Jacob Grant (pictured third from left) pictured with the rocket built by the Kent State high powered rocket team.

 Jacob Grant, Kent State University Honors College student, is a senior aerospace engineering major with a minor in physics.Grant graduated from Edison High School in Milan, OH in 2017. After a late medical disqualification from the Air Force Academy, he chose to attend Kent State University.Grant is a third generation Kent State University Honors College student. His grandmother studied Spanish at Kent State and his mother studied education. Both were members of the Honors College.The Honors College and its faculty have contributed significantly to Grant’s positive experiences at Kent St...

Candles glow at Allison Krause's marker on the May 4 site at Kent State University.

To honor and remember the events that occurred on May 4, 1970, virtual events and exhibits hosted by Kent State University students, faculty and staff are scheduled from April 30 through May 4. The virtual events include several powerful speakers and events that promote peace and anti-racism and educate future students about the legacy of May 4, 1970.   View the full schedule of events on the May 4 Commemoration website. The events commemorate the day when the Ohio National Guard fired on Kent State students during an anti-war protest, killing four students and wounding nine other ...

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Students in Kent State’s School of Media and Journalism have been reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic in real time since its start, through student media and various class projects. During the Spring 2021 semester, one year into the worldwide public health crisis, students in two Kent State classes — Advanced Magazine Writing, taught by Professor Jacqueline Marino, and Storytelling with Sound, taught by instructor and WKSU Morning Edition Host Amanda Rabinowitz — teamed up to produce feature stories and podcasts on the economic fallout due to the pandemic. The final product, “The Bla...

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The Kent State University College of Business Administration’s Online MBA ranks No. 35 in the nation in Fortune’s Best Online MBA Programs 2021 ranking released this week. Kent State is the highest-ranked public university in northern Ohio on the list. The Best Online MBA Programs of 2021 is the first of six higher education rankings to be published in 2021 by Fortune. Fortune uses multiple data sets to formulate education rankings, including data provided by schools, a “Brand Score” that is calculated from a Fortune-Ipsos survey of hiring managers and business professionals, and a weighted...

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AMLCI is proud to announce the recipients of the 2021 AMLCI Fellowship Scholarship Awards. Awardees were selected based on the criteria set forth by our donors. Our winners gave a TED Talk at the Materials Day 2021 on Friday, April 9, 2021, which were based on their research and what impact it has. Glenn H. Brow Fellowship – Runa Koizumi For outstanding graduate students who are engaged in research on biological or biology related topics of liquid crystals.   Alfred Saupe Fellowship – Chenrun Feng For outstanding graduate students working on physics or m...

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School of Peace and Conflict Studies Assistant Professor Johanna Solomon has an edited book coming out soon!  And what better way to honor this achievement than by having a virtual book launch event.  Join us for the book launch of "Four Dead in Ohio: The Global Legacy of Youth Activism and State Repression," edited by Johanna Solomon. The event is this Tuesday, May 4th at 6pm to 7:30pm EDT. Authors will speak about youth activism and the often repressive attitudes and violence youth and students face when advocating for change. The book and event connect ideas across history a...

A Summer to Remember: Marissa Trubatch's Life-Changing Experience in the Bridges Summer Program

POSTED: Apr. 29, 2021

One afternoon as I was grocery shopping with my mom when I got a call from an unknown number. Seeing the location was in Kent, I had a feeling I should answer. The voice on the other end was explaining to me how I had been chosen to do this program called Bridges. Everything he was explaining seemed unrealistic, and quite frankly, too good to be true. I found myself agreeing to this program without even consulting my family because I was overwhelmed with so much excitement.

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