January is a month about new beginnings and a fresh start. We are excited to get the new year started here at Kent State and we’ve already had several exciting events happen on campus! Let’s take a look back at some of our best social media content from the first month of the new year. Instagram Starting with Instagram, on Jan. 18, the post promoting our blog recapping your favorite photos of 2019 earned the top spot. It garnered 1,261 likes, which is the highest engagement for the month.           View this post on Instagra...

Dr. Nicole Willey is an educator, a writer and a parent—a recipe for literary success. The Kent State University at Tuscarawas English professor is the co-editor of a newly published book, Feminist Fathering: New Definitions and Directions. This is the latest in a long line of books, book chapters and journal articles published by Willey over the years, with many topics focusing on motherhood and fatherhood. “This book is about redefining fathers and fatherhood toward egalitarian parenting practices that will help children and mothers,” said Willey. Willey’s works are influenced by her p...

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...