech. Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham, whose knowledge of politics, history, religion and current affairs makes him one of America’s most prominent public intellectuals, will appear the evening of May 4 for Kent State University’s Presidential Speaker Series. Meacham will bring his unique perspective and provide historical context to the issues and events impacting our daily lives when he speaks about civil ...
How long does a single traumatic event affect a person’s mental health? Kent State University graduate student Emily Rabinowitz’s research on this topic was recently published in the peer-reviewed Stress & Health: Journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress. Her paper “The 50th Anniversary of May 4, 1970, Is Associated With Elevations of Distress but No Increase in Mental Health Symptoms” was published in the November 2021 issue. Rabinowitz is a third-year clinical psychology student in the College of Arts and Sciences whose research focuses on posttraumati...
In the midst of COVID-19, one Kent State student shares her internship experience working at the Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital. Nichole Sullenberger (She/Her) is a current senior Honors College student in the Nursing program at Kent State. Through her program, she has the opportunity to work hands-on in her field of study and was able to fulfill that experience this past summer of 2021. From mid-May to late July in 2021, Nichole got to experience life in an operating room (OR) at Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital in Avon, Ohio. Working in an OR allowed her a new experience in the field, e...
KENT, OH – The Kent State University Museum is thrilled to announce its upcoming symposium, convened in conjunction with the exhibition “TEXTURES: the history and art of Black hair,” taking place April 14-15 at the KSU Museum. The exhibition runs through August 14, 2022, and synthesizes research in history, fashion, art, and visual culture to reassess the “hair story” of peoples of African descent. The Symposium surrounds these histories and convenes thinkers and creators from a variety of backgrounds to discuss, engage, and celebrate ideas pertaining to Black history, hair, beauty, and cultur...