During the 51st May 4 Commemoration, Kent State unveiled new bronze markers to honor the nine students who were wounded by gunfire on May 4, 1970, and to designate their location on the site during the tragic incident. The markers, which are 11 inches in diameter and recessed in limestone bases, identify the locations where the nine students were wounded when the Ohio National Guard opened fire on May 4, 1970, during an anti-war demonstration. A video featuring the new markers premiered during the 51st Commemoration on May 4, 2021, that focused on the nine wounded students: Alan Canfor...

It doesn’t take a scientist to understand the importance of DNA, as it acts as the very foundation for the existence of any living organism. However, it does take one to produce publications involving smectic liquid crystal ordering in dense solutions of “gapped” DNA duplexes. Samuel Sprunt, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Physics, along with several other cross-disciplinary faculty members and graduate students Prabesh Gyawali and Rony Saha, recently published a research article in the official journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).  This article, published in March...

The Kent State University Board of Trustees approved an addition to the Aeronautics and Engineering Building, home of the College of Aeronautics and Engineering that opened in spring 2015, during the Board’s regular quarterly meeting held Wednesday, June 23. The College of Aeronautics and Engineering has experienced significant enrollment growth and requires additional space to keep pace with demands for expanding facility research, instructional laboratories and classrooms, offices and student collaboration areas. Enrollment of Kent State’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering has signific...

The School of Theatre and Dance is thrilled to announce the recipients of the annual Alpha Psi Omega (APO) Awards, normally presented at the School's annual APO Banquet. Congratulations to all the winners and huge kudos to every single School of Theatre and Dance student on their accomplishments this past academic year. Outstanding Newcomer, Unergraduate: Nick Eberts, Sierra Severt, and Jocelyn Trimmer (tie) Outstanding Newcomer, Graduate: Sara Tomczak Outstanding Student Manager, Undergraduate: Barbara Kozlov Outstanding Student Manager, Graduate: Tetta Askeland Outstanding...

Honor Dr. John Crawford-Spinelli’s Legacy with a Scholarship Gift Dean John Crawford-Spinelli retires June 30 having dedicated more than 33 years to Kent State’s College of the Arts as a professor, school director and dean. From his beginnings as a dancer, actor and choreographer, he has spent his career as an artist and educator, training the next generation of arts professionals. During his tenure Dr. Crawford-Spinelli advanced the college to become one of the nation’s top-ranked colleges of visual, performing and design arts. He helped shepherd the creation of the Roe Green Cente...